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MYSTERY PICTURES
Kestrel Railway Books has refreshed its Mystery Pictures pages - follow the link from the home
page
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/
NETWATCH
Michael Wilcock's video featuring 37411 on the last loco-hauled commuter service on Cardiff
City Line (19-11-2005), 6201 "Princess Elizabeth" light engine at Severn Tunnel Junction
(18-02-2006) and 40145 arriving at Cardiff in February 2006.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY4BZ1wzXVw
David Turner has relaunched his railway history blog this week
http://davidturnerrailway.wordpress.com/blog/
46447 returns to the East Somerset Railway, 26th October
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt1NyEzVQ50
Mid Hants Railway - Autumn Steam Spectacular - 25th October
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOsoFzTfC-s
Great Western Railway benches
http://www.gwrbenches.co.uk/
Railways associated with the Scottish shale oil industry
http://www.scottishshale.co.uk/GazRail/AARailIntro.html
Tours of Glasgow Central station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-29961895
Test Trains worked by D1200 FALCON
http://www.britishrailways.tv/train-videos/2014-10/archive-film-of-brush-prototype-falcon/
Great War Railwaymen
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2014/11/12/great-war-railwaymen/
Landwasser viaduct web cam
http://tinyurl.com/pppmc76
Steam powered snow plough excursions
http://tinyurl.com/o6upjwz
Streetview of RhB
https://www.rhb.ch/en/interactive/virtual-experiences/streetview
Railfan sites in Washington state
http://www.frograil.com/railroad/wa.php
Metro Vancouver Transit Map
http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/98/MVTM-Sep%202014.pdf
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Chinese railway offers a last glimpse of the age of steam
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/nov/11/steam-train
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/10/china-steam-train-sichuan
The train toilet song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poX6HDC5rNU
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Peter Dazeley photographs the unseen parts of London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30041983
Sonia Rolt - obituary
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11216862/Sonia-Rolt-obituary.html
Eric 'Winkle' Brown: The man who seemed not to notice danger
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30039300
World's biggest gathering of Spitfires and Hurricanes planned for next Summer
http://tinyurl.com/mp4aohk
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Missing planes - WW2 aircraft wrecks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0VD4U3k0o
Meccano Magazine and manuals index
http://www.meccanoindex.co.uk/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Train delays are the worst for seven years
http://tinyurl.com/ots5dmy
Improved HS2 tunnel for Burton Green
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-30035524
Special train unveiled at Kings Cross to remember WWI railway workers
http://tinyurl.com/ph4ckpj
Report highlights East Coast Mainline rail crack problem ("crack"???)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30038342
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/141113_R242014_ECML_Rail_Breaks.pdf
RAIB investigation into train struck by open location box door near Rugby
http://tinyurl.com/q4awf3x
OHLE damage Kelvedon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30016982
Train driver receives prison sentence for ignoring safety systems
http://tinyurl.com/nlgg545
Low bridge in Grantham struck 15 times is reinforced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-29976104
York's Scarborough railway bridge: Work starts on £6m scheme
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-30004874
Dawlish railway station closes as waves batter South West
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-30042356
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30043636
Dawlish sea wall is damaged again by waves
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-30026151
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-30040238
Investment call to get long shut railway line between Exeter and Plymouth back on track
http://tinyurl.com/ptqxqd3
Major West Coast signalling upgrade work set to start
http://tinyurl.com/okwlks9
Jail sentence for driver who passed red signal
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2014/11/10-jail-sentence-for-driver-who.html
Vidiwave wins Colas Rail on-track plant CCTV contract
http://tinyurl.com/pwe2ksy
New passenger record on London Underground
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2014/11/07-new-passenger-record-on-london.html
London Underground extension approved
http://tinyurl.com/me56edg
Man, 21, found with burns at Glasgow railway line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-30002807
'We need an underwater train to Ireland,' says think tank
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-30014563
http://tinyurl.com/q9mjqaa
New CILT report provides a future vision of transport in Wales
http://tinyurl.com/pe7922v
Eurostar unveils new 200mph Channel Tunnel train
http://tinyurl.com/odxp4l3
http://tinyurl.com/qy5z7yx
Eurostar plans to buy more high-speed trains
http://tinyurl.com/m9669cq
Plans to link the West Somerset Railway with Taunton are being discussed
http://tinyurl.com/mlvwlcf
North Drove station for sale
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-44252248.html
Ashburton station redevelopment
http://tinyurl.com/mm3fs5r
Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ashburtonstation/
Salzburg main station reconstruction completed
http://tinyurl.com/m7tsf3z
Engineer missing after Quebec freight train derails in landslide
http://tinyurl.com/n4cmdmq
Works starts on Manchester Metrolink project
http://tinyurl.com/kvn2cr7
Birmingham outlines £4bn tram and bus plan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-30023390
Old mine workings found in new Midland Metro track project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-30027102
Edinburgh trams inquiry given increased powers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-29949858
Ruler of Dubai opens UAE’s first LRT line
http://tinyurl.com/mlfelbz
Southampton Central Bridge reopens after repair delays
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-29994879
Sheppey high level road bridge closed for engineering works
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-29966931
Man hits 207mph on rocket-propelled bike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30003674
Netherlands glow-in-the dark cycle path unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30024883
Ferry hits Dover Harbour breakwater
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-29976646
Flybe plane from Guernsey to Birmingham loses propeller
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-30014763
Fly Be reopen base at Aberdeen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-30018651
Stansted Airport expansion ideas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-29992803
World War 1 pilot John Herbert Hedley 'luckiest man alive'?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-29703198
The German World War 2 pilot who accidentally landed in West Wales and helped the Allies win
the war
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/german-world-war-ii-fighter-8072752
Plane crashed at Hawarden Airport 'due to lack of fuel'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-30035659
Handley-Page Halifax discovered in Norwegian fjord
http://tinyurl.com/nl3bkwc
Boeing donates test 787-8 to Museum of Flight
http://tinyurl.com/nr5852k
Environment Agency stops breaking of aircraft at former Manston Airport site
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/environment-agency-stops-breaking-of-26850/
Top 10 (+1) inventive uses of retired planes
http://www.cheapflights.co.nz/news/inventive-uses-of-retired-planes/
Google to lease former NASA airfield for space research
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30004299
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
15/11/14 Channel 5 1900-2135
"Battle of Britain" 1969 feature film
15/11/14 Channel 4 1905-2000
"Speed with Guy Martin" World speed record for a hovercraft
15/11/14 BBC2 2030-2100
"Dad's Army" The Royal Train
16/11/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Speed with Guy Martin" Fastest soapbox racer
17/11/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Conwy Valley
17/11/14 BBC2 2320-0020
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Rome to Taormina
18/11/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Holyhead
18/11/14 BBC4 2000-2030
"Great British Railway Journeys" Newcastle to Chester-le-Street
18/11/14 BBC4 2200-2300
"Hunt v Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals"
19/11/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Darlington
19/11/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Warsaw to Krakow
19/11/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"A303: Highway to the Sun" Basingstoke to Honiton with Tom Fort
20/11/14 ITV 1930-2000
"Future Transport: Tonight"
20/11/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"George Clarke's Amazing Spaces" Includes a Cumbrian signalbox
20/11/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Underground Britain" Nottingham, Norfolk and Buckinghamshire
21/11/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"World War II in Colour" 11/13 The Island War
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
14/11/14 Royal Geographical Society: Lecture followed by a light Indian buffet
Rheged Centre, Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DQ
"India's Disappearing Hill Railways: A Photographic Journey" by Catherine Anderson
Starts 1900
RGS-IBG members: £5, non-members: £10
Booking office: 01768868000 open 1000-1700
http://www.wrrc.org.uk/
15/11/14 Welsh Railways Research Circle
John Malkovich Suite, Big Sleep Hotel, Bute Terrace, Cardiff, CF10 2FE
"The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways - Yesterday and Today" by Adrian Gray
1400-1700
http://www.wrrc.org.uk/
17/11/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Railway Allsorts" by Ken Mumford
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
17/11/14 Friends of the Cromford Canal: Talk
"My Farcical Career as Liaison Officer on a Cruise Ship" by Colin Bowyer
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
17/11/14 Peak Rail Sheffield Branch
Central Library Theatre (by The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
“Railways Remembered” a film show by Rob Foxon
1900 for a 1930 start
£6.50 on the door or £5.75 in advance
http://peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.html
18/11/14 RCTS Cheltenham
Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham GL50 2SY
"The Rebirth of the Great Western Main LIne" by Stuart Baker
Starts at 1930
Non-members are very welcome - a donation of £3.50 is requested
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/cheltenham/events.htm
21/11/14 "Picture Postcard Railway Rambles" by Stephen Gay
Coal Aston Methodist Church, Eckington Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3AW
http://www.coalastonmethodist.org.uk/events/events.php
27/11/14 The Army Flying Association
The Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop
Flt Lt Tim Dunlop, Bomber Leader of The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
A presentation on "The Two Lancasters"
Starts 1900
£10 per person (Air Cadets free)
Register online: marketing(at)flying-museum.org.uk
28/11/14 Oxford House Industrial History Society (Risca)
Oxford House Adult Education Centre, Grove Road, Risca, NP11 6GN
"The Hereford, Ross & Gloucester Line" by Dr Martin Connop-Price
1900 for a 1915 start
http://www.riscamuseum.org.uk
28/11/14 WC&P Railway Group
St Andrew’s Church Centre, Old Church Road, Clevedon, BS21 7UF
AGM plus subject TBA
Visitors are welcome - cost £2 (refunded if you join)
http://www.wcprgroup.org.uk/coming%20events.html
Cheers, Howard.
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