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Victorian Strangeness: The man who hoped to die in a railway crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27939906
Jack Burgess's Yosemite Valley Railroad website has been revamped
http://www.yosemitevalleyrr.com/
Official signal box photos taken by NR signalling engineer
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90095264@N07/
Transfer of Worgret Jn to Motala GF to Swanage Railway
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1604/pdfs/uksi_20141604_en.pdf
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Steam Engines Of British Railways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5VWfHqXUCE
Worthingtons Workshop - an Australian resource for Marklin Models, European Railways and
Tasmanian Railways
http://bob-worthington.customer.netspace.net.au/Index.htm
The Railway Touring Company
http://www.railwaytouring.net/
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Railway Scenes - a collection of videos and photographs
http://www.railwayscenes.com/
Honeymoon photos from a lost era
http://tinyurl.com/llt5eg8
Remains recovered six decades later
http://tinyurl.com/lsq9df2
Chinese Railway Oddments
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZWKiKiRxGhGrdDqyGUxxYKrao5Ki7vlu
Bill Hill's Vintage Aviation Images
http://www.ruudleeuw.com/others-bill_hill.htm
Saunders Roe and the Princess Flying Boat
http://tinyurl.com/nmw6npf
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
The man who carried out one of the world's earliest hijackings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28014394
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IN THE NEWS
HS3: Chancellor proposes high-speed rail link connecting Leeds & Manchester
http://tinyurl.com/oczmwx6
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27969885
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27971552
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27980359
Amazon to join railway station parcel pick-up service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27962642
East Midlands Trains parent reports rise in sales and profits
http://tinyurl.com/jwh286u
First Thameslink train tested at 160km/h at Widenrath
http://tinyurl.com/k66azj3
Did children try to derail two passenger trains in Derbyshire?
http://tinyurl.com/pyrktcw
RAIB report on road vehicle on track at Aspatria
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140626_R142014_Aspatria.pdf
Network Rail worker hit by train between Gatwick Airport and East Croydon
http://tinyurl.com/kpty2zj
Teenager hit by Cross Country train at Carnoustie
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-27975125
Gleneagles station upgraded for Golf tournament
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-28035203
Borders to Edinburgh railway: Launch party appeal issued
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-27973966
John Bunch owned Maunsell Moguls to move to Swanage Railway
http://tinyurl.com/ndk6v7e
South Tynedale Railway project given another boost
http://tinyurl.com/m6o43up
Alstom board votes to accept General Electric bid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27961448
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/financial/ge-wins-battle-for-alstom.html
Dutch Rail to guarantee you'll reach Schiphol airport, for €5 fee
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/06/dutch_rail_to_guarantee_youll.php
Indian media urge improvements in rail network
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28031195
LUL refund system simplified
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27964607
QDVC-Alstom consortium wins Lusail LRT contract in Qatar
http://tinyurl.com/m9zrjzy
Wellington's cable car seeks broader funding
http://tinyurl.com/qyajn6t
East Sussex County Council bus service cuts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-28025463
Coach fire closed A40 in west London during evening rush
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27948541
Firm pledges to start making first cars in Bradford for 60 years
http://tinyurl.com/mw64fw3
An icon of Indian roads is set out to pasture
http://tinyurl.com/mkrngoe
Easy rider? Harley-Davidson's new electric model
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27973603
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27989258
Sky cars to be built in Tel Aviv
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27995437
Wey and Arun Canal lock reopened
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27930329
BAE Systems awarded £70m contract for Portsmouth Naval Base
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27975837
£3m needed for new Southampton Spitfire memorial statue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28022939
First Spitfire flight for pilot Neville Croucher, 91
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27979108
Manston airport: TG Aviation in court to seek injunction against closure of Thanet site
http://tinyurl.com/o2uzmzx
Red Arrows celebrate their 50th display season
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27991272
RAF tornados moved from Leuchars to Lossiemouth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-27929645
Work starts at former HMS Daedelus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27965325
Belfast–Barcelona flight diverted to Cork due to instrument fault
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28012692
Plane hits antenna mast at Leeds Bradford Airport
http://tinyurl.com/mdpn2k9
Pilot lands faulty fighter jet on a stool at sea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28065288
New missing Malaysian plane MH370 search area announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28031741
Pressure loss is explored in vanishing of Jetliner
http://tinyurl.com/l75hvcl
PIA A310 shot at in Peshawar landing; one dead
http://tinyurl.com/k4qhuf2
'Mayhem' in Northampton as hot-air balloon lands in street
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-27971658
World War One memorial tells story of Morn Hill Camp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27979232
Didcot "A" power station cooling towers to be demolished
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-27979230
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
29/06/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"A Cabbie Abroad" A London cabbie in Canada
30/06/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Dunbartonshire
01/07/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Oban and Rannoch Moor
01/07/14 BBC4 2000-2030
"Great British Railway Journeys" Ayr to Skye
02/07/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" How commandos reached their training grounds
02/07/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces" 3/3
03/07/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"World's Busiest Train Station" Tokyo's Shinjuku station
(Sorrry - I don't choose the titles...!)
03/07/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Precision: the Measure of Things" History of measurement 2/3
04/07/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Flight MH370: 118 Days and Counting"
04/07/14 BBC2 2130-2230
"The Machine Gun and Skye's Band of Brothers" The Maxim gun
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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
26/05/14- Mid-Norfolk Railway: East Coast Summer Steam Gala
29/05/14
http://www.mnr.org.uk
28/06/14 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Tour
http://winchestertouristguides.com/index.php/tours/themed-tours
28/05/14- The Battlefield Line: Fireman Sam
29/05/14
http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
29/06/14 Ilkeston Heritage & Classic Vehicle Show
Ilkeston Market Place, Derbyshire
1000-1600
05/07/14 Romsey and District Railway Modellers Society Open Day (Romsey Festival)
Abbey United Reformed Church Hall, The Abbey, Romsey, SO51 8EL
1030-1630
Free admission, bucket collection in aid of Abbey URC funds
http://www.rdrms.hampshire.org.uk/
http://tinyurl.com/o2fp8zm
05/07/14 Romsey Signal Box open day (Romsey Festival)
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1600 (to be followed by the Friends of Romsey Signal Box AGM)
off Latham Road, Romsey, SO51 7DB
Parking available at the Nightingale Surgery near the top of Greatwell Drive
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
http://www.romseyfestival.org/genre/2014/7/5/
05/07/14 In aid of The Friends of the Cromford Canal:
Railway Open Day and Garden Party
14 Millfield, off Wilne Lane, Shardlow, Derby, DE72 2HD
1300-1900
Admission: £3.00
05/07/14- Wiston Steam Rally
06/07/14 Wiston Park, Steyning Road, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3DZ
http://www.sussexsteamrally.co.uk
05/07/14- Great Central Railway: Edwardian Weekend
06/07/14 **** Cancelled ****
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
05/07/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Classic Bus Weekend
06/07/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
05/07/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Weekend Trolleydays
06/07/14
http://www.sandtoft.org
06/07/14 Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Getting to Know Rushton Week
http://www.rhts.co.uk
06/07/14 Friends of the Cromford Canal - Horseboat trips
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
06/07/14 Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
06/07/14 Twyford Waterworks: Miniature Steam Power Open Day
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
07/07/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Itchen Village, Itchen Ferry and the Diaper Family”
by Cheryl Butler
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
07/07/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Colour-Rail live” a digital presentation by Paul Chancellor
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
09/07/14 Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Getting to Know Rushton Week
http://www.rhts.co.uk
12/07/14- Swanage 35 Gala
13/07/14
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
12/07/14- Hartlepool Model Railway Club: 2014 Hornby Live Exhibition
13/07/14 Hartlepool College, Stockton Road, Hartlepool, Durham, TS24 7LB
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
Adult: £6.00, Concession: £5.00, Child: £4.00, Family: £18.00
13/07/14 Romsey Signal Box open day in association with La Ronde Gardens tour of Romsey
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1800
off Latham Road, Romsey, SO51 7DB
Parking available at the Nightingale Surgery near the top of Greatwell Drive
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
13/07/14 Great Central Railway: Leyland Society Annual Event
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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