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NETWATCH
An ambitious attempt to reopen the Great Central Railway south of Rugby
http://www.gcrsouth.co.uk/
Your pictures: Railways
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-28648113
Glasgow's winding river of fortunes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28419273
Carry on APT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXHtdLIeUI#t=99
Station Master for iOS is the definitive guide to London's railway stations
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/07/11/station-master-for-ios-is-the-definitive-guide-to-londons-railw/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
A & H Models - specialising in digital model railways from Fleischmann, Roco, Uhlenbrock and
Lenz
http://www.aandh-models.co.uk/
East Lancashire Railway Summer Diesel Gala, July 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F0J381SB7M
Nine class 14 diesel Locos on "Bear-Ex", East Lancashire Railway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY4_hZ4uW9g
Links to model railway videos
http://www.pilentum.de/international/
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Working on the railroad (WCML)
http://tinyurl.com/m4c3c7e
Simon Calder: Trains to Europe on track at last
http://tinyurl.com/jvzqll2
Take a ride on Portland's trolleys with rail historian Richard Thompson
http://tinyurl.com/n8gfhm5
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Summer train services 100 years ago
http://www.rail.co.uk/rail-news/2014/summer-train-services-100-years-ago/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Happy Birthday to the AEC Routemaster
http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/ar-cars/buses-happy-birthday-routemaster/
Meskel Square intersection
http://devour.com/video/meskel-square-intersection-/
The worlds last flying Fairey Gannet T5
http://www.faireygannetxt752.com/media
Connie Edwards
http://vimeo.com/99991680
Time-lapse footage of the Boneyard
http://tinyurl.com/ndnwn55
Not transport related but quite entertaining!
http://www.poodwaddle.com/Stats/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Advance tickets are now available for the Scalefour Society's "Scaleforum" to be held on 27th
and 28th September
http://www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/2014/
How the Panama Canal was built
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-28690322
Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-28408408
Victorian Strangeness: The great balloon riot of 1864
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28674654
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IN THE NEWS
Crossrail extension to Hertfordshire being considered
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28680186
DfT to study Crossrail-WCML link
http://tinyurl.com/mxjxufk
London orbital railway on mayor's £1.3tn wishlist
http://tinyurl.com/pw99wyu
Birmingham named as new HS2 headquarters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-28374184
Birmingham New Street Station opening date announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-28571591
Network Rail announces plans for electrifying rail route through Bath
http://tinyurl.com/m4ll3dm
£600k cycle hub opens at Leicester railway station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-28544062
‘Save our signal box’, protestors tell rail bosses
http://tinyurl.com/nb7yngp
Selby swing bridge closed for repairs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28500818
Chorley flying arches: Historic railway feature to be rebuilt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28372218
Open day at Derby Etches park
http://tinyurl.com/l4nl65q
Revised NYMR timetable for second platform at Whitby
http://www.nymr.co.uk/timetables-and-fares/timetable/
RAIB report into uncontrolled evacuation of train at Holland Park
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140728_R162014_Holland_Park.pdf
Glimpse of Edinburgh's Haymarket railway tunnel works
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-28524876
Borders Railway gets its first track
http://tinyurl.com/k83kwmy
Refurbished Llandudno station reopened
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-28418207
Debate over rail or tram system for south Wales
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28679828
Motorist banned for Pencoed level crossing incident
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-28704512
Rebuilt Swanage Railway marks 35th anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28599537
GSM-R relaxation of rules for heritage locos
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/news/latest.html#news02
West Somerset Railway Association AGM abandoned after chaotic scenes
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/2014/wsr/
50017 'Royal Oak' loading Plym Valley Railway 14/07/14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl-qk4cF8_M
All aboard! Ike back on track at railroad museum
http://tinyurl.com/nqtgkpv
Crossing Keeper's Cottage at Oakamoor for sale
http://tinyurl.com/n4sdh7e
Tarka Valley Railway news
http://tarkavalleyrailway.co.uk/
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway news
http://www.lynton-rail.co.uk/
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway for sale
http://www.rlsr.org/Sale.htm
Strathspey steam railway plans on track for green light
http://tinyurl.com/m4cyp73
Merthyr Tydfil steam train heritage plans unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28685286
Hitachi unveils modular EMU designs
http://tinyurl.com/knt5vhd
Amtrak train leaves Penn Station for Washington DC without its passengers
http://tinyurl.com/o96lnh6
Near miss for women on Indiana train bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28559950
Australian commuters help free man trapped against platform
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28674322
Replica loco being built in Australian shed…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-01/amazing-backyard-build/5642732
Work starts to bridge Thailand-Cambodia missing link
http://tinyurl.com/ovpqcd7
Indian railway may replace second class coaches with AC ones
http://tinyurl.com/pwxouk7
Israel Railways calls tenders for electric locomotives
http://tinyurl.com/k7cvq28
Roger Daltry support for model railway museum in Ashford
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-28423357
Malaga light rail line opens
http://tinyurl.com/oz74yb9
Temporary toll road opens near Bath
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-28610943
Two Ships from the River Clyde — Glennlee & Falls of Clyde
http://tinyurl.com/otcsxol
Iconic liner SS United States may move to New York
http://tinyurl.com/k8vq795
Sea Fury emergency landing at Culdrose airshow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28604824
British Airways owners IAG move into profit
http://tinyurl.com/kykdtg7
Philippine Mars starting July 17, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taOC3QAIUVs
Spotters: Bill Braham, Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
10/08/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"James May's Cars of the People" 1/3
11/08/14 BBC2 1615-1715
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" London to Monte Carlo
11/08/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Manchester
11/08/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies" 1/2 Military Marvels
11/08/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 2/3
12/08/14 BBC2 1545-1645
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Budapest to Vienna
12/08/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Southport
13/08/14 BBC2 1545-1645
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Berlin and the Rhine
13/08/14 BBC4 2300-0000
"Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies" 1/2 Military Marvels
14/08/14 BBC2 1600-1700
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Switzerland
15/08/14 BBC2 1700-1730
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" The Low Countries
15/07/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"On the Yorkshire Buses" East Yorkshire Motor Services 6/8
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
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/
10/08/14 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
20/08/14- Foxfield Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic
25/08/14
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/events.php
22/08/14- Southampton Maritime Festival
23/08/14 Ocean Terminal, Southampton Docks
http://www.southamptonmaritimefestival.com/
23/08/14- Great Central Railway: Family Fun Weekend
25/08/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
23/08/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: August Bank Holiday Open Days
25/08/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
23/08/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Late Summer Bank Holiday Blues & Twos Weekend
25/08/14
http://www.sandtoft.org
23/08/14- Corris Railway: Model Railway Exhibition
25/08/14 Y Plas, Machynlleth, SY20 8ER
http://www.corris.co.uk
24/08/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Open Day
http://wdsme.co.uk/
24/08/14- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
25/08/14 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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