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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAILDATE!
I can't remember exactly when I started doing Raildate. All I know is that it was probably
around this time of year in 1989, so like the Queen, we'll have an Official Birthday in early
June and celebrate Raildate's Quarter Century!
The full history of Raildate is available in the Yahoo group's files section:
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Here's to the next 25 years...!
NETWATCH
The 1980s time-warp of the London-Scotland sleeper train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27623739
What Happened to Steam
http://www.whathappenedtosteam.com/
A trip along the Cattewater branch, Plymouth, 10th May 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeoxfLWFF58
Let's Get to Alnmouth Appeal
http://www.alnvalleyrailway.co.uk
45231 on Jacobite workings Fort William-Mallaig
http://steamingaroundyorkshire.co.uk/Pages/2014/may/26th.htm
Train times for Belgium
http://www.railtime.be/website/home-en
Scrap locos at Sotteville
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?location=Sotteville%20yard
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Paul Bartlett's photos of steam locos at Barry in November 1970
http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/barrysteamloco
His wagon photographs
http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/paulbartlettsrailwaywagons
His other railway photographs
http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/paulbartlettsotherrailwayphotographs
Gloucester Warwicks Railway 17th May
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgxnWHGH3Wc
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
How railway landscape (Dudbridge Jn) has changed in 85 years since photo was taken
http://tinyurl.com/nux9l4r
The Concordia parbuckling project
http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/
stratocruiser.org - the birth of a legend
http://stratocruiser.org/news.html
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Derby celebrates 175 years of railway heritage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-27645837
Soldier: 'I rescued woman from Strood railway tracks'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27705555
Fatal Nuneaton rail crash remembered on anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-27702071
New viaduct over main railway line north of Doncaster
http://tinyurl.com/n8fluxh
HMQ to reopen rebuilt Reading station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-27676128
Gatwick Airport public transport plans (new rolling stock in 2 years is for Thameslink!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27670256
Cross Rail work starts in Berkshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-27641182
Colas Rail and TNT test express rail logistics
http://tinyurl.com/ocpzkb4
£1,000 reward offered for information over Walsall railway arson attacks
http://tinyurl.com/mlbg9u5
Searching for history on former railway station
http://tinyurl.com/nj3a2ur
Heritage plans for 70 Scots signal boxes
http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/heritage-plans-for-70-scots-signal-boxes-1-3429367
Work starts on £3.1m Aberystwyth railway station revamp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-27663698
Restored railway horsebox ready for passengers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-27585570
Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway plan station in Caernarfon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-27697006
Borth Railway Museum features in Hinterland TV hit
http://www.rail.co.uk/rail-news/2014/borth-railway-museum/
French railway workers to strike next week
http://tinyurl.com/kem4gnf
Ukraine crisis: Ghost train from Moscow to Donetsk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27656302
Train drivers shocked by work of art
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/06/train_drivers_shocked_by_work.php
Driver error "only cause" of Santiago accident, says report
http://tinyurl.com/kg3fh74
Rio Tinto mines railway automatic operation from 2015
http://tinyurl.com/khuxdq8
Edinburgh's trams roll into action
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-27602618
First Edinburgh tram takes customers to the city
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-27647732
The melodrama of Edinburgh's trams
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-27633736
Trams back in Edinburgh after 60 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-27647446
40000 Tram tickets sold on first weekend of Edinburgh tram operations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-27663458
Edinburgh tram inquiry announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-27717735
Fatal bus accident in East London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27692120
School bus crash in Tyne & Wear
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-27678417
Padarn Bus (Llanberis) closed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-27640800
New royal state carriage celebrates history of the nation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27690992
Costa Concordia to Be Scrapped in Italy
http://gcaptain.com/costa-chooses-saipem-consortium-scrap-concordia/
Heathrow airport's new Terminal 2 opens to passengers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27695431
Ryanair hails coach partner with special livery
http://tinyurl.com/l9864ld
Search for MH370 ceases until August
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/search-for-mh370-ceases-until-august-399793/
MH370: Searchers given 300 days to find lost 777
http://tinyurl.com/na9mcfn
China Eastern retires A300-600s
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-china-eastern-retires-a300-600s-400142/
US military Harrier jet crashes into California homes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27709387
Dakotas over Normandy
http://www.daksovernormandy.com/
The role of the DC-3 Dakota on D-Day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27704073
D-Day anniversary: Historic gathering at WW2 airfield
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27690063
WW2 planes fly to Normandy to mark D-Day 70th anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27683528
D-Day anniversary: Spitfires in special flypast over Bayeux
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27728573
Calshot and Hamble airfields receive memorials
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27719656
Paphos–Newcastle flight diverted to Sofia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-27709995
Flights across Northern Australia cancelled due to Volcanic Ash cloud
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27648167
Lydd airport reopens to passenger traffic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-27635401
Bristol Airport fire causes serious power failure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-27727860
Portsmouth's D-Day museum set for Heritage Lottery Fund £4.1m grant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27676002
Solar Impulse 2: Test flight carried out in Switzerland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27660628
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
08/06/14 BBC1 1700-1800
"Countryfile" How slate mining shaped Snowdonia
08/06/14 BBC4 1900-1930
"Decisive Weapons" T-34 - Queen of Tanks
08/06/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"The Science of D-Day" How science made D-Day possible
09/06/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Classic Car Rescue" 8/8 Corvette Stingray
09/06/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Harrogate and Saltaire
09/06/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"A Very British Airline" A look at British Airways 2/3
10/06/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Batley
11/06/14 BBC4 2000-2030
"Great British Railway Journeys"
11/06/14 BBC2 2320-0020
"A Very British Airline" A look at British Airways 2/3
12/06/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Clydebuilt: the Ships that Made the Commonwealth" 3/4 CSS Robert E Lee
13/06/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart's Excellent Adventures" 4/4
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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 Priest's House Museum, Wimborne, Dorset, UK
30/06/14 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
Until Mid-Hants Railway: Peppa Pig
01/06/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
31/05/14- Mid-Norfolk Railway: West Coast Railways Gala
01/06/14
http://www.westcoast.mnr.com
01/06/14 Twyford Waterworks: Open Day and Railway Gala
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
01/06/14 East Midlands Bus and Commercial Vehicle Rally
Wollaton Park, Notts
http://nottinghamheritagevehicles728.weebly.com/
02/06/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Royal Naval Cordite Factory”
by Bob Duke
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
02/06/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Narrow Gauge Niceties” a slideshow by John Holroyd
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
06/06/14- Epping Ongar Railway: Steam Gala
08/06/14
http://www.eorailway.co.uk/
06/06/14- West Somerset Railway: Mixed Traction Weekend
08/06/14
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
06/06/14- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
08/06/14
http://www.kwvr.co.uk/
07/06/14- Wingfield Railway Group Model Railway Exhibition
08/06/14 Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell, DE45 1AH
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with New Stanton Lees Mk3
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
http://www.wingfieldrailwaygroup.co.uk/
07/06/14- Friends of the Cromford Canal - Horseboat trips
08/06/14
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
07/06/14- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
08/06/14 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
07/06/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Diesel Weekend & Trolleydays
08/06/14
http://www.sandtoft.org
07/06/13- Wigan Finescale Railway Modellers Show
08/06/13 Robin Park Arena & Sports Centre, Loire Road, Wigan, WN5 0UH
http://www.wiganfrm.org.uk
07/06/14- Middleton Railway: Summer Diesel Gala
08/06/14
http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk/
08/06/14 The Friends of St James' Park (Southampton)
Shirley Parish Hall, St James Road, Shirley, Southampton
"Southampton from Blitz to D-Day" by Jake Simpkin
1500-1700, admission free
http://fosjp.org.uk/hist_about.html
11/06/14 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"Looking Back" by Hugh Gould (RCTS President)
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
A donation of £1.00 (members) or £2.00 (non-members) is requested
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/south_wales/events.htm
13/06/14 Railway Club of Wales
Dyfatty Community Centre, Chapel Street, off High Street, Swansea, SA1 1NB
“Welsh Holocaust Continued" by Nigel Wassell
There is a donation box at all meetings (but no compulsion to put anything in it)
Starts at 1930 (meetings finish by 2130)
13/06/14- North Norfolk Railway: Diesel Gala
15/06/14
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/
13/06/14- Great Central Railway: 1940s Wartime Weekend
15/06/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
14/06/14- Mid-Hants Railway: War On The Line
15/06/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
14/06/14- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Heritage Transport Weekend
15/06/14
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
14/06/14- Middleton Railway: Families and Fathers Day Event
15/06/14
http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk
15/06/14 Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Fathers' Day
http://www.rhts.co.uk
15/06/14 Peak Rail: Peak Park Preserved Bus Gathering
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
15/06/14 Corris Railway: Fathers' Day
http://www.corris.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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