Subject: Raildate 31st May 2013
From: "Howard Sprenger" <hsprenger@ntlworld.com>
Date: 31/05/2013, 17:07
To: "Yahoo Raildate" <RAILDATE@yahoogroups.com>

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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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