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BOOK NEWS
BR Parcels and Passenger-Rated Stock Volume 1: Full Brakes, Parcels & Miscellaneous Vans and
Car-carrying Vehicles
by David Larkin
The first five Kestrel Railway Books volumes by David Larkin looked at the revenue-earning
wagon fleet operated by British Railways and its successor, British Rail. These were followed
by a series of three books looking at the specially-designed wagons that were used for track
maintenance, and we now see the first of two volumes covering parcels and passenger-rated
stock.
All parcels trains required a vehicle in which the guard travelled, and there was usually space
for a parcels-related load as well. This volume looks at the various designs operated during
the BR period, and to these are added the vans without guard’s accommodation, known as parcels
and miscellaneous vans, and the covered carriage trucks. These latter vehicles had end doors to
allow vehicles to be loaded, but could also be used as normal parcels vans.
Volume 2 will cover livestock vehicles, such as the horse boxes and special cattle vans, and
perishable-traffic vehicles for fish, fruit and milk.
Softback: 96 pages with 175 photographs
273 x 215mm
978-1-905505-33-3
Price: £15.00
Cumberland & Westmorland Railway Pictorial, 1948-1968
by Brian J. Dickson
This pictorial review shows the changing railway scene in the counties of Cumberland and
Westmorland, together with the North Lonsdale district of Lancashire, from Nationalisation
until the end of main-line steam in 1968. It contains well-captioned photographs laid out in
date order to show the progression from almost exclusive steam working to its total decline
during this brief period of just over 20 years.
Two major trunk routes passed through the area – the Settle and Carlisle line built by the
Midland Railway and the London & North Western Railway’s route over Shap. In addition, there
were many picturesque Lake District and coastal routes such as the Cockermouth, Keswick and
Penrith Railway, the line between Carlisle, Maryport, Workington and Whitehaven and the
electrified Morecambe and Heysham line.
Containing a large number of excellent photographs from Britain’s foremost railway
photographers, and showing both the locomotives and the stunning landscape through which they
operated, this book charts the transition of motive power from Nationalisation to the “Fifteen
Guinea Special” in August 1968.
Softback: 96 pages with over 186 photographs
273 x 215mm
978-1-905505-32-6
£14.95
Both titles available now from Kestrel Railway Books
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/
NETWATCH
As is customary, some links after the Editor's holiday...
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
http://www.durangotrain.com
Forney Museum of Transportation
http://www.forneymuseum.org
Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad Company
http://www.leadville-train.com
Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
http://www.coloradotrain.com
Royal Gorge Route Railroad
https://www.royalgorgeroute.com/
Bayard Depot Museum, Nebraska
http://bayardmuseum.tripod.com/home
South Dakota State Railroad Museum
http://www.sdsrm.org
1880 Train - Hill City to Keystone, South Dakota
http://www.1880train.com
Commuting map of the UK
http://ajrae.staff.shef.ac.uk/img/eng_ttw_all_blue_300px_labels.png
Great Central Railway, 9th August
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icp793ccF04
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
New Bridges, lift, launch or build on site?
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/08/08/bridges-lift-launch/
Historic tunnel collapse in Swinton
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/08/05/no-place-to-hide/
Narrow gauge challenge
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/08/06/a-challenging-weekend/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The trouble with trying to make trains go faster
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140813-the-challenge-to-make-trains-fast
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
This is landlocked Kyrgyzstan's train to the coast!
http://tinyurl.com/lo7br5b
Did WW1 start the race for air superiority?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zgxhpv4
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IN THE NEWS
Bombardier's Derby battery train is a UK first
http://tinyurl.com/ocdjosz
http://tinyurl.com/lkwbpgd
http://tinyurl.com/lfghjjv
Great Western Main Line electrification begins
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28766197
Man in tree leads Southeastern trains to halt service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28775243
Bridge slide at Rochester on nitrogen
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/08/12/sliding-nitrogen-history/
Lorry crashes through level-crossing barriers in Bloxwich
http://tinyurl.com/l9ob7cm
Henley-in-Arden station £2m revamp due to finish
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-28732249
Ernest Sykes: Railway man VC winner recalled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-28732663
Northern Rail withdraws off peak tickets
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28761038
RAIB report on wheelchairs/ pushchairs rolling off platforms
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140814_R172014_Southend_Whyteleafe.pdf
Open access operator approved by Network Rail
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/06/12/gnwr-granted-access-to-west-coast-main-line/
£1m revamp for Morpeth railway station
http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/1m-revamp-for-railway-station-1-6784026
Child rescued after pushchair rolls on to Tube tracks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28746425
Prince Charles’s model tube station
http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2014/08/11/see-prince-charless-model-tube-station/
Parts of Scotland affected by ex-hurricane Bertha
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28739164
£30m railway project misses sports dates
http://tinyurl.com/kv23j4r
Borders Railway structures
http://tinyurl.com/ovtuefr
Trainspotting signal box earns protected status
http://tinyurl.com/lhdrm24
Five extra trains between Fishguard and Carmarthen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-28743558
GWR Steam Railmotor on Southall-Brentford branch
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/news/news_special.html
Shottle railway station reopens to passengers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-28725825
NYMR at Whitby
http://www.nymr.co.uk/2014/08/civil-engineering-diary-part-11/
Llangollen Railway's new Corwen extension has first test runs
http://tinyurl.com/l9mbopq
£17m EU funds for refurbishment of Belfast-Dublin railway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28787127
Woman dies after falling in front of Dublin train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28794729
Swiss train derailed in landslide
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28775998
http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/graubuenden/
A ride in history on Blue Comet
http://tinyurl.com/n8t2d8n
Universal Orlando marks 1 million riders on Hogwarts Express
http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81024361/
Construction work to start on new line in Saudi Arabia
http://tinyurl.com/kg4726j
Transnet (South Africa) receives funding guarantee for General Electric diesel locos
http://tinyurl.com/kujm97v
New Midland Metro trams to enter service on 5th September
http://tinyurl.com/mw7peu8
Blind man claims 200mph speed record
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28782977
Tank lifted from the bottom of the Barents Sea
http://englishrussia.com/2014/07/20/tank-lifted-from-the-bottom-of-the-barents-sea/
Ferguson shipbuilder in Port Glasgow goes into administration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-28803561
Panama Canal marks 100th anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-28794485
What does the next century hold for the Panama Canal?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28800710
Lancasters in first tandem flight over Lincolnshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-28778212
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-28756779
http://tinyurl.com/nj3pcea
And Eastbourne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAQ3lcAgef0
Airshow at Newcastle Co.Down
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28722180
Pilot's artificial arm 'became detached while landing plane'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28778728
How do amputees fly planes?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28785171
UK's first A400M powers toward flight debut
http://tinyurl.com/k6mbqba
Flying on the Breitling Super Constellation
http://tinyurl.com/oh38aa2
BE2 biplane replica lands at Headcorn airfield
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28757569
Croatian MiG-21 pilot survives two in-flight emergencies
http://tinyurl.com/mgpr7er
Clifton suspension bridge closed for repairs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-28752633
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
17/08/14 BBC Radio 4FM 1115-1200
"The Reunion" The Berlin Airlift
17/08/14 BBC2 1730-1800
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Holland to France
17/08/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"James May's Cars of the People" 2/3
18/08/14 BBC1 South East 1930-2000
"The Sunshine Corner Coalfields" Story of Betteshanger Colliery
18/08/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Preston and Rochdale
18/08/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies" 2/2 Passenger airliners
18/08/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 3/3
19/08/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" The Worth Valley
19/08/14 Channel 4 2100-2200
"Worst Place to be a Pilot"
19/08/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"Everyday Miracles: the Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners"
20/08/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" West Yorkshire and Derbyshire
20/08/14 BBC4 2300-0000
"Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain" 1/3 The Great Victorian Way
21/08/14 BBC Radio 4 1500-1530
"Open Country" Cheshire Salt
21/08/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The Railway: First Great Western" Fly-on-the-wall 1/8
21/08/14 BBC4 2300-0000
"Everyday Miracles: the Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners"
22/08/14 BBC Radio 4 0900-0945
"The Reunion" The Berlin Airlift
22/07/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"On the Yorkshire Buses" East Yorkshire Motor Services 7/8
22/07/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Lost at Sea: Air France 447"
23/08/14 BBC Radio 4 0607-0700
"Open Country" Cheshire Salt
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
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 Bursledon Brickworks: Glad Rags and Overalls - Great War Event
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
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 "Out and About with Booth & Fisher Buses" by Andy Firth
Coal Aston Methodist Church, Eckington Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3AW
http://www.coalastonmethodist.org.uk/events/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/
29/08/14- North Norfolk Railway: Grand Autumn Steam Gala
31/08/14
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/
29/08/14- Llangollen Railway: Along Western Lines
31/08/14
http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk/
30/08/14- Great Central Railway: Diesel Gala
31/08/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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