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NETWATCH
Devizes Station – recollections of a train-spotter
http://tinyurl.com/p4tfphe
Unseen Steam
http://www.unseensteam.co.uk
Friends Of the Brigg & Lincoln Lines
http://e-voice.org.uk/friendsofbrigg-lincolnlines/
New videos from Mike Willcock...
68004 Rapid, 354 miles, Newport to Carlisle, 18th July
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qx4wZ_-Kc
47212 with 30 PCA Tanks Aberthaw-Briton Ferry-Stormy-Newport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BZWJGULh8g
Beamish Museum - Great North Steam Fair, 12th April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O55ytrrIkc
Great North of Scotland Railway films, 1963
http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-great-north-of-scotland-railway-films-1963/
(Spotter: Paul Bartlett)
UK Steam on the Mainline and Heritage Railways, May/June 2015
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mHP247dAYQ
West Coast Railways Mainline Steam, May 2015
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U10q-OMYMSM
The Echills Wood Railways Mainline loco weekend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHaRS-w1QCs
Strange & Extreme TRAINS and Locomotives
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7xl6YyldeY
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIQFXDFCCxk
Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn-K3Wk8Sts
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The Welsh Highland Railway as viewed by the French
http://www.wat.tv/video/prenez-votre-ticket-pour-tout-7ip39_2i0u7_.html
(Spotter: Richard Maund)
Rail expansion and resulting problems
http://tinyurl.com/ouankou
How to air freight a Merlin helicopter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16223472
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The train now arriving
http://www.railengineer.uk/2015/07/22/the-train-now-arriving/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
English Electric Archive
http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/
Dan Snow digging up Spitfire from Somerset marshland
http://quirker.co.uk/story/tv-presenter-dan-snow-digging-up-spitfire-out-of-marshland
Haunting images reveal two abandoned Soviet shuttles rotting in giant derelict hangar
http://tinyurl.com/pe276v9
Classic car & vintage clothing photos - 1920s to 1980s
http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
12 amazing subterranean spaces below Manchester
http://tinyurl.com/p52hvuj
Birmingham and the bulldozer: Historic buildings which met their maker
http://tinyurl.com/ofupdd9
(Spotter: Mike Price)
Gypsum mining in the Tutbury area
http://www.helenlee.co.uk/tutbury/gypsum.html
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IN THE NEWS
Problems with the electrification train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33425743
Off Track: Network Rail currently available on iPlayer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060zvnd
Ministers refuse to release rail upgrade warning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33654572
Transport secretary admits NR costs are still not clear
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2015/07/20-transport-secretary-admits-nr-costs.html
Bombardier testing first Gatwick Express Class 387/2
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2015/07/23/bombardier-testing-first-gatwick-express-class-3872/
http://tinyurl.com/os9wrqf
Trains delayed on London Overground after trespasser 'sits down on track'
http://tinyurl.com/o29d9nh
Victorian railway line discovered by workmen
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13489464.Victorian_railway_line_discovered_by_workmen/
Pressure over Midland Mainline electrification
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33585204
Train hits car on level crossing near Burton upon Trent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33602441
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-arrested-after-cross-country-6106232
Delayed Ilkeston railway station needs £500,000 of taxpayers' money to be built
http://tinyurl.com/q37tg4c
Train passenger numbers on the rise at stations across the Derwent Valley Line
http://tinyurl.com/p4ul692
Ordsall Chord delay: Town hall chief blasts single objector holding up Piccadilly-Victoria rail
link
http://tinyurl.com/pyjopy2
Extra patrols launched to tackle railway trespassing in West Yorkshire
http://tinyurl.com/qzq6ehm
RAIB report on oil train derailment near Lincoln
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/derailment-near-langworth-lincoln
Near Miss at Hest Bank
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/report-082015-near-miss-involving-track-workers-near-hest-bank
Competing on the same tracks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-33582013
Highland passengers won’t lose modern carriages, according to ScotRail bosses
http://tinyurl.com/p9uj4ax
Scots passengers vent anger at train cancellations
http://tinyurl.com/px442wu
Rail strike looms amid fears job cuts will top 100
http://tinyurl.com/pl66pqk
Flying Scotsman restoration enters final stages
http://tinyurl.com/ow4b77c
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33584691
'Hundreds' of migrants now target Eurotunnel every night
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33649334
Eurotunnel seeks compensation for migrant disruption
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2015/07/23/eurotunnel-seeks-compensation-for-migrant-disruption/
Eurostar shows off updated Class 373 interior
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2015/07/21/eurostar-shows-off-updated-class-373-interior/
http://tinyurl.com/nbl8okm
Irish Rail 3.5% increase in rail journeys in 2015
http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0720/715933-train/
European class 66s change ownership
http://tinyurl.com/q4h4n4j
ICE 3 starts operating French cross-border services
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2015/07/23/ice-3-starts-operating-french-cross-border-services/
Museum line steam loco rescues stranded Dutch train (in Dutch)
http://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/opmerkelijk/video-rijdend-museum-sleept-ns-trein-weg
Copper thieves add to Australian train system woes
http://tinyurl.com/oa3ojpo
Jaywalkers top railway deaths in Bangladesh
http://www.thedailystar.net/country/jaywalkers-responsible-train-accidents-too-115585
Train smashes into limo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see/33647679
Paris commuters face summer of travel trouble
http://www.thelocal.fr/20150721/parisians-face-summer-of-travel-trouble
Hong Kong metro order for new stock
http://tinyurl.com/pdtzacm
Pennine Model Railway Society sounds horn for new younger members
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/pennine-model-railway-society-sounds-9689811
http://penninemodelrailway.club/
Sheffield to Manchester road tunnel viability study under way
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33644335
The Blue Bird returns! Welsh beach stages historic reconstruction of land speed record
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/blue-bird-returns-welsh-beach-9702689
PM makes appeal to Aston Martin to open plant in Wales
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-33638634
Do some lorries have a basic problem with turning left?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33622318
“Boris Bikes” scheme to be extended to West Lothian
http://tinyurl.com/q32pakb
Air traffic control's busiest day expected as holidays start
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33647759
Yeovilton airshow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-33497842
Approval given for aviation museum at Filton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-33605455
Ryanair bans duty-free alcohol on UK to Ibiza flights
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-33621040
Paraglider and plane avoid collision over Glen Coe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-33649614
Highland airport passenger numbers up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-33645476
Inside the devastated Donetsk airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33646562
China begins assembly of world's largest amphibious aircraft
http://tinyurl.com/nblywtc
The industrial communities struggling to survive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33647906
Merthyr Tydfil's iron revolution celebrated 250 years on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-33596112
The climb that left me frozen with fear
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32814403
Spotters: Paul Bartlett, Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Andrew Nummelin, Reg Nerps,
Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
25/07/15 BBC2 1800-1830
"Ocean Queens: the Story of Cunard"
26/07/15 BBC2 1900-2000
"Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways" 1/3
26/07/15 ITV 2100-2200
"Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure" 3/3
26/07/15 BBC4 2300-0000
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 2/2 Branching Out
27/07/15 BBC4 0000-0100
"Brakeless: Why Trains Crash"
27/07/15 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Northampton to Rugby
27/07/15 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Stop! Roadworks Ahead" Fly-on-the windscreen looks at roadworks 3/6
28/07/15 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Leicestershire
28/07/15 BBC4 2000-2030
"Great British Railway Journeys" Nottinghamshire
29/07/15 BBC2 2100-2200
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Inside the Post Office" Behind-the-scenes 1/3
29/07/15 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Southampton
29/07/15 BBC4 2200-0000
"All Aboard! The Canal Trip" Along the Kennet & Avon in real time
30/07/15 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The Holiday Airport: Sun, Sea and Scousers" 3/7
30/07/15 BBC4 2030-2100
"Brushing Up On... British Tunnels" With Danny Baker
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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 New Mills Heritage and Information Centre: Celebration of 150 years of railway
history
01/08/15
http://visitnewmills.co.uk/happy-birthday-to-new-mills-central/
Until Louth Museum: The Railways of Louth
01/08/15
http://lincolnshirewoldsrailway.co.uk/
24/07/15- Gloucester Warwickshire Railway: Heritage Diesel Weekend
26/07/15
http://www.gwsr.com
24/07/15- Midland Railway, Butterley: Indietracks Music Festival
26/07/15
http://www.midlandrailway-butterley.co.uk
25/07/15- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Summer Fayre
26/07/15
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
25/07/15- Churnet Valley Railway: Fireman Sam
26/07/15
http://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk
25/07/15- Llangollen Railway: 1960s Weekend
26/07/15
http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
26/07/15 Leighton Buzzard Railway: Everything Goes!
http://www.buzzrail.co.uk
26/07/15 Great Central Railway - Nottingham: Bus Gathering & Running Day
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
26/07/15 Middleton Top Engine Static Exhibit Day
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
26/07/15- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: The Railway Folk
28/07/15
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
28/07/15- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Diesel Days
30/07/15
http://www.e-v-r.com
31/07/15- Epping Ongar Railway: Real Ale Weekend
03/08/15
http://www.eorailway.co.uk
01/08/15- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Victorian Weekend
02/08/15
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
01/08/15- Mid-Norfolk Railway: Railway at War Weekend
02/08/15
http://www.mnr.org.uk
01/08/15- Llangollen Railway: Day Out With Thomas
02/08/15
http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
01/08/15- Great Central Railway - Nottingham: Model Rail Show
02/08/15
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
01/08/15- Leawood Pumping Engine Static Display Days
02/08/15
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
01/08/15- Peak Rail: 1940s Weekend
02/08/15
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
01/08/15- Cleveland Model Railway Club Exhibition
02/08/15 Redcar & Cleveland College, Corporation Road (A1085), Redcar. TS10 1Ez
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
http://www.cmrc.club/
02/08/15 Twyford Waterworks, Hants: Open Day & Wildlife Tours
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk
02/08/15 Foxfield Railway: Heritage Train Day
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/
02/08/15 Middleton Top Engine Static Exhibit Day
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
02/08/15- Helston & Falmouth Model Railway Club Open Day
03/08/15 Gunwalloe Village Hall, Gunwalloe, Helston, TR12 7QG
http://www.fmrc.co.uk/
03/08/15 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Alexandra Palace” by Peter Keat
Starts at 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
03/08/15 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“The Midland in the East End of Sheffield, part 2” by Ted Hancock
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
04/08/15 Gloucester Warwickshire Railway: Teddy Bear Railcar Special
http://www.gwsr.com
04/08/15 Worcester Locomotive Society
Barbourne Ex-Serviceman's Club, The Moors, Worcester, WR1 3ED
"From the MIAC Archives Steam in the Midlands & further afield 1955-65" Andrew
Smith
Starts at 2000
http://www.worcesterlocomotivesociety.co.uk/
04/08/15- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Diesel Days
05/08/15
http://www.e-v-r.com
06/08/15- Llangollen Railway: Day Out With Thomas
09/08/15
http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
07/08/15 Gloucester Warwickshire Railway: Richard Edmonds' Car Auction
http://www.gwsr.com
07/08/15- Talyllyn Railway: 1865-2015 Gala
09/08/15
http://www.talyllyn.co.uk
08/08/15- Gloucester Warwickshire Railway: Steam & Real Ale Weekend
09/08/15
http://www.gwsr.com
08/08/15- Great Central Railway: Miniature Steam Weekend
09/08/15
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
08/08/15- Peak Rail: 40th Anniversary of Peak Rail Association
09/08/15
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
08/08/15- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Day Out With Thomas
16/08/15
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
09/08/15 Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Jaguar Classic Car Show
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
09/08/15 Middleton Top Engine Static Exhibit Day
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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