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NETWATCH
Martin Miller's video of Mount Dora, Tavares & Eustis Railroad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm6H7eDnfL8
And San Francisco cable cars, Powell & Hyde
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrMPoQa1Abw
12in to the foot Marklin system
http://www.agj.net/agj-och-marklin-i-samarbete/
Google translation
http://tinyurl.com/hupad7f
(Spotter: Nico Spilt)
47746 Chris Fudge & 60103 Flying Scotsman 27th January
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI3t5cOVdhE&feature=youtu.be
44871 & 45407 Charge Through Ribblesdale - Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKHpdN7PUAU
Steam Locos in Profile (starts with BR 9Fs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kddZWfq5vOw
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Preserved Railway events guide
http://preservedrailway.weebly.com/whats-on
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Stop Rail Central (Northamptonshire)
http://www.norailinterchange.co.uk/
Nostalgic photos reveal California's 123-year-old mountain railway
http://tinyurl.com/jktt24e
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
The Stirling Aircraft Project
http://stirlingproject.co.uk/
Catalogue of the 68 designs for the Great Tower for London (click on page to turn)
http://archive.org/details/descriptiveillus00lynd
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Toy Fair: Scalextric among retro toys tipped to drive growth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35399316
Mass Crane Dance
http://www.masscranedance.org/
Find the antipodes (the other side of the world) of any place on Earth
http://www.antipodesmap.com/
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IN THE NEWS
Why HS2 may have first, second AND third-class carriages
http://tinyurl.com/h4fe6k9
Rail passenger satisfaction up for first time since 2012
http://tinyurl.com/zlututo
Teenager saves £7.72 on train journey from Sheffield to Essex by taking a flight via Berlin
http://tinyurl.com/h3dlgno
Vivarail D78 test train
http://vimeo.com/152585423
http://vimeo.com/149738978
New Carriage Washing machine installed at Cricklewood sidings
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/news/2016/jan/Cricklewood-sidings-train-wash/
Southeastern admits advertising out of date punctuality information at some Kent stations
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/rail-firm-admits-punctuality-tables-59668/
Railway graffiti vandal caught red-handed when he returned to scene to admire work
http://tinyurl.com/hv95h42
Delays as lorry gets stuck under railway bridge in Swindon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-35419871
West Coast prosecution moves to Crown Court
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2016/01/27-west-coast-prosecution-moves-to.html
Opening of Portishead rail line delayed by up to a year
http://tinyurl.com/jpp62w8
Plymouth council boss: 'Prime Minister has four days before I call him a liar over rail'
http://tinyurl.com/z7ozr4j
More progress on Addenbrooke’s station as Heidi Allen pledges to raise it with transport
minister
http://tinyurl.com/jxhrdoh
'Bomb' scare evacuates Cambridge rail station - object found now identified
http://tinyurl.com/j3qkr4z
Resignalling North Lincolnshire
http://www.railengineer.uk/2016/01/27/resignalling-north-lincolnshire/
Memorial plaque for Sutton Coldfield rail crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35396493
http://tinyurl.com/hptgkfr
Brian Blessed tests Peak District tunnel acoustics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-35426721?SThisFB
Could changes mean the end of the line for cheap train tickets to London?
http://tinyurl.com/zps9dh7
CAF to supply 98 trains for Britain's Northern franchise
http://tinyurl.com/jxoamll
Network Rail to refurbish bridges and viaducts in Cheshire, UK
http://tinyurl.com/jt52cb7
500,000 Passengers since Borders route opened.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-35428213
Call for Borders Railway extension to Carlisle renewed during Lamington work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-35412900
Images of first ScotRail Class 385 body shell
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2016/01/27/images-of-first-scotrail-class-385-body-shell/
Train chiefs apologise after advertising bargain fares on closed line
http://tinyurl.com/jb5x9ho
Train allowed to cross damaged Lamington Viaduct
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35401921
http://tinyurl.com/hu4px9x
RAIB report
http://www.gov.uk/government/news/dangerous-occurrence-at-lamington-viaduct
Edinburgh to Glasgow works
http://www.railengineer.uk/2016/01/27/edinburgh-to-glasgow-works/
Newburgh rail station bid gathers steam
http://tinyurl.com/z4oc6g5
Welsh Government preparing for takeover of domestic rail services
http://tinyurl.com/zhx4wdy
Arriva Trains Wales strike called off
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-35412813
Train bosses are introducing much larger trains to solve travel chaos during rugby match days
in Cardiff
http://tinyurl.com/jbptkzr
Passengers made a record number of rail journeys to and from Wales last year
http://tinyurl.com/jbvtemn
Underground strike called off
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2016/01/25-underground-strike-called-off.html
Two locomotives steam into north Dorset (Shillingstone to Sturminster)
http://tinyurl.com/jtnwr9a
Plans submitted for £16 million extension of Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
http://tinyurl.com/gpspcud
New railway track laid at Irchester Country Park as part of heritage project
http://tinyurl.com/omht8ab
How you can help save this historic abandoned cottage before it's lost forever
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/how-you-can-help-save-10789530
World rolling stock news
http://tinyurl.com/h827h3v
New locos for California Metrolink
http://tinyurl.com/hpnxovt
US & Chinese joint wagon building venture
http://tinyurl.com/zu3q2fn
Ceneri Tunnel breakthrough (Gotthard route)
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ceneri_transalpine-tunnel-breakthrough/41911570
Ethihad Railway suspends tendering for stage 2 development
http://tinyurl.com/j2cshng
Drop in Chinese Railway freight traffic in 2015
http://tinyurl.com/jhqqlhn
Petition to retain Douglas Horse Trams
http://tinyurl.com/hptqdv8
Santa Monica Metro safety exercise
http://tinyurl.com/jsf8jws
Driverless operation to start on Budapest Metro line 4
http://tinyurl.com/jv489b3
Trent Barton introduces Skylink Express
http://www.trentbarton.co.uk/services/skylinkexpress
New Greater Manchester buses that have USB chargers, leather seats and free wi-fi
http://tinyurl.com/hdb9w2y
Thieves attempt to siphon gas from a bus but accidentally suck out sewage
http://tinyurl.com/j4s26z8
Lower Thames Crossing: Gravesend and Tilbury tunnel plan backed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35408070
Bridge demolished in Pennsylvania
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35417012
Regent's canal partly drained this weekend and open to the public
http://tinyurl.com/jaget9k
Type 45 destroyers: UK's £1bn warships face engine refit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35432341
Bristol Airport named most expensive airport to reach in Britain
http://tinyurl.com/znnqup4
Iran eyes Boeing plane purchases as sanctions end
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35394835
A380s and A350-1000s among 118 jets for Iran Air
http://tinyurl.com/zslkw6o
Air show safety tightened after Shoreham crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-35402830
Boeing 747 production reduced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35381061
Alaska unveils new livery and brand
http://tinyurl.com/hqphxwx
United plans longest 787 flight to Singapore
http://tinyurl.com/gmkox9q
F-35B due to make second attempt at UK airshow debut
http://tinyurl.com/hprxgxw
MH370 search team loses sonar detector mapping seabed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35397743
Tonbridge brickworks bulldozed by A21 roadworkers
http://tinyurl.com/zjevr8w
Minister opens Force Crag metal mine water treatment scheme
http://tinyurl.com/j3yes9b
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
30/01/16 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Great Canal Journeys" 2/3 Birmingham to Braunston
30/01/16 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 2/3
31/01/16 BBC2 2100-2200
"James May's Cars of the People" 2/3
01/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 1/15 New York (1)
01/02/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Grand Tours of Scotland" Using an 1846 guidebook (1)
02/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 2/15 New York (2)
02/02/16 Talking Pictures (Freeview 81) 1900-2100
"The Iron Maiden" (1962) Aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines
02/02/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Grand Tours of Scotland" Using an 1846 guidebook (2)
02/02/16 BBC4 2000-2100
"Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams" Navigating the River Trent
03/02/16 Talking Pictures (Freeview 81) 1040-1240
"The Iron Maiden" (1962) Aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines
03/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 3/15 New York (3)
03/02/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Grand Tours of Scotland" Using an 1846 guidebook (3)
03/02/16 BBC4 2200-2300
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 2/3
03/02/16 BBC2 2315-0015
"James May's Cars of the People" 2/3
04/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 4/15 New York to Garrison
04/02/16 BBC2 1900-2000
"Sea Cities" 1/5 Plymouth
04/02/16 ITV 2100-2200
"Jericho" Drama set against the building of a railway viaduct 5/8
05/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 5/15 Poughkeepsie to Albany
04/02/16 BBC2 1900-2000
"Sea Cities" 2/5 Tyneside
Thanks to Simon Moppett for additional information this week
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes
29/01/16- Great Central Railway: Winter Gala
31/01/16
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
30/01/16- Southampton Model Railway Exhibition
31/01/16 Barton Peveril College, Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, SO50 5BX
More than 20 quality layouts including some to commemorate 50 years since the
closure of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
http://southamptonmodelrailwaysociety.wordpress.com/
31/01/16 Bristol '0' Gauge Group Exhibition
University of the West of England, Filton Road, Bristol, BS34 8QZ
Postcode correct but likely to lead to main campus - follow North Entrance
http://www.bogg7mmexhibition.com/
01/02/16 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
"Ambulance Trains and Hospital Ships" by Andy Skinner
Starts at 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
01/02/16 Peak Railway Association
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“The Story of British Rail's High Speed Trains” by Greg Lilleker
£3 donation on the door, members and non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.htm
04/02/16- The Archives Annual Exhibition: Steaming into Bude
23/02/16 Bude-Stratton Heritage Centre, The Castle, The Wharf, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 8LG
Bude Railway 1898-1966
A chance to see how the railway looked using materials from the archives
http://www.visitbude.info/event/steaming-into-bude-bude-railway/
05/02/16 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"Bristol & District in the 1960" by Jerry Nichols from Mark Warburton’s pictures
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
07/02/16 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
08/02/16 Eastleigh and District Local History Society
Age Concern Hall, Romsey Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9AL
"Restoration of S15 class 828" by Neil Kearns
Starts 1930, refreshments available
http://www.eastleighhistory.org.uk
09/02/16 Great Western Society Bristol Group
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
The Andrew Hook Memorial Meeting
"Didcot Developments" by Richard Antliff
(Incorporating The Bristol Group Annual Meeting)
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
10/02/16 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"An SLS/Alan Jarvis Evening of Photographs" with Noel Thompson
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome - a donation of £2.00 is requested
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/south_wales/events.htm
12/02/16- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Spring Steam Gala
14/02/16
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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