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NETWATCH
Kestrel Railway Books has updated its selection of mystery pictures - there are still some old
favourites alongside the new ones!
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/
Steam Tube - the home of steam on the net
http://steamtube.ning.com/
175 years of Derby's railways - list of commemorative events
http://www.derby175.co.uk/
The LMS Carriage Association celebrates
http://lmsca.org.uk/blog/2014/04/derby-175-carriage-building-derby/
Everything GWR
http://everythinggwr.com/
Look At Life: Turn Of The Wheel (1964) 'celebrating' scrapping coaches and locomotives!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSlOS6Cflos
First Great Western videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/FGWComms
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Chris Osment's West Somerset Railway Spring Gala videos
http://tinyurl.com/nhwotal
http://tinyurl.com/q26jn88
Llangollen Railway Spring Gala 5th April
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndlwQmbkUHA
Michael Taylor's photo gallery and audio pages
http://www.michaeltaylor.ca/gallery.shtml
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
New RMT boss appointed on 1st April
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/03/26/michael-portillo-appointed-new-rmt-union-boss/
Saving the Settle & Carlisle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26967081
Billingshurst SB moved to Amberley museum
https://paisleypedlar.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/the-train-now-departing/
http://tinyurl.com/p6nfd6a
1940 films of RAF Aldergrove
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26818893
50 years of CALMAC roll on - roll off car ferries
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-27033501
Ordnance Survey refute Telegraph article about giving up printed maps for sale
http://tinyurl.com/k9h7y42
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Rail Traction Photos by Richard Smith
http://railtractionphotosbyrichardsmith.weebly.com/
Metropolis II by Chris Burden
http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/metropolis-ii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llacDdn5yIE
We've seen the beaching of Ostend Spirit before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYltdonj2iE
This is what happened the first time they tried
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKeZTycClLc
Lidia - the recovery of a DC3T that crashed in Antarctica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ruArctYYbM
Friends of Stow Maries Aerodrome
http://www.fosma.co.uk/
Aviation Graveyard - Kingman Arizona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TJk1jqzjYU
USA aircraft crash sites
http://www.ghosttownexplorers.org/aircraft/aircraft
Vintage Transports, photos by Friends & Guests
http://www.ruudleeuw.com/guestphotos-40.htm
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Red Arrows - the view from the inside
http://theaviationist.com/2014/03/28/red-arrows-backseat-ride/
A recent exploration of the NBR's Glenfarg Tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/pyzs4e2
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
The Lone Ranger - Riding the Rails of the Lone Ranger (fascinating!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdXTXWpIYgQ
(Spotter: Niall Ferguson)
Is this the best London Underground map ever? It includes closed lines and abandoned stations.
French site with English annotations...
http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-tram-london/
Barry Coward's video of buses on 13th April when they were diverted due to the Marathon (a bus
inspector claims that filming buses is aiding terrorists!)
http://youtu.be/Bamx3BgbVHQ
Austrian railways photographed in the 1960s
https://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/sets/72157641318045105
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
SNCF "Mikado" 141R568 plus service carriage for sale
http://www.141r568.ch/
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IN THE NEWS
Dawlish line reopens
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26880759
Storm-hit Dawlish rail line compensation payout revealed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-27055780
Network Rail New Measurement Train (43013 & 43014) at Dawlish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cw92iSr2nw
Derby technology protected storm-battered rail lines in west country
http://tinyurl.com/pfo2jfu
The level crossing wars
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27037582
Government confirms £2.7 billion deal to build new state-of-the-art trains
http://tinyurl.com/qaa28hj
‘Huge’ difference in train subsidies across UK
http://tinyurl.com/onq9rxl
Travellers warned of rail disruption around Southampton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27054164
Marlborough £30m railway line restoration plan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-27062674
Norton Bridge railway flyover plans given go-ahead
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-26933991
Northampton rail station's £200K name plan attacked
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-26953463
Great Train Robbery: Luton Model Railway Club re-creates heist
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-26970204
Worcestershire railway line to close for two months
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-27002721
Greater Anglia service improvements
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-27046431
Bacon Factory Curve opens to traffic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-26790530
Two month closure to double track Reddish branch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-27002721
Settle to Carlisle line: Shortage of trains 'hampering growth'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26976250
RAIB report into landslips in 2012 & 2013
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140402_R082014_Landslips.pdf
RAIB report into derailment and fire at Ordsall Lane in January 2013
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140331_R072014_Ordsall_Lane_Junction.pdf
East Coast train staff hit out at shiny uniforms
http://tinyurl.com/nljd7oh
Tube staff plan five days of strikes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27069391
'We've created a market garden... under the Northern Line'
http://tinyurl.com/nswgu9z
Tube driver charged with endangering passengers as he 'drove train while intoxicated'
http://tinyurl.com/pzkhsh5
Funds allocated for Aberdeen-Inverness improvements
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-26784570
Cup final fans face travel headache as trains cancelled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-27035304
New services for Cambrian and Heart of Wales lines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-26928173
M4 relief road could stop rail upgrade, warn campaigners
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-26970595
Wensleydale railway reopens for Easter after major feat of restoration
http://tinyurl.com/m869slu
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-27040084
Trainspotting exhibition coming to the National Railway Museum in September
http://tinyurl.com/oze69yk
Railway writer and former train worker says farewell to historic steam engines in Shildon
http://tinyurl.com/nrzpw3s
New display to open chronicling the industrial ‘railway corridor’
http://tinyurl.com/odkqebg
New Apedale Valley Railway station officially opened – despite travellers setting up camp
http://tinyurl.com/plenyeq
Restored historic steam locomotive moves to Carmarthen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-27001496
Bryn Terfel receives Snowdon Mountain Railway honour
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-27008991
Artist appeals for spanners to put into her work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-27021500
Channel Tunnel train delays cause 'chaos'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27074444
Midland Metro extension: Colmore Circus closes for Birmingham tram works
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-27022700
Fresh legal action against guided busway builder
http://tinyurl.com/ozx73cs
Luton and Dunstable busway figures 41% of those forecast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-27060792
Ipswich Trolleybus restored
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-26984651
App under development for bus running details on Guernsey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-26734062
Bicycle carrying bus service launched on Isle of Wight
http://iwcp.co.uk/news/news/cyclists-can-now-catch-the-bus-55154.aspx
Stagecoach to cut its fleet by 14 after depot closure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-27068583
Lough Swilly buses in receivership (formerly Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway company)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-27031368
Lough Swilly: Union says bus company to stop trading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-27046236
World's longest trolleybus route rolls on in Crimea
http://tinyurl.com/pe9ovab
Mustang on show at top of Empire State Building
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27059364
Canal silt dredging scheme starts in West Midlands
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-26942812
Cal Mac ferry service proposed on river Clyde
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-26996915
Titanic II project behind schedule, may have stalled
http://tinyurl.com/nrc6sn5
100th anniversary of Titanic hero Jack Phillips memorial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-27032998
Aurigny trislanders loan plan goes to Guernsey States
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-27035877
RAF Cosford Air Show ready to dazzle once again
http://tinyurl.com/okyqq8j
New Photos Uncovered of 1952 TWA Crash Landing at NAS Fallon
http://www.conniesurvivors.com/1-connie_news.htm#JAN19
Google buys high-altitude drone firm Titan Aerospace
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27035385
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
19/04/14 BBC Radio 4 0607-0630
"Open Country" Heritage Cotton Mills, Derbyshire
19/04/14 Channel 4 1905-2005
"Grand Designs" The owners of an airfield (yes) build a house
20/04/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"For the Love of Cars" 1/6 Ford Escort Mexico
21/04/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Classic Car Rescue" 2/8 Fiat 500
22/04/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Lynton to Exeter
23/04/14 BBC4 2000-2030
"Great British Railway Journeys" The West Country
23/04/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"Ian Hislop's Olden Days: the Power of the Past in Britain" 3/3
24/04/14 ITV1 2030-2100
"Ade at Sea" Adrian Edmondson looks at the Manchester Ship Canal
24/04/14 Channel 4 2230-2335
"Inside Rolls-Royce" A look at the car maker
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
Until Mid-Hants Railway: Day Out with Thomas
21/04/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
Until Priest's House Museum, Wimborne, Dorset, UK
30/04/14 Lost Tracks - Remembering East Dorset's Railways
Exhibition to mark 50 years since East Dorset's last scheduled passenger trains
http://www.priest-house.co.uk/exhibitions.html
18/04/14- Great Central Railway: Easter Vintage Special
21/04/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
18/04/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Easter Open Days
21/04/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
18/04/14- Isle of Man Railways: Rush Hour on the Railways
21/04/14
http://www.iombusandrail.info
19/04/14 Railway Past Times - a nostalgic reflection of steam travel through Fordingbridge
Avonway Community Centre, Fordingbridge
1030-1630
http://fmr.org.uk/
20/04/14- The Lavender Line: War at Isfield
21/04/14
http://www.lavender-line.co.uk
20/04/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Easter Celebration
21/04/14
http://www.rhts.co.uk
20/04/14- Churnet Valley Railway Book Launch
21/04/14 Both days: Basil Jeuda
‘The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS Days’ Volume 3
Sunday only: Allan C Baker
‘North Staffordshire Collieries on the Hill North of Chell’
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/news/lms-book-launch-basil-jeuda
20/04/14- Friends of the Cromford Canal - Horseboat trips
21/04/14
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
20/04/14- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
21/04/14 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
22/04/14 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Easter Operating Day
http://www.e-v-r.com
22/04/14- Great Central Railway: Easter Bunny Express
25/04/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
24/04/14 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Easter Operating Day
http://www.e-v-r.com
25/04/14- North Yorkshire Moors Railway: Spring Steam Gala
27/04/14
http://www.nymr.co.uk/
26/04/14- Epping Ongar Railway: Spring Diesel Gala
27/04/14
http://www.eorailway.co.uk
26/04/14- Great Central Railway: Quorn Bus & Rail Event
27/04/14 Toy and Train Fayre (Sunday only)
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
30/04/14 Vulcan to the Sky: Talk
"The Operational History of the Vulcan" by Barry Masefield & Andy Marson
Royal British Legion, Haig House, Pelican Lane, Newbury, Berks, RG14 1NP
1800 for an 1830 start - talk lasts about 3 hours, refreshments available
Tickets £10 available online
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/543/82/Regional-presentations.html
01/05/14 Vulcan to the Sky: Talk
"The Operational History of the Vulcan" by Barry Masefield & Andy Marson
Wollstonecraft Lecture Theatre, Bournemouth House, 19 Christchurch Road,
Bournemouth, BH1 3LH
1800 for an 1830 start - talk lasts about 3 hours, refreshments available
Tickets £10 available online
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/543/82/Regional-presentations.html
02/05/14 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
30-minute AGM followed by members presentations.
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol/events.htm
02/05/14- North Yorkshire Moors Railway: Spring Steam Gala
03/05/14
http://www.nymr.co.uk/
03/05/14 Kidderminster Railway Museum: A day of classic railway films
Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 1QX
21 films being shown throughout the day and evening
Starts at 1100
http://www.krm.org.uk/
03/05/14- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Spring Steam Gala
05/05/14
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
03/05/14- Didcot Railway Centre: Steam Gala
05/05/14
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
03/05/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Rocks and Rails Weekend
05/05/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
04/05/14- Friends of the Cromford Canal - Horseboat trips
05/05/14
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
04/05/14- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
05/05/14 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
05/05/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Doug Copley’s Lineside Images” - cine films taken by the late Doug Copley
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
05/05/14 Dean Forest Railway: Come and see Peppa Pig
http://www.dfr.co.uk
05/05/14 Great Central Railway: Bank Holiday Monday Steam Special
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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