Subject: Raildate 27th September 2013
From: "Howard Sprenger" <hsprenger@ntlworld.com>
Date: 27/09/2013, 13:34
To: "Yahoo Raildate" <RAILDATE@yahoogroups.com>

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CHANGES TO YAHOO - UPDATE

Some subscribers have told me that things are back to normal, while others report no change. As far as I can see (at the time of writing!) if you read Raildate on the Yahoo website, the links are all working again, but this might not be the case in the emails you receive.  It all seems to depend on which email client you use, where you use it and what settings you have on Yahoo.

I did pursue the matter with Yahoo, and was told that the problem "should have been resolved last week" which sounds like an admission that changes were made to Yahoo that have now been reversed.  Someone has told me that it is in Yahoo's interest for you to read posts on the website as this drives you to their adverts.  There may be some truth in this, but links in emails that I receive from other Yahoo groups all seem to work OK for me.

One final thought if you use Windows Live Mail (formerly Outlook Express) - it will disable links in emails that it thinks are "phishing", and the large number of links in Raildate might trigger this.  When you are viewing an email, therefore, try clicking on the little arrow under the "Junk" icon (top-left).  This pulls down a menu, where there is an "unblock" option.  (It will be greyed out if it has already decided there's nothing wrong with the email.)


NETWATCH

The P2 Steam Locomotive Company
http://www.p2steam.com/

Wonderground underground - MacDonald Gill's maps
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24204989

British Railways as it was in the 1960s
http://britishrailways1960.co.uk/

Time Capsules - a site containing photo-graphical time capsules found in shoe boxes and on attics everywhere
http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/

Last week, Barry Coward visited Croydon, and here is the result.  (He asks why this form of transport has not spread across London.)
http://youtu.be/OVJNlpN8RAc
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)

Lostock Hall MPD
http://www.lostockhallmpd.org.uk/archive/
TA restoration of railways in Iraq
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2013/09/12/engineers-at-war/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)

Main Line Diesel - the story of LMS 10000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9rSzitGZZg
Severn Valley Railway, 21st September
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKztkdoasdM
(Spotter: Ted Millward)

Historic railway tunnel opens to public
http://tinyurl.com/ojf5yj5
(spotter: Tom Baldwin)

P&O Cruises - Animation of Britannia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thq2ju6x_14

Airbus wide-body family flight with the A350 XWB, A380 and A330
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYiov0qwQSQ
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)

The Giants - flying boats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y22F9O3A0EM
History of the B52
http://tinyurl.com/q3pvb4k
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)

Behind the scenes with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-23669402

In pictures: English Heritage celebrates post-war architecture
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24163313

VW camper: Growing up in the back of the van
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-24218290

Why do so many Americans live in mobile homes?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24135022

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IN THE NEWS

Labour ready to cancel HS2 'if costs rise'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24209709

HS2: 12 arguments for and against
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24159571

New Chief Executive for Network Rail
http://tinyurl.com/nqbyq7q

DB Schenker runs first London Gateway train
http://tinyurl.com/mevp7f6

Adelante units planned for Grand Central after 2016
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2013/09/18/adelantes-for-grand-central/

King's Cross Square opens to the public
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24274049
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2013/09/10/kings-cross-official-opening/

Network Rail apologises over East Coast delays
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24178232

Time to end the myths about nationalisation and East Coast
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/martin-griffiths/rail-nationalisation_b_3973007.html

Direct Rail Services the nuclear train company orders dual powered locomotives
http://tinyurl.com/p8p64jy

Bromsgrove railway station plans approved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-24232026

Another stage of consultation on Ordsall Chord line
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/09/17/network-rail-seeks-ordsall-chord-approval/

South Milford station crossing to be closed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-24194078

Wartime bomb found near Ramsgate station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-24211666

RAIB report into fatal level crossing accident near Finningley
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/130924_R172013_Beech_Hill.pdf

Campaign group forms to save city's historic railway bridge
http://tinyurl.com/ntrxuqh

‘Bring tilting trains to Aberdeen, Inverness’ call
http://tinyurl.com/oe6c53o

Underground station record broken
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24203949

Brompton Road station on sale for £20 million
http://tinyurl.com/kzvufvn

RAIB report into Tyne & Wear Metro electrical fault January 2013
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/130925_R182013_South_Gosforth.pdf

First steam train in 50 years arrives at Robertsbridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24187556

Work started on 35005 in Eastleigh Works
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/article.php/360/canadian-pacific-report-september

Steam railway to be extended from Cheltenham Racecourse to Broadway
http://tinyurl.com/nfulm63

NS involves Fyra train maker's Italian parent company in claim
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/09/ns_involves_fyra_train_makers.php

National Express wins contract to run German trains
http://tinyurl.com/osucpbm

TGV of the future
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/09/17/tgv-of-the-future-to-arrive-in-2018/

New loco depot opened at Nurnberg
http://tinyurl.com/oealdv7

SBB access agreement agreed for Simplon Tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/oydfhuk

Speedy trains transform China
http://tinyurl.com/ma3utga

Tunnel Boring machines being built for Sydney “metro” system extension
http://tinyurl.com/oxj2xlm

£18.2m scheme to extend Blackpool tramway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-24164856

New Trams for Nottingham
http://tinyurl.com/pv42hds

RAIB report on Fatal tramway accident near Nottingham
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/130926_R192013_Bayles_and_Wylies.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-24284737

Old streetcars and trolleys celebrated at Northern Ohio Railway Museum in Medina County
http://tinyurl.com/mnpwzr5

New Queensland trams with surfboard racks
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/09/20/first-gold-coast-surfer-tram-makes-public-outing/

Petition calls for rural bus cuts in Dorset to be stopped
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-24239325

Preston Bus station given Grade 2 listed status
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-24202923

Luton and Dunstable guided busway 'good for economy'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-24224674

Three ‘as new’ Triumphs for auction next weekend
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-24204080
http://tinyurl.com/of7bx7o

Repairs to Leeds & Liverpool canal towpath
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-24193859

Fifth generation of family to row a Suffolk ferryboat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24273736

Portsmouth-Isle of Wight passenger ferry 'will be profitable'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-24271949

New Channel Island company offers freight service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-24176612

City of Adelaide leaves Scotland for Australia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24179127

Royal Princess power failure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-24224601

Trial ferry service between South Uist and Mallaig
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24283785

Costa Concordia captain blames helmsman for crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24210522

Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan 'christened' at Portsmouth Naval Base
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-24273828

Pilots 'asleep in cockpit' as passenger plane on auto
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24284321

Ryanair's O'Leary to end 'abrupt culture'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24177834

Vickers VC10 jetliners fly last mission from RAF Brize Norton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-24165590
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/raf-vc10s-to-make-last-operational-flight-390782/

Vickers VC10 ZA150/J arrives at Dunsfold to join Brooklands Museum
http://tinyurl.com/kpp9x36

End of an era as last flying Vickers VC10 lands at Bruntingthorpe
http://tinyurl.com/ljtd8eg

VC10 retirement speeds RAF airlift transition
http://tinyurl.com/pvz3x56

Empty F-16 jet tested by Boeing and US Air Force
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24231077

Wreckage of flight W3998 found 70 years after crash
http://tinyurl.com/pme97ay

Recovering a WWII bomber hidden in a French cave
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24159975

Apple Maps flaw results in drivers crossing airport runway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24246646

Wadebridge looks 'back to the future' on energy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-24109709

Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth

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TV and RADIO

28/09/13  Channel 4 2100-2310
         "The Taking of Pelham 123"  2009 New York subway thriller

29/09/13  BBC2 1800-1830
         "Great British Railway Journeys"  Portillo in Weymouth and Portland

29/09/13  BBC2 2000-2100
         "The Crane Gang"  Life with a big crane  2/3

30/09/13  BBC1 South East 1930-2000
         "Inside Out"  Is Balcombe Tunnel safe?

30/09/13  BBC4 2000-2030
         "Welsh Railways: Beating Beeching"

03/10/13  Channel 5 2000-2100
         "The Railway: First Great Western"  Fly-on-the-wall series - 6/8

04/09/13  Channel 5 2000-2100
         "Monster Moves"  Moving a helicopter from the USA to Shetland

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EVENTS

All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for inaccuracies or changes.

28/09/13    West Somerset Railway: Fish & Chip and Ale Train Special
           http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk

28/09/13    Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Autumn Diesel Day
           http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk

28/09/13    Friends of Cromford Canal: first public run of the tripboat Birdswood
           Trips run at 1030 and 1400
           Followed by The Beeston Big Band Concert
           Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
           Entrance: £6 per person
           http://www.cromfordcanal.info

28/09/13-   Scaleforum 2013
29/09/13    Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stadium Approach, Mandeville Rd, Aylesbury, HP21 9PP
           Layouts: Allt-y-Graban Road, Black Gill, Dubbieside, Elcot Road, Halifax King Cross,
           London Road, Nottingham Goods, Simington, Stoke by Nayland, West End, Obbeker
           Test track provided by Risborough and District Model Railway Club
           Demonstrations and help desks
           Modelling the pre-Grouping period, Using Templot, Modelling the diesel and electric
           period, Soldering, Getting started in P4, Track construction, Modelling in P87,
           Layout wiring, Loco construction and loco problem solving clinic, Resin casting'
           Designing and making interlocking lever frames
           Lecture "Earning a living" by Jim Summers - how the prototype railway worked
           Visiting Societies: MERG, DEMU, LNWR Society, Broad Gauge Society
           Traders: A large range of traders will be found in the main hall and the remainder
           on the first floor
           Members: £5.00, Non-members £8.00 (ticket valid on both days)
           Partners and accompanied children free.
           http://www.scalefour.org/shows/shows.html

28/09/13-   Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Jazz and Real Ale
29/09/13    http://www.rhts.co.uk

28/09/13-   The Battlefield Line: Heavy Horses (Delivering the Goods)
29/09/13    http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk

28/09/13-   Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Autumn Diesel Gala
29/09/13    http://www.gcrn.co.uk/

28/09/13-   Barrow Hill Roundhouse: Barrow Hill Live!
29/09/13    Celebrating 160 years of Doncaster Works
           http://www.barrowhill.org

28/09/13-   East Lancashire Railway: Autumn Diesel Gala
29/09/13    http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk

30/09/13    Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway Society
           Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the arrival of the first line to Drayton
           Royal British Legion Club, Church Street, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 1AF
           A film show of the history of railways around Market Drayton
           Non-members will be made very welcome
           Starts at 2000
           http://www.the-gingerbread-line.co.uk/

03/10/13-   Severn Valley Railway: Diesel Enthusiasts' Gala
05/10/13    http://www.svr.co.uk/

03/10/13-   West Somerset Railway: Cambrian Railways Gala
06/10/13    http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk

03/10/13-   Great Central Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
06/10/13    http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/

05/10/13    Fareham and District MRC Annual Exhibition - Fareham Railex
06/10/13    The atrium of 1000 North Harbour, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN
           http://www.lakesidenorthharbour.com/1000-lakeside-northharbour/location.html
           1000 to 1700 both days
           Up to 20 layouts (including Raildater, Dereh Gillkerson's, Zwiesboden) and full
           trade support, refreshment facilities, plenty of free parking at the site, free
           bus service from Cosham Bus Interchange to North Harbour operated by
           Southampton & District Transport Heritage Trust at 30 minute intervals
           Adult: £5, Concession: £4, Child: £3, Family (2+2): £10
           http://www.fareham-mrc.org.uk

05/10/13-   Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Autumn Gala
06/10/13    http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/

05/10/13-   The Lavender Line: Steam & Vintage Transport Gala
06/10/13    http://www.lavender-line.co.uk/

05/10/13-   Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Miniature Traction Engine Rally
06/10/13    http://www.gcrn.co.uk/

05/10/13-   Mickleover Model Railway Exhibition
06/10/13    Mickleover Community Centre, Uttoxeter Rd, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DA
           http://www.mmrg.org.uk/

05/10/13-   Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
06/10/13    Engine in motion 1200-1700
           http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/

05/10/13-   Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: 125th Anniversary of opening of line
06/10/13    http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk/

06/10/13    Twyford Waterworks: Autumn Open Day
           Hazeley Road, Twyford, Hampshire, SO21 1QA
           http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/

06/10/13    Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Small Engines Gala
           http://www.steamtrain.co.uk

07/10/13    Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
           Underhill Centre, St John's Church, St John's Road, Hedge End
           A Cornish Industrial Square Mile by Peter Stanier
           Starts 1945
           http://www.hias.org.uk/

07/10/13    Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
           The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
           “Doug Copley’s Lineside Images”, films taken by the late Doug Copley
           Starts 1930 for a requested £3 donation on the door
           http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch

11/10/13-   Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Autumn Steam Spectacular
13/10/13    http://www.kwvr.co.uk/

12/10/13    Tring and District Model Railway Club: TaD-Rail 2013
           Cottesloe School Wing, nr Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire
           http://www.tdmrc.co.uk/

12/10/13-   Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Victorian Gala
13/10/13    http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk

12/10/13-   Farnham & District Model Railway Exhibition
13/10/13    Connaught Leisure Centre, Tongham Road, Aldershot, GU12 4AS
           http://farnhammrc.org.uk/?page_id=158

12/10/13-   Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Annual Wirksworth Model Railway Exhibition
13/10/13    http://www.e-v-r.com

13/10/13    Warminster Bus Running Day
           http://warminstervbrd.zxq.net/

13/10/13    Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Road Transport Event
           http://www.gcrn.co.uk/


Cheers, Howard.
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