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NETWATCH
Full steam into the past as images show life in Derby Loco Works
http://tinyurl.com/qzs6dql
Great Central Railway through Leicester
http://www.gcrleicester.info/index.html
Former signalboxes, yards and stations in the Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and
Humberside regions
http://signalboxes.com/
Life and the Railway - four generations of railway workers
http://lifeandtherailway.yolasite.com/
Buddleia: The plant that dominates Britain's railways
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28196221
Disc of old railway photos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/74283847@N00/sets/72157645317154287
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Scenic Devon and Cornwall branch railway line walks guide released by ramblers
http://tinyurl.com/nb6voqh
Downloadable here
http://www.trailsfromthetrack.com/
All aboard: China's railway dream
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28289319
Hidden waterways: Britain's lost canals
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28260265
Love the Meccano bridge at 42 secs? More about that here
http://tinyurl.com/lnexrto
The bridges that define London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28235207
Sinclair C5 built in Merthyr in 1984 'was ahead of its time'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-28219291
Artificial reefs
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/04/artificial-reefs-around-the-world/100042/
Rail Staff issue 200
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2014/07/15/railstaff-200/
High speed rail-freight
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2014/07/15/solving-capacity-challenge/
Car train entering Southampton Eastern Docks
http://tinyurl.com/mp9ad4n
WW1 minesweeping by railway owned ships
http://nationalrailwaymuseum.wordpress.com/2014/07/16/the-most-dangerous-job-of-all/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
South Devon Railway - Driver's Eye View
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HmBfo5LfYk
"The Art of Stevedore” by Alex Hallajian
http://vimeo.com/99532702
Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) - fastest piston engine fighter of WW2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK8ydLY5QHQ
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Preserved Perfection - UK Heritage Railway Review - 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gdoILWkaB4
The Best of British Clag and Thrash Compilation 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1z9-D_dBp8
Railways of Austria - 1st of 12 - the other 11 are available from the menu on the right hand
side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5nrNRqZhSg
CSX and Amtrak trains daredevils risk Of death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT0zeNbNmGQ
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
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IN THE NEWS
Labour plan to part re-nationalise rail network
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28349630
Storm-hit Dawlish rail line: Sea wall to be raised
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-28260795
Network Rail: Dawlish rail alternatives 'poor value'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-28307825
Network Rail's West of Exeter Route Resilience Study
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/west-of-exeter-route-resilience-study/
Dawlish community welcomes plans to safeguard town's railway line
http://tinyurl.com/o5coavw
http://tinyurl.com/owpdr3e
Queen opens revamped Reading railway station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-28334188
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/europe/royal-reopening-for-rebuilt-reading-station.html
Signalling failure between Maidenhead and Reading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-28293737
Radlett rail depot: Plans approved by government
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-28307815
Radlett rail depot: Fight cost council £1.4m
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-28330529
Upgrade to start on Barrington quarry railway as Cemex prepares to submit plans for 220 houses
http://tinyurl.com/q4beqqv
Derby rail firm RVEL set to create 33 more jobs
http://tinyurl.com/mthxvta
Bromsgrove gravestones for railway workers restored
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-28340262
Worcestershire Parkway railway station wins funding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-28261027
Virgin Trains measure up Shrewsbury railway station
http://tinyurl.com/ow6qmza
Rethink on plan to run new Sheffield to Manchester railway line through wood
http://tinyurl.com/nosbx2z
Rail plan ‘will create jobs and boost economy’ in Yorkshire
http://tinyurl.com/pbx7e4d
Britain's new railway revolution - the shop arriving at platform 2 is for you
http://tinyurl.com/mcua55m
Lincolnshire rail death pair 'did not act on horn'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-28350282
RAIB notes on a fatal level crossing accident at Frampton Mansell in May
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/current_investigations_register/140511_frampton_mansell.cfm
Four shortlisted for London Overground EMU order
http://tinyurl.com/mkjarsc
MTR wins £1.4bn London Crossrail operating contract
http://tinyurl.com/ndpg7k2
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway, review: 'nail-biting'
http://tinyurl.com/q5fyyvr
London Underground extends remote turnout monitoring
http://tinyurl.com/qzvdozg
Queen's Baton travels on 'Harry Potter train'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28283950
Glasgow 2014: Rail stations sport 'fun' new names during Games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28272921
Failings over runaway rail vehicle at Glasgow Queen Street
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-28344277
RAIB report
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140717_R152014_Glasgow_Queen_Street.pdf
Green light for extra rail services between England and Wales
http://tinyurl.com/oyy2x86
New North Wales to Manchester train services launched in £1.2m deal
http://tinyurl.com/pyloklq
Cardiff train station plans unveiled by Network Rail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-28340533
Train fire halts services at Deganwy Railway Station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-28269917
Assembly Member slams Arriva Trains Wales over proposed timetable changes
http://tinyurl.com/qxk6qfd
Carwyn Jones and Arriva Trains' Twitter clash over announcements
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28282600
P2 2007 frames erected
http://www.p2steam.com/news/current-news
Swanage Railway's first passenger trains commemorated
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-28267435
Wensleydale Railway - fully prepared for the long haul
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/features/fully-prepared-for-the-long-haul-1-6724485
Railway museum turns back the clocks for family fun day
http://tinyurl.com/m9v9sw7
French high-speed TGV train crashes near Denguin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28358137
Rail theft in South Africa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-28311240
India builds world's highest railway bridge over Chenab river in Kauri
http://www.straitstimes.com/node/2600941
Norfolk Southern engineer says 14 train cars derailed in Wytheville
http://tinyurl.com/njkb8qv
Railway bridge fire in Vancouver
http://globalnews.ca/news/1442423/marpole-railroad-bridge-on-fire-and-spewing-heavy-smoke/
Moscow metro crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28306458
http://tinyurl.com/qjjuhsv
Two Moscow metro workers arrested after disaster
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28324053
Velvet buses cease trading
http://www.eastleighnews.co.uk/2014/07/velvet-buses-cease-trading/
“Driver not at fault” says Southern Vectis after couple die waiting for bus
http://tinyurl.com/p9lvfen
Over 50 Landcrabs star at the BMC and Leyland Show
http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/ar-cars/events-50-landcrabs-bmc-leyland-show/
Unseen Donald Campbell speed record footage restored
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28308864
New River Thames crossing ideas 'developed in detail'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28299466
New £1bn motorway to ease south Wales congestion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28333835
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28338196
This is why truck drivers should always check their mirrors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dQYbCaxZPA
US marines test robotic mule at RIMPAC, Hawaii
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28290945
Injuries after boat crash on River Thames
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28354548
Sandbanks ferry resumes after chain beak
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-28364029
Condor Ferries application to run CI ferry service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-28300584
Clipper cancelled till end of July after seabed strike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-28341054
Costa Concordia: Refloating operation begins
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28288823
Timelapse shows salvage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28299455
Costa Concordia: Video footage shows inside of sunken ship
http://tinyurl.com/mqgwrvg
Malaysian Airlines MH17 crash - where to begin? Maybe here...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28357880
Rolls-Royce engine revamp could bring in billions
http://tinyurl.com/pt86dpw
Special hanger to be built for loading airbus wing sections
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-28269915
These portable runways helped win the war in the Pacific
http://tinyurl.com/nnjuush
Vulcan bomber leaves RAF Waddington for the last time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-28276162
Farnborough Airshow 2014: In pictures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28294238
Farnborough: Signs point to Bastille Day A330neo launch
http://tinyurl.com/l7zyv3p
Farnborough: Reasons for UK aerospace to be cheerful
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28260779
Farnborough: The Scorpion in search of a customer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28260781
Farnborough: Why it matters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28191278
Guernsey-Gatwick delays due to jet 'teething troubles'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-28341767
Tendering started for small isles air service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-28262369
Edinburgh Airport exceed 10 million passengers in one year
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-28262036
Easyjet expands at Schiphol, targets 7 million passengers a year
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/07/easyjet_expands_at_schiphol_ta.php
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to auction 12 abandoned aircraft.
http://tinyurl.com/kll87q3
Rare World War 1 footage discovered in Ashbourne shop
http://tinyurl.com/p44mz5s
Watch the film here
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060008215
Forest of Dean mural to David and Robert Mushet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-28266018
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
20/07/14 BBC2 1615-1900
"Grand Prix" The classic 1966 film
20/07/14 BBC2 2130-2230
"The Lancaster: Britain's Flying Past"
22/07/14 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain by Bike" North Devon
23/07/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Indian Hill Railways" 2/3 The Nilgiri Mountain Railway
23/07/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway" The Crossrail story 2/3
24/07/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Explosions: How We Shook the World"
24/07/14 BBC2 2320-0020
"The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway" The Crossrail story 2/3
25/07/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The Lost Ship" A Spanish Armada ship off Donegal
25/07/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"On the Yorkshire Buses" East Yorkshire Motor Services 3/8
25/07/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"The Secret History of our Streets" 1/3 Moray Feu, Edinburgh
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
19/07/14 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
19/07/14 The Battlefield Line: Anstey Royale Chalfort Morris Dancers
http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
19/07/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic
20/07/14
http://www.rhts.co.uk
19/07/14- World Heritage Discovery Day Railway Exhibition
20/07/14 Also Railway Walk and Butterley Gangroad Project Update
No 28 Community Hall, Market Place, Belper
http://tinyurl.com/la2vzvy
19/07/14- Foxfield Railway: Steam Gala
20/07/14
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/events.php
19/07/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Classic Transport Weekend
20/07/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
20/07/14 Mid-Hants Railway: Alton Bus Rally
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
20/07/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Open Day
http://wdsme.co.uk/
22/07/14 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Tour
http://winchestertouristguides.com/index.php/tours/themed-tours
22/07/14- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic
24/07/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
25/07/14- The Battlefield Line: Rails & Ales
27/07/14
http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
26/07/14 Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Gathering Saturday Trolleyday
http://www.sandtoft.org
27/07/14 Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Sandtoft Gathering
http://www.sandtoft.org
28/07/14 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: British Legion Day
http://www.e-v-r.com
29/07/14- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic
31/07/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
30/07/14 BRS66: A celebration of 66 years since the formation of British Road Services
Lincoln Farm Cafe, Kenilworth Road, Solihull, B92 0LS
http://tinyurl.com/lsuse8h
30/07/14- Manx Heritage Transport Festival
03/08/14
http://www.iombusandrail.info
02/08/14- Foxfield Railway: World War Commemoration
03/08/14
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/events.php
02/08/14- Friends of the Cromford Canal - Horseboat trips
03/08/14
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
02/08/14- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
03/08/14 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
02/08/14- Peak Rail: 1940s Weekend
03/08/14
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
02/08/14- The Cleveland Model Railway Club: 2014 Exhibition
03/08/14 Redcar & Cleveland College, Corporation Road, Redcar, TS10 1EZ
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
Adult: £4.50, Concession: £3.50, Family: £12.50
http://cmrc.germghost.com/
02/08/14- Corris Railway: Victorian Weekend
03/08/14
http://www.corris.co.uk
03/08/14 Twyford Waterworks: Summer Open Day
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
03/08/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Open Day
http://wdsme.co.uk/
04/08/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Railways of Gosport”
by Peter Keat
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
04/08/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“An evening with Ted Hancock” a digital presentation with narrative interlude
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
05/08/14- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic
07/08/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
09/08/14 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Tour (last of 2014)
http://winchestertouristguides.com/index.php/tours/themed-tours
09/08/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: 1970s Themed Holiday Specials
10/08/14
http://www.rhts.co.uk
09/08/14- Foxfield Railway: The Knotty Heritage Train Launch Weekend
10/08/14
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/events.php
09/08/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Multiple Memories Weekend
10/08/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
09/08/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Weekend Trolleydays
10/08/14
http://www.sandtoft.org
09/08/14- Mid-Hants Railway: Day Out with Thomas
17/08/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
10/06/14 1020 MG Day
Athelhampton House, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7LG
MG car rally with live music
http://www.athelhampton.co.uk
12/08/14- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic
14/08/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
15/08/14- Dean Forest Railway: A Day Out with Thomas
17/08/14
http://www.dfr.co.uk
16/08/14- Midland Railex, Midland Railday Centre, Butterley
17/08/14
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/midlandrailex/
17/08/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Open Day
http://wdsme.co.uk/
18/08/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Railway Photographs" by David Cable
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
Cheers, Howard.
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