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NRM NEWS
A round-up of the changes recently reported to Raildate...
York workshop is left with one qualified machinist and one qualified electrician, but the
workshop office is staffed by three people. It is understood that neither the Engineering and
Rail operations Manager nor the Engineering Co-ordinator have engineering qualifications, but
the Rail Operations Co-ordinator does have an engineering qualification and oversees all the
rail movements on and off site.
At Shildon, there are three workshop staff - an Engineering and Rail Operations Co-ordinator
and two apprentices, who will leave when their contracts expire in the next few months.
New positions currently being advertised all have either "Manager" or "Senior Executive" as
part of their job titles (with salaries to match). In total, there are 19 job cuts elsewhere.
NETWATCH
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway featuring LNER B1 No 6126
http://steamingaroundyorkshire.co.uk/Pages/2014/february/16th.htm
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The beauty of the UK's loneliest bus stops
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26036885
Huge model railroad layout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkLHt5dKwUk
What do those squiggles on the pavement actually mean?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25915468
(spotter: Richard Buckby)
My Journey to Burma 1940 by Flying Boat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/16/a3335816.shtml
Aussie Airliners
http://www.aussieairliners.org/index.html
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Dawlish
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/timetables-and-travel/storm-damage/dawlish/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26204454
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-26260053
The rerouting railway line plan that Adolf Hitler put paid to
http://tinyurl.com/osunxgj
Cornwall main line rail services resume after storms
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-26217053
http://tinyurl.com/ps4lyl8
Reaction to West Country rail disruption
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2014/02/18/johnson-urges-change/
Brighton Mainline closed due to flooding at Pangdean and Patcham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26224466
http://tinyurl.com/nm4r9sr
Rail services resume at Harbury Tunnel landslip site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26223623
Landslip between Chesterfield and Sheffield partly shuts rail line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-26240895
http://tinyurl.com/pjdddts
Crossrail tunnel boring update
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2014/02/11/little-bit-jessica/
Tallington villagers call for level crossing bypass
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-26223099
'Witness' appeal after Newark Northgate Station train death
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-26232989
Disaster simulation practice for emergency services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-26235053
TransWilts rail service on track to exceed target
http://tinyurl.com/qfw32ka
Railway landmarks to be sold at auction
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11018180.Railway_landmarks_to_be_sold_at_auction/
Queensbury Tunnel could be Europe's longest underground cycleway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-26238939
Most train users unaware of rights, says rail regulator
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26275394
Train service satisfaction shockingly low, says Which?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26224890
Beattock station campaign gathers steam
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-26271436
Hardengreen bridge's first part installed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-26216703
Cardiff metro: Plan encourages people to 'leave cars at home'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-26278278
Classic locomotives in Wales on new Royal Mail stamps
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26262966
Reunited one last time - Mallard and its five surviving sister locomotives
http://tinyurl.com/q8drvy2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-26286028
Bluebell Railway on track to come to Haywards Heath
http://tinyurl.com/ngedcp5
Join the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway set
http://tinyurl.com/nhx2z2e
Moors railway set for £2.8m improvements
http://tinyurl.com/ojphw3k
North York Moors Railway mourns death of Charlie Hart
http://tinyurl.com/pfm2264
Tata Steel Scunthorpe wins nostalgic order for steam loco No 2007 Prince of Wales
http://tinyurl.com/px2fc6g
NS loses millions on Fyra high-speed train: 'passengers to come first'
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/02/ns_loses_millions_on_frya_high.php
High-speed trains: Thalys benefits from Fyra fall-out
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/02/high_speed_trains_thalys_benef.php
Germany's Frankfurt-London high-speed rail link put on ice
http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKBREA1H1IX20140218?irpc=932
MM&A management at fault for Lac Megantic disaster
http://tinyurl.com/okdstj7
MM&A is to be renamed Central Maine & Quebec by its new owners
http://tinyurl.com/nfmoqvv
Pricing old tank cars out of use on Canadian National
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2014/02/13/320380.htm
BNSF to move into tank car ownership with safer oil fleet
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/20/us-bnsf-crude-rail-idUSBREA1J1BE20140220
Derbyshire rail tunnel confirmed as oldest in world by Guinness World Book of Records
http://tinyurl.com/o8wsa7v
Race to repair damaged Devon tramway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26236188
Arbroath miniature railway’s fate to be decided
http://tinyurl.com/q6uf2n6
Luton-Dunstable busway vehicle crashes through fence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-26263423
Cobh’s historic Titanic pier sold
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cobhs-historic-titanic-pier-sold-258963.html
Missing Nepal plane: Wreckage found
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26222528
Ethiopian airliner hijacked to Geneva
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26222674
Concrete runway at Redhill turned down by planning authority
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-26254466
'End of an era' as DC-10 makes last international trip
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-26272607
Terminal extension at Southend Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-26171915
Screens to replace windows on proposed supersonic aircraft
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26258971
Carbon fibre aircraft construction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25833264
South Yorkshire to Isle of Man new airline service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-26258715
Spotters: Paul Bartlett, Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Richard Maund, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps,
Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
22/02/14 Channel 4 1900-2000
"The Restoration Man" Restoring a Staffordshire flint mill
22/02/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Walking Through History" 3/3 North Norfolk
23/02/14 BBC2 1900-2000
"Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals
23/02/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"Bunkers, Brutalism & Bloody-mindedness: Concrete Poetry" Architecture 2/2
24/02/14 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Continental Rail Journeys" Dresden to Kiel
24/02/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Reel History of Britain" Mining in the 1930s
25/02/14 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Continental Rail Journeys" Copenhagen to Oslo 1/2
25/02/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Reel History of Britain" Life in the 1920s
26/02/14 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Continental Rail Journeys" Copenhagen to Oslo 2/2
26/02/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Reel History of Britain" World War 2
26/02/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"The Restoration Man" Restoring a Northumberland water mill
27/02/14 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Continental Rail Journeys" Prague to Munich 1/2
27/02/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"Jumbo: the Plane That Changed the World"
27/02/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Brits Who Built the Modern World" 3/3 The 1980s
28/02/14 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Continental Rail Journeys" Prague to Munich 2/2
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
21/02/14 Aln Valley Railway Society
Costello Centre, Baliffgate, Alnwick
"Aln Valley Railway - The story so far" by Roger Jermy
1900-2100
Admission: £1.50 (minimum or + donation) to include tea/coffee and biscuits
Proceeds will go to the Alnwick Parkinsons support group
22/02/14 Kidderminster Railway Museum: Illustrated talk
Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 1QX
Research Avenues of the Great Western Railway with Mike Fenton
1930-2200
http://www.krm.org.uk/
22/02/14 Mickleover Model Railway Group: Trains-Only Swap Meet
Mickleover Community Centre, Uttoxeter Rd, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DA
1030-1430, admission: £1.00
Free parking, refreshments
http://www.mmrg.org.uk/
22/02/14- Solent Model Railway Group - Eurotrak - Eastleigh Model Railway Show
23/02/14 Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Passfield Avenue, Eastleigh, SO50 9NL
http://solentmodelrailwaygroup.webs.com/
22/02/14- Great Central Railway: Mixed Traffic Weekend
23/02/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
22/02/14- New Mills & District Railway Modellers: Model Railway Exhibition
23/02/14 Chapel-en-le-Frith High School, Long Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith, SK23 0TQ
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://www.nmdrm.co.uk/
27/02/14 Mickleover Model Railway Group: Film Show
Royal British Legion, Poppyfields Drive, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9GB
Preserved Steam on Video
Starts 1930, admission: £3.00
Free parking, refreshments
http://www.mmrg.org.uk/
01/03/14 Welsh Railways Research Circle
Rhiwderin Community Centre, Newport, NP10 8RJ
Railway book sale (mostly second-hand)
Starts at 1100
01/03/14- Romsey & District Railway Modellers Society Exhibition
02/03/14 Crosfield Hall, Broadwater Road, Romsey, SO51 8GL
1030-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://www.rdrms.hampshire.org.uk/
02/03/14 Dean Forest Railway: You say what you pay
http://www.dfr.co.uk
03/03/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Been there, Seen it”
by Tony Yoward
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
07/03/14 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"Rebirth of the Great Western main lines and the IEP" by Stuart Baker (DfT)
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol/events.htm
07/03/14- Mid-Hants Railway: Spring Steam Gala
09/03/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
08/03/14 Kidderminster Railway Museum: Illustrated talk
Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 1QX
An evening of the MNA with Derek Huntriss
1930-2200
http://www.krm.org.uk/
08/03/14 Railway Film Show
St Mary's Church Hall, Thornhill Road, Ponteland, Newcastle, NE20 9PZ
Archive films (BTF films shown with the permission of the BFI)
Admission free, retiring collection, doughnuts at the interval
1500 and 1930
http://ponthistsoc.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/railway-films.html
http://www.pontelandstmary.co.uk
08/03/14- Great Central Railway: Meet Peppa Pig
09/03/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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