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NETWATCH
Kestrel Railway Books has updated its "Mystery Pictures" pages:
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/ and follow the mystery pictures link
A 1999 re-make of the BTF classic by South West Trains narrated by Bernard Cribbins instead of
Stanley Holloway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoVJ87hSuvk
Unveiling ceremony of the new Master Cutler service at Sheffield Victoria, 1958
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-master-cutler/query/LOCO
Barry Coward's video of the Midland Metro tram to Wolverhampton
http://youtu.be/NTpDcRHHK4E
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Meon Valley Railway revival proposal
http://www.meonvalleyrailway.org.uk/
A train trip through the UK's industrial past
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24456991
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
What became of our long-lost railway lines?
http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/long-lost-railway-lines/story-19900753-detail/story.html
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Passenger etiquette guides
http://tinyurl.com/o5b4sgx
http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/safety/
http://tinyurl.com/7nqk972
Arriva Premier service menu
http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/PremierServiceMenu/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Great Central Railway Autumn Gala 5th October
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL3BgSfmtLk
Railway With A Heart Of Gold - the Talyllyn Railway in the 1950s (warning: a bit corny!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8nTquXf4sM
Hitler's Stealth Fighter 720P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJzKjtjZnY
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Striking pictures of the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel (formerly the Midland Grand)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/sets/72157636148343593/
A recent exploration of East Norton Tunnel (GNR & LNWR Joint)
http://tinyurl.com/qacbga3
And Barry Railway tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/okfcjeg
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
The National Library of Scotland has made 5ft to the mile (1:1056) maps of London (dated 1893
to 1896) available online
http://maps.nls.uk/os/london-1890s/index.html
London Underground map translated into German
http://tinyurl.com/2yk84
26 haunting photos Of the London fog
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalone/haunting-photos-of-the-london-fog
RAF Waddington, Vulcan Bomber 1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_JEdHBESU
(Spotter: Neil Ferguson-Lee)
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IN THE NEWS
Nationalised East Coast line returns £209m to taxpayers
http://tinyurl.com/premj76
Rail companies' power to raise fares in England to be curbed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24449784
The case for HS2
http://www.therailengineer.com/2013/10/04/hs2-fights-back/
Derbyshire communities 'horrified' at HS2 proposal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-24397177
Work started on Basingstoke ROC (Campus?)
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2013-09-27/work-begins-on-rail-signal-centre/
Rebuilding Saltburn Viaduct
http://www.therailengineer.com/2013/10/09/turning-back-time/
First Chiltern 168 unit refurbished
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/10/01/first-of-chilterns-refurbished-168s-enter-service/
First Great Western cleaners strike over pay and contracts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24488776
Work to eradicate the "pendolino pong"
http://tinyurl.com/qf6sqwj
New Reading Depot
http://www.therailengineer.com/2013/10/08/readings-new-train-care-depot/
Man's body found after fire in former Derby warehouse (ex-GNR Engine House at Derby Friargate)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-24457824
Comment: Nationalise our Railways
http://www.leedsstudent.org/2013/10/04/comment-nationalise-our-railways/
UK’s first tram-train project coming along
http://tinyurl.com/ncuufdt
Closed Lancashire rail line to cause disruption
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic-travel/closed-rail-line-to-cause-disruption-1-6114665
Greater Anglia trains plans bike ban
http://road.cc/content/news/95778-greater-anglia-trains-plans-bike-ban
Work to begin on repairing collapsed Liverpool Overhead Railway tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/pj23kb8
Glasgow commuter trains get a £7m upgrade
http://tinyurl.com/pp7w5fb
Edinburgh-to-Glasgow rail line to close for tunnel work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24477800
Views of the Forth for rail passengers
http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/views-of-the-forth-for-rail-passengers-1-3133823
The Borders Railway: a £350m ticket to nowhere?
http://tinyurl.com/opjmmw8
Train drivers to vote on new pay rise offer
http://tinyurl.com/k5x3grh
Blooming good idea brightens up stations
http://tinyurl.com/o9y336a
Unsafe electricity pylon closes Cambrian Coast line at Llandecwyn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-24421232
Londonderry line resignalling delayed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-24362612
Silly excuses see train passengers fined for evading fares
http://tinyurl.com/o66cx8x
Isle of Man Electric Railway revamp to cost £700,000
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-24401505
Mallard returns to National Railway Museum to prepare for starring role
http://tinyurl.com/psy9zfo
Chatham Steam Engineering moving to North Norfolk Railway
http://tinyurl.com/la5gkgw
Locomotive to be restored for Severn Valley Railway after 27-year absence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-24419048
Line around French capital that was abandoned in the 1930s has become an oasis of beauty
http://tinyurl.com/mxq9ynf
Dutch railway operator to cut 600 jobs
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/10/railway_operator_to_cut_600_jo.php
Eurostar to Amsterdam from 2016
http://tinyurl.com/n5kwr3a
SNCF orders bi-modal trains for “classic” inter city routes
http://tinyurl.com/nyopwhu
Government approval for split up of Spanish rail operator RENFE
http://tinyurl.com/kdpnlxz
Norwegian signalling upgrade planned
http://tinyurl.com/krjgwgm
Accommodation problems for Vancouver railfan group
http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/news/226385461.html
Delivery trips for San-Paulo metro stock
http://tinyurl.com/k6glp5r
Train hits truck at Texas crossing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24487522
Russian station has tiny church for passengers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24441635
Indian Railways exploring natural gas to fuel for diesel locomotives
http://tinyurl.com/p2hu59x
Indian Railways plans dollar bond after one-year lull
http://tinyurl.com/l2m57o7
India and Japan sign MoU for feasibility study of high speed railway system
http://tinyurl.com/mo7yyo9
Thailand: Buying high-speed rail with rice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24475574
Ashton Metrolink opened 9th October
http://tinyurl.com/kqc8oxu
Manchester city centre tram route's green light by Government
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24438347
Edinburgh trams: Testing programme begins
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24440773
Cuts to Plymouth school bus services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-24411883
Fire destroyed bus in Leyton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24419971
Henry Ford: A century of the car assembly line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24440563
Cromford Canal's trip boat Birdswood is now running on Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday
Times for October are 1030 (may change to 1100) and 1400
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
Grant for Montgomery canal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24432421
Towpath opened
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-24368057
A plan to save the USS Olympia
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20131006_A_plan_to_save_the_USS_Olympia.html
HMS Endurance to be scrapped
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-24436594
Huge salvage vessel may help lift Costa Concordia wreck
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24483469
Majestic ruling the waves of international trade
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24439603
Time-lapse of building the Maersk Majestic container ship
http://tinyurl.com/pvkemcs
Traverser at Felixstowe North container terminal
http://www.therailengineer.com/2013/10/10/traversing-felixstowe/
Air ambulance comes off Aberdeen Airport runway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24478334
Passenger lands plane at Humberside Airport after pilot falls ill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-24450534
How hard is it to land a plane?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24457836
JAL Dreamliners taken out of service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24471093
Glasgow Prestwick Airport 'may be given away for nothing'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24469447
Talks over future of Unity Mine after it enters administration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-24487736
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Andy Cassidy, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
12/10/13 Channel 5 1900-2000
"WW1's Tunnel's of Death: the Big Dig"
12/10/13 BBC4 1255-1355
"Wellington Bomber" How one was built in 24 hours
13/10/13 BBC2 1800-1830
"Great British Railway Journeys" Portillo in Berwick-on-Tweed
13/10/13 BBC2 2000-2100
"How to Build... a Supercar"
14/10/13 BBC4 2100-2200
"Impact! A horizon Guide to Plane Crashes"
16/10/13 BBC4 2000-2100
"Heritage! The Battle for Britain's Past" 2/3
17/10/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The Railway: First Great Western" Fly-on-the-wall series - 8/8
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
11/10/13 Bamford & District History Group
Bamford Village Institute, Derbyshire
"Reservoir Railways of the Upper Derwent Valley" by Ted Hancock
Begins 1930, Members £1, Visitors £3
http://www.bamfordvillage.co.uk
11/10/13- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Autumn Steam Spectacular
13/10/13
http://www.kwvr.co.uk/
12/10/13 Siemens Northam Depot, Southampton Open Day
Includes a visit from M7 30053
http://w3.siemens.co.uk/mobility/uk/en/rail_solutions/whistlestoptours/pages/whistlestoptour.aspx
12/10/13 Dean Forest Railway: Diesel Traffic Day
http://www.dfr.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
12/10/13- Foxfield Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
13/10/13
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/
12/10/13- The Elizabethan Railway Society Model Railway Exhibition
13/10/13 The Summit Centre, Lowmoor Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, NG17 7LL
http://www.elizabethanrailwaysociety.co.uk
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/
16/10/13 Dean Forest Railway: Railcar Autumn Colour Specials
http://www.dfr.co.uk
17/10/13 Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition
20/10/13 Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Fosse Way, Nr Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN
http://www.midlandsmodelengineering.co.uk
19/10/13- Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Branch Line at War, 1940s
20/10/13
http://www.rhts.co.uk
19/10/13- Crich Tramway Village: Models Weekend
20/10/13
http://www.tramway.co.uk/
19/10/13- East Lancashire Railway: Autumn Steam Gala and Bus Running Day
20/10/13
http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
20/10/13 Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum: End of Season Steam Up & Halloween
Coal Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
20/10/13 Isle of Wight Bus Museum Running Day
http://www.iwbusmuseum.org.uk/
20/10/13 Crich Tramway Village: Red Oktober
A celebration of Eastern Bloc vehicles including Trabants, Wartburgs and Tatras
http://www.tramway.co.uk/
21/10/13 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start, finish 2150
My Life With Trains by David Canning
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
21/10/13 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
Black Diamonds by Wendy Freer
Starts: 1930, admission: £2.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
23/10/13 Dean Forest Railway: Railcar Autumn Colour Specials
http://www.dfr.co.uk
23/10/13- Great Central Railway: Half Term Trains
25/10/13
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
25/10/13- Mid-Hants Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
27/10/13
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
26/10/13 Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Hallowe'en Ghost Train
http://www.rhts.co.uk
26/10/13 Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Hallowe'en Special
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
26/10/13 Crich Tramway Village: Starlight Halloween
http://www.tramway.co.uk/
26/10/13- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Big 4 Weekend
27/10/13
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
26/10/13- Media Archive for Central England: Screening of Derbyshire industrial films
27/10/13 The Ritz, Belper, Derbyshire
http://tinyurl.com/l5tmlly
27/10/13 Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Mike the Knight
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
27/10/13 Dean Forest Railway: Half Term Week
http://www.dfr.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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