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BOOK NEWS
British Rail: The Nation's Railway
by Tanya Jackson
This is the most wide-ranging and well-written history and analysis of BR I have read. Highly
recommended - put it on your Christmas list!
Hardback
ISBN: 9780752492674
£18.99
Published by The History Press
http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/index.php/british-rail-the-nations-railway.html
Tanya has also set up a discussion group where the kind of issues discussed in her book
(organisation, marketing, strategy, policies, etc) can be discussed
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/britishrail/
NETWATCH
Re-opening Radstock to Frome Rail link November 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuzmDdITHLs
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
West Somerset Railway: Cambrian Event October 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnwV5tsFWRI
Scumton Junction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSDFlsGLhHY
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Andrew Cook recently spent a few days in Europe, and has put two videos onto Youtube
Strasbourg railway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWs2_3PyDdU
Amsterdam trams featuring engineering diversions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW6QZUAPn74
Video of 45699 Galatea on railtour over Shap & Settle and Carlisle
http://steamingaroundyorkshire.co.uk/Pages/2013/November/9th.htm
K&WVR on 10th November
http://steamingaroundyorkshire.co.uk/Pages/2013/November/10th.htm
Removal of 66734 from hillside near Loch Treig
http://www.therailengineer.com/2013/11/04/written-off/
RhatischeBahn web site and anniversary links
http://www.rhb.ch/RhB-125-Jahre-faszinierend-un.2542.0.html
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Goodbye to the splendid 1930s world of Poirot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24914782
Google Street View of the interior of a submarine - wander around!
http://tinyurl.com/klfhtge
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
HS2: Transport secretary to be quizzed by MPs over report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24894292
Network Rail launches competition to inspire girls to enter IT sector
http://tinyurl.com/npymw4p
Recycled rail ballast delivered for new Oxford to Bicester line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-24107419
Taskforce to speed up rail travel in East of England
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-24860394
Low level demand for Waterside railway set to be scrapped
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10798803.Plan_to_reopen_railway_set_to_hit_the_buffers/
How do we get best value from our railway?
http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/best-value-railway/story-20061252-detail/story.html
Councils give £45m to Bicester-Bletchley rail section fund
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24910933
http://www.eastwestrail.org.uk/
Ilkeston railway station plans on display
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-24937037
New retail choices for passengers at Reading station
http://tinyurl.com/nwge8rc
End 'disgusting' train toilet sewage - Lady Kramer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24925280
Network Rail warning after woman crosses rail tracks in Reading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-24865671
Man hit by train in Willesden during police chase
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24916346
LC accident at Yarnton AHB, near Oxford
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-24915418
RAIB report into contactor hit by train at Poole
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/131114_B042013_Poole.pdf
Holme Tunnel repairs close line for four months
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-24879970
http://www.therailengineer.com/2013/11/07/ground-force/
Landslip hits some local services on railway line
http://tinyurl.com/mxwc6cg
A £6.9 million railway station for just 40 passengers a day?
http://tinyurl.com/mhpotvg
Glossop to Sheffield line to remain closed
http://tinyurl.com/pvylv7g
First Hull Trains' £100m plan to electrify rail lines could get go-ahead by Christmas
http://tinyurl.com/qyl6thx
Step forward in bid to electrify the Furness railway line
http://tinyurl.com/mam7d3n
Daughter of mystery Mallard rail guard comes forward
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-24876558
Civic Society pair on track to aid old bridge
http://tinyurl.com/og2y8nq
Pictures of a bygone era of the railways
http://tinyurl.com/omq7zmd
Borders to Edinburgh railway works reach one-year anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24865772
Glasgow 2014: Rail workers want bonus for Games
http://tinyurl.com/mkkx24w
Cambrian Coast line to remain closed for at least another ten days
http://tinyurl.com/ol8mfoz
Northern Line commuters urged to walk or cycle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24888358
Steam railway will celebrate its 35th birthday
http://tinyurl.com/kw74gvm
US and Canada crude-by-rail accidents, spills
http://tinyurl.com/q6jpagu
Close shave for man on Australia train track
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24145242
India passenger train derails in Maharashtra
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24952135
TfGM backs Manchester tram-train proposals
http://tinyurl.com/py2whda
Tram line could link Coventry and Birmingham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24899547
Ding Ding! Years after wrenching up rails, American cities bringing back electric streetcar
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/travel/231581711.html
Luton and Dunstable busway figures lower than projected in first month
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-24937492
Dubai cars: 'I don't want to drive a regular sports car'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24866467
Up close with the new 'Formula E' car
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24918209
Extra ship chartered for Holyhead-Dublin ferry service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-24855577
Big aero engine orders keep Rolls-Royce on course for stellar year
http://tinyurl.com/pwnp5e8
EasyJet plans to trial Avoid ash detection systems on fleet
http://tinyurl.com/ntu863y
Flybe to cut 500 jobs despite return to profit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24895428
Flybe to cut 52 jobs at George Best Belfast City Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24956699
'Boris Island' London Airport designs to be unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24895965
East Kirkby’s Avro Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ November night run
http://tinyurl.com/o3osx3z
Two die in light aircraft crash at Hawarden Airport, Flintshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24958766
B-24 bomber found in the South Pacific
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/b-24-bomber-plane.html
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
16/11/13 Channel 5 1815-2000
"D-Day: the Ultimate Conflict" Recreating key moments of the invasion
17/11/13 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" New series: 4/6 Copenhagen to Oslo
17/11/13 BBC1 2100-2200
"Britain and the Sea" David Dimbleby looks at us and the sea - 1/4
17/11/13 BBC4 2145-2245
"The Golden Age of the Tram: A Streetcar Named Desire"
17/11/13 BBC4 2245-2345
"The Golden Age of Canals"
18/11/13 BBC1 (not BBC West) 1930-2000
"Caught Red Handed" How people abuse level crossings
18/11/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Weymouth
19/11/13 BBC Radio 4 0900-0930
"The Politics of Architecture" 1/3
19/11/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Oxford
19/11/13 BBC Radio 4 2130-2200
"The Politics of Architecture" 1/3
20/11/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Hartlebury and South Wales
22/11/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Stobart: Trucks, Trains and Planes" Series 6 3/7
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
16/11/13 Kidderminser Railway Museum
Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1QX
Showing of British Transport Films by Keith Bullock
Starts 1930, finishes just after 2200
Tickets: £5 (£4.50 for SVR members on production of a membership card)
16/11/13- Solent Model Railway Group - a new model railway exhibition
17/11/13 Millbrook TA Centre, Millbrook Road West, Southampton, SO15 0AJ
1000-1700 (Sat, 1000-1600 (Sun)
http://solentmodelrailwaygroup.webs.com/
16/11/13- Great Central Railway: Steam Enthusiasts Event
17/11/13
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
18/11/13 University of Portsmouth, Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3AH
Danger on Film! Railway Safety Films, 1938-today
Presented by Mike Esbester
Films include: Enemy No 1 (LMS, 1938), A Cautionary Tale (LNER, 1944)
and The Finishing Line (BR, 1977)
1830-2030
Free admission but you need to register here:
https://dangeronfilm.eventbrite.co.uk/
18/11/13 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start, finish 2150
Siberian Yorkshire by Ken Mumford
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
21/11/13 National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR
New-build locomotive, The Unknown Warrior will call in on its way to the NEC
for the Warley Model Railway Exhibition - it will be the its first public
appearance as the new National Memorial Engine
23/11/13- Warley Model Railway Exhibition
24/11/13 NEC Birmingham
http://www.thewarleyshow.co.uk/
24/11/13 Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum: Christmas at the Brickworks
Coal Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
24/12/13 Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Christmas Eve Steam Specials
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
25/11/13 Peak Rail Sheffield Branch
The Library Theatre (by The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
“Railways Remembered” a film show by Rob Foxon
1900 for a 1930 start
£6 on the door or £5.75 in advance
http://peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.html
Cheers, Howard.
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