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NETWATCH
The Great Central Railway is ready to bridge the gap! £1m is needed and Network Rail has been
contracted to do the job.
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/unify/
A recent exploration of Manchester Mayfield station (since the removal of the roof)
http://tinyurl.com/qyp3jsq
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
Goucester Warwicks Railway: Cotswold Steam Celebration 25th May
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbHer1FHXUw
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Photos taken at Barrow Hill of the progress on 40145
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfpsphotos/sets/72157633519512186/
Ever wondered in which direction the world's airports luggage carousels turn?
http://www.dullmensclub.com/airport-luggage-carousels.html
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Behind the scenes of the National Railway Museum in York
http://tinyurl.com/mknrdf8
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
In 2005, an 83 year-old American WW2 pilot is surprised to see footage of his 1944 Spitfire
crash for the first time
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/515595-spitfire-944-a.html
Former WWII co-pilot takes another spin in the B-17 bomber he once flew
http://tinyurl.com/mpkc8pg
Fantasy Island airplane used to smuggle drugs after show finished
http://tinyurl.com/q77peuj
Warbirds and Airshows - 2013 Planes of Fame Chino Airshow
http://www.warbirdsandairshows.com/Airshows%202013/Chino%202013.htm
The Fighter Collection - Flying Legends Pages
http://fighter-collection.com/cft/flying-legends-pages/
WW2 Aircraft Wrecks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T68_uqpmuPc#!
Saving the Battleship Texas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eBfaz8bB0Q
Interesting motor racing forums
http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showforum=29
Trigger's Retro Road Tests!
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Mapping flight paths
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22657086
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The time when sweets were strictly rationed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22706432
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IN THE NEWS
Warnings over flagship government projects
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22664672
Norton Bridge freight train hit by fire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-22727410
Newts moved ahead of Norton Bridge West Coast Mainline work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-22673252
Surrey Council backs reinstatement of closed Sturt Lane Curve
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-22678984
Extra patrols to stop rail trespassers in West Midlands
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22673716
APT-E wins Engineering Heritage Award
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CE_znaw4qo
Coal crisis hits steam trains
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22681141
http://tinyurl.com/p8m8umd
RAIB report on SPAD at Norton West Jn
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/130530_B032013_Norton_on_Tees.pdf
RAIB report into signal and communications incident at Elephant & Castle
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/130530_B022013_Elephant_&_Castle.pdf
Virgin Trains expands for Glasgow 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22700956
Edinburgh-Glasgow rail programme on track
http://tinyurl.com/lod2bpx
Row over plans for faster Glasgow-Edinburgh rail times
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22722514
'Shocking' CCTV of rail leap man at Crosskeys station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22735308
Cyclists in Gwynedd risking lives in railway shortcut
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-22654724
New trains urged for electrified Swansea to London line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22693604
Tube tells the clumsy: please mind the mobiles
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22719632
Bittern tested at 90 mph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycJkfaHAhEQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me1OfEEKk3I
Express delivery of Railway's new buffet car
http://tinyurl.com/pahqse8
London Bridge station roof set for Aberystwyth museum
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-22706442
Trains bump along in US with repair needs outrunning finances
http://tinyurl.com/mldlvxk
Massive Missouri train collision takes down highway overpass
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22650268
http://tinyurl.com/ob26hu6
Replacing damaged Mo bridge estimated at $3M
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/316/3336608/7-hurt-when-trains-collide-in-Mo-buckling-road
Derailment and fire in Maryland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22698100
http://nation.time.com/2013/05/28/train-derails-in-maryland-explosion-reported/
Derailed train's camera shows collision with garbage truck
http://tinyurl.com/l4hhfnv
Investigators say train engineer saw 'unusual condition' on track before Conn derailment
http://tinyurl.com/qbm95h6
Indiana museum lets guests drive a locomotive
http://tinyurl.com/or5cfjq
New Private train in Canada
http://tinyurl.com/n5kgftk
Passengers stranded as train derails
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2713/state05
Japan's bullet trains for India
http://business.iafrica.com/worldnews/861920.html
Edinburgh trams operating by December?
http://tinyurl.com/n56q78l
All aboard the new Routemaster - it's big, red and made in Britain
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/aboard-routemaster-big-red-made-070001714.html
Restoration of Ipswich Trolleybus 105
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-22678793
Bus Lanes in Belfast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22701192
500 DTC buses break down in May, Goswami says step up maintenance
http://tinyurl.com/njr4kv4
Titanic's sister ship open to the public
http://tinyurl.com/nu9alkf
Pilot on world's shortest scheduled flight retires
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22668150
Amelia Earhart Plane Found? Sonar Image Of Possible Wreckage May Suggest Earhart Died On Island
http://tinyurl.com/kevlpzv
War hero pilot's Durham grave hidden and unloved
http://tinyurl.com/l9y9n7q
Heathrow emergency landing: Engine doors 'left unlatched'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22732582
Emergency landing at Dundee airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-22668861
Ryanair: Is it really Europe's most punctual airline?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22659822
Dreamliner: Japan's ANA restarts 787 flights
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22672760
Pioneering Swansea professor's World War II work remembered
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22544255
Battle of the Atlantic: Liverpool marks 70th anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-22658053
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO - abbreviated this week due to the non-arrival of our Radio Times!
01/06/13 BBC2 1920-1805
"Coast"
02/06/13 ITV1 1730-1830
"Coronation Year in Colour" Archive film of 1952/53
02/06/13 BBC2 1800-1900
"The Dambusters: 70 Years On" Dan Snow
02/06/13 BBC4 2000-2100
"Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams" The River Trent
02/06/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Australia with Simon Reeve" 3/3
03/06/13 BBC4 2100-2200
"Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams"
04/06/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Town with Nicholas Crane" 3/4 Huddersfield
05/06/13 BBC Radio 4 2300-2330
"Trade-Plating Round Britain" Delivering road vehicles
05/06/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Coast" Western Europe
05/06/13 BBC4 2000-2030
"Dan Cruickshank's Written in Stone" 3/4 Ulster's religious buildings
05/06/13 BBC4 2030-2100
"Dan Cruickshank's Written in Stone" 4/4 Industrial Belfast
06/06/13 BBC4 2330-0030
"Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams"
07/06/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers" 6/8
07/06/13 Channel 5 2100-2200
"World's Scariest Plane Landings"
07/06/13 Channel 5 2200-2330
"World's Most Extreme Airports"
07/06/13 Channel 5 2330-0030
"Ripped from the Cockpit: BA Flight of Terror"
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
01/06/13 50th Anniversary of the End of Silver Star of Porton
The three surviving Silver Star vehicles gather in Salisbury
01/06/13 Gauge 0 Guild Summer Show
North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax, HX3 6TE
http://www.gauge0guild.com
01/06/13- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
02/06/13 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
02/06/13 Romsey Signal Box Open Day and AGM (box will close early to public)
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1530
ex-Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey, SO51 8JA
Car park in old school grounds
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
02/06/13 Twyford Waterworks: Railway Gala Open Day
Hazeley Road, Twyford, Hampshire, SO21 1QA
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
02/06/13 Great Central Railway: Quorn Swapmeet
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
03/06/13 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Church, St John's Road, Hedge End
Buriton Chalk Pits by Carolyne Haynes
Starts 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
03/06/13 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Beside the Seaside: Railways & Resorts” & “The Bass Railway Trips 1865-1914”
Digital presentations by Rod Pearson
Starts 1930 for a requested £3 donation on the door
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
03/06/13 150th Anniversary of the arrival of railways in Buxton
Buxton Methodist Church, The Market Place, Buxton
Photograph display by John Morten (son of ER Morten) and Mike Bentley
The exhibition will include an 0 gauge model of Buxton Midland in LMS days
1100-1600
Another display will be in Hargreaves' shop in Spring Gardens
05/06/13- 150th Anniversary of the arrival of railways in Buxton
08/06/13 Buxton Methodist Church, The Market Place, Buxton
Photograph display by John Morten (son of ER Morten) and Mike Bentley
The exhibition will include an 0 gauge model of Buxton Midland in LMS days
1100-1600
Another display will be in Hargreaves' shop in Spring Gardens
06/06/13 150th Anniversary of the arrival of railways in Buxton
Buxton Methodist Church, The Market Place, Buxton
John Morten: An illustrated talk based on his father's photographs
Starts 1930
06/06/13 West Somerset Railway: Fathers Day Special
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
07/06/13- West Somerset Railway: Mixed Traction Gala
09/06/13
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
07/06/13- Great Central Railway: 1940s Wartime Weekend
09/06/13
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
08/06/13 SS Shieldhall: 2-hour morning cruise to see 5 cruise liners
http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/
08/06/13 SS Shieldhall: 2-hour afternoon cruise to see 4 cruise liners
http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/
08/06/13- Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Spring Diesel Gala
09/06/13
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
08/06/13- Wingfield Railway Group: Peak Model Railway Exhibition
09/06/13 Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH
1000-1600 both days
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with Boden-am-See & Coniston Junction
http://www.wingfieldrailwaygroup.co.uk/
09/06/13 SS Shieldhall: Cruise and Dine
http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/
11/06/13 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Guided Tour
1800-1930, Adult: £5, Child: £2
http://tinyurl.com/c93oqab
11/06/13 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Guided Tour
2000-2130, Adult: £5, Child: £2
http://tinyurl.com/c93oqab
12/06/13 Stapleford Historical Society: Illustrated Talk
Maycliffe Hall, Toton Lane, Stapleford, Nottingham, NG9 7HA
“The History of Toton Marshalling Yards"
by Brian Amos and Phil Burton
1930 start, admission £2.50
Further details: 01332 872320
15/06/13- German Railway Society (Trent Group): Cromford 2013
Cromford Community Centre, Matlock Road, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3QF
1030-1700 both days
Adult: £4, Child: £2, Family: £6
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with Boden-am-See
15/06/13- Gauge One Expo
16/06/13 Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Nr Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN
http://www.g1mra.com
15/06/13- Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Miniature Traction Engine Rally
16/06/13
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
15/06/13- Apedale Heritage Centre: Mining Gala
16/06/13 Mining museum and mine tours
http://www.apedale.co.uk
15/06/13- Wigan Finescale Railway Modellers Show
16/06/13 Robin Park Arena & Sports Centre, Loire Road, Wigan, WN5 0UH
http://www.wiganfrm.org.uk
16/06/13 Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Father's Day
http://www.rhts.co.uk
16/06/13 Great Central Railway: Father's Day Sunday Lunch Dining Train
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
16/06/13 Peak Rail: Peak Park preserved Bus Gathering
http://www.chesterfield123.org.uk
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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