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NETWATCH
Protect Ashburton station and trackbed
http://www.gooseygoo.co.uk/site/protect-ashburton-station-and-track-bed/
Information about old railway permanent way
http://www.oldpway.info/
Mike Wilcock's video of Freightliner locos being unloaded at Newport Docks 15 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmgmIUULRjM
A tribute to the Union Pacific "Big Boy" locomotives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXcD6ZdPR9k
Severn Valley Railway - Manor 50 - Saturday 14th November
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufqIamHWTe4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh1Rtv7r2tQ
Bluebell Railway Giants of Steam - Autumn 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9lpqld1W6U
An interesting model railway site with free downloadable resources
http://www.hall-royd-junction.co.uk/index.html
Standard railway modelling dimensions
http://tinyurl.com/nkyogw5
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Rolls Royce hybrid loco power plants
http://tinyurl.com/pywgfww
(Spotter: Adrian Hirst)
Joe McDoakes - So You Want a Model Railroad (1955)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6z02tsHHEg
(Spotter: Nico Spilt)
LGV Est
http://www.lgv-est.com/suivre/la-phase-des-essais/
The EasyJet cities
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34722176
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
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IN THE NEWS
Construction costs of HS2 are 'set to rise'
http://tinyurl.com/qc3lj26
http://tinyurl.com/oxvrqpk
HS2: the human cost of Britain’s most expensive ever rail project
http://tinyurl.com/o3xxtu3
Rocketing rail electrification costs unacceptable, say MPs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34868859
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34877027
Network Rail report fuels privatisation debate
http://tinyurl.com/njjycjs
UK rail problems a 'phoney crisis', says First Group boss
http://tinyurl.com/plbbd26
Double decker trains are designed to help ease overcrowding
http://tinyurl.com/nnxwwcv
Consultation started on South Western TOC franchise
http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/FutureFranchise.aspx
Crossrail surface works reach halfway milestone
http://tinyurl.com/q5nmrwz
Crossrail train design revealed
http://tinyurl.com/obu8844
Train evacuated after 'engine fire' between Dorking and Reigate
http://tinyurl.com/osxhk3t
Advert watchdogs investigating complaints over GWR's claim to "give Bristol back its railway"
http://tinyurl.com/o3meedv
Wires start to go up on Great Western Main Line
http://tinyurl.com/nprpju4
London Midland leaf-fall timetable services reinstated
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34814795
Network Rail opens Rugby operating centre
http://tinyurl.com/nm7qadk
Royal opening for Birmingham New Street
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-34865657
http://tinyurl.com/q6fteyu
Trees down on rail lines and structures blown down in high winds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-34854574
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2015/11/18-storm-barney-disrupts-trains-in.html
Devolution deal boost for Birmingham rail services
http://tinyurl.com/oll23zx
Fires in Coventry cause delays to rail passengers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34830150
Derailment at Knaresborough
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/derailment-near-knaresborough
Incline lift at Greenford Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxScXvX1Dv4
Rail summit urged amid 'chaos engulfing the system'
http://tinyurl.com/pyugzs3
Strike ballot called over Sleeper train “defects”
http://tinyurl.com/ojc7l6x
Direct North Wales to Manchester Airport train plans face 'one last hurdle'
http://tinyurl.com/o5moqd7
Peaks heritage railway dream on track to become reality
http://tinyurl.com/olcl7kg
40106 purchased by class 40 Preservation Society
http://www.cfps.co.uk/index.htm
Eurostar reverses bicycle decision
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34815867
Eurostar Velaro e320 enters passenger service
http://tinyurl.com/ptff26t
First refurbished Irish Enterprise train launched
http://tinyurl.com/o29nd2g
France TGV crash: Children on board derailed train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34827049
Late braking blamed for TGV Est derailment
http://tinyurl.com/ne7eocr
LGV Est extension video (6 minutes in is where the TGV derailed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXKffwDIAE
Landslides halt Pacific North West train services
http://tinyurl.com/nv2a72e
Bikes by rail offered on AMTRAK
http://www.nbc29.com/story/30472922/amtrak-offers-more-bike-service-on-the-crescent
Pakistan train derails '16 dead, 100 injured'
http://tinyurl.com/n9lzo9h
Chinese 'Alpine' high-speed train to enter service next month
http://tinyurl.com/pzyc8g9
First tram runs in Birmingham City Centre for 62 years
http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=13171
Collision on Sheffield Supertram network
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/collision-at-shalesmoor-tram-stop
Council recommends extending Edinburgh tram network to Newhaven
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-34862226
http://tinyurl.com/ook7vuh
Operators licences for Western Greyhound & Black Velvet buses revoked
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34807620
Folk singers' 1969 round-the-world bus trip film (why do broadcasters publish stuff at the
wrong aspect ratio?)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-34870526
Police search for driveable picnic tables in Perth Western Australia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-34853486
Police deployed to ease Kenya's three day traffic jam
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-34876981
Storm disrupts Channel Islands ferries
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-34850106
Somerset plane crash family named by police
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34833464
Government ministers to travel in adapted RAF aircraft
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34864328
Last flying Andover crashes
http://avherald.com/h?article=48f30d22&opt=0
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, John McCorriston, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien,
Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
21/10/15 BBC2 1930-2030
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 5/6 Black Forest to Hannover
22/11/15 BBC2 1700-1800
"Demolition: the Wrecking Crew"
22/11/15 BBC4 1900-2000
"Timeshift: How Britain Won the Space Race - the Story of Bernard Lovell & Jodrell
Bank"
22/11/15 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Restoring Britain's Landmarks" 6/6
24/11/15 ITV 2000-2100
"Emergency! Trains v Weather"
27/10/15 BBC2 2100-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 6/6 Barcelona to Majorca
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes
21/11/15 Burton Railway Collectors Fair
Town Hall, Burton-upon Trent, DE14 2EB
http://www.tobaz.co.uk
21/11/15- Kempton Steam Museum: Christmas Fair
22/11/15
http://www.kemptonsteam.org
21/11/15- Great Central Railway: Last Hurrah of the Season ‘Steam Gala’
22/11/15
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
01/12/15 Worcester Locomotive Society
Barbourne Ex-Serviceman's Club, The Moors, Worcester, WR1 3ED
"Early years of the WLS 1960-1975 - the final part" by David Wood
Starts at 2000
http://www.worcesterlocomotivesociety.co.uk/
04/12/15 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"The Network SouthEast Story" presented by former MD, Chris Green
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
At each meeting we ask for a donation of £2 from non-members and £1 from members
A free cup of tea or coffee will be available during the interval, and a large
selection of new and second hand books will be on sale
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol/events.htm
04/12/15- Manchester Model Railway Show
05/12/15 Barnes Wallis Building, Manchester University Northern Campus
http://mmrs.co.uk/
06/12/15 Romsey Signal Box open day
Adult: £2.50 (£3.00 if gift-aided), Child: free
1200-1600
Limited parking - see website for details
Brick Lane, Romsey - use sat-nav SO51 8LGB
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
06/12/15 Oxford Bus Museum: Santa's Bus Grotto
http://www.oxfordbusmuseum.org.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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