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BOOK NEWS
LB&SCR Carriages Volume 2: Four- and Six-wheeled Saloons, Vans and Restorations
by Ian White, Simon Turner and Sheina Foulkes
It is now forty years since the publication of Carriage Stock of the LB&SCR by PJ Newbury, and
twenty since David Gould produced "Bogie Carriages of the London, Brighton & South Coast
Railway". This new book is the second of two volumes intended to complete the coverage of
LB&SCR carriages and passenger-rated vans. It describes the four- and six-wheeled saloon and
passenger-rated vans, and also gives an account of the restoration of LB&SCR carriages at the
Bluebell Railway.
The aim is to provide a “design history” based on contemporary historical documents
supplemented by practical knowledge gained through the study and restoration of surviving
carriage bodies. The two volumes describe how carriage design developed, and how it followed
new developments in train lighting, braking, communication and the social distinctions of the
time.
A companion to the earlier LB&SCR Carriages Volume 1, both volumes are profusely illustrated
with photographs and scale drawings, and are produced to the same high standard as this
publisher’s LSWR Carriages Volume 3 and LSWR Carriages Volume 4 by the late Gordon Weddell.
All royalties from the sale of these volumes are being donated to the Bluebell Stroudley Coach
Fund.
Hardback: 224 pages
Over 230 photographs and scale drawings, some in colour
304 x 217mm
ISBN: 978-1-905505-36-4
Price: £29.95
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk
NETWATCH
Two new videos from Andrew Cook...
68020 Reliance on Intermodal Duty at Bridge of Allan, 22nd April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvbeUNzJmbw
DRS 68019 Brutus at Dalmeny, 21st April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfM2YJ_WRbw
Martin Miller's video of Ponte Casilino a little way out of Roma Termini, 11th May 2015
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiFDkFItjks
Tehachapi: End of an Era (1980s)
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNql8DqwtX0
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJRx22FFlCs
Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a0LF1ggBD4
Part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SunpdC62HPI
Part 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzd4fK7ZGIA
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Great Central Railway, Saturday 23rd April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP55wBN2EaA
North Yorkshire Moors Railway Green Timetable 20th April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I7feqhBzyk
45690 Leander Charges Up Battlefield Bank - The Salopian Express - 22nd April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOINf2HUKH4
Royal Scot Heads the GB IX Steam Tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSqvfjGuKf0
Zwei Dicke und eine Preußin 38 2267, 01 1075 & 01 150 16th/17th April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppKymk2_xLw
Dampf am deutschen Eck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKNEPkxzN6g
Lokportrait Dampflok 38 2267
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d972VJWvdFA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Great Central - Bridging the Loughborough Gap
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/unify/
(Spotter: Roger Smith)
Invergordon station murals
https://www.flickr.com/photos/doffcocker/sets/72157665179561833
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Oh, Doctor Beeching... if you could see us now
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36077183
Manchester's tube train that never was
http://tinyurl.com/nkumhzs
Readers' photos of the trig points that helped map the UK
http://tinyurl.com/hmcybm8
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IN THE NEWS
West Coast Railway Company in new safety incident
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36103590
http://www.unseensteam.co.uk/News/WCR-new-safety-incident
Growth slows at Stagecoach Rail
http://tinyurl.com/jjbnotw
'Misery' on Southern Rail as workers walk out
http://www.theweek.co.uk/63645/rail-strike-southern-rail-workers-to-walk-out-tomorrow
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2016/04/26-strike-by-rmt-disrupts-southern.html
High Court injunction over Gatwick Express DOO dispute
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2016/04/25-high-court-intervenes-in-gatwick.html
Barking c2c train driver dies after suffering 'heart attack' as train pulls into station
http://tinyurl.com/j9q53vx
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2016/04/27-tributes-to-c2c-driver-who.html
Passenger in Roudham rail crash claims he was offered £4 refund on £51 ticket by Abellio
http://tinyurl.com/grh4ga3
RAIB investigation into Level crossing accident near Thetford 10th April
http://www.gov.uk/government/news/collision-near-thetford
Network Rail awards Great Western resignalling contract
http://tinyurl.com/hmh3mjp
Book charts the time when Uttoxeter had three railway stations
http://tinyurl.com/jypw3ve
12-year-old train enthusiast verbally abused in Worksop
http://tinyurl.com/jfocofg
Torksey Viaduct reopens
http://www.railengineer.uk/2016/04/25/video-torksey-viaduct-reopens/
RAIB report on level crossing accident near Knaresborough
http://tinyurl.com/zluv7nr
Royal steam loco replaced by a vintage diesel engine
http://tinyurl.com/zmvfset
Remains of Belfast's first railway station unearthed
http://tinyurl.com/jfwhoxz
Eurostar confirms plans for new routes
http://tinyurl.com/j6pnv3z
More rolling stock to be ordered for traffic increase in Austria
http://tinyurl.com/hcx8gnh
More China - Europe freight trains launched
http://tinyurl.com/h4c6a48
Dramatic aerial footage shows Canadian wooden railway bridge ablaze
http://tinyurl.com/hk9mtgc
Landslide damages historic cliff-side lift
http://tinyurl.com/jogop6b
Ffestiniog Railway gets new £600,000 heritage train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-36163113
Manchester Metrolink system shut down by software fault
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-36131505
Glasgow Subway to close for four weeks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36125416
Birmingham New Street tram extension to open in May
http://tinyurl.com/jpod4sc
LUAS pay progress
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0422/783562-luas/
Strasbourg opens tram Line A extension
http://tinyurl.com/jyn6g6m
Tram bowling in Berlin
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2016/04/26/tram-bowling-in-berlin/
New Jersey Transit appointed boss turns down role
http://tinyurl.com/j5ppkxv
Contact signed for construction of Railway to Perth airport
http://tinyurl.com/jlzlvfw
US Air Force breaks maglev speed record and other news
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35926737
TS Queen Mary to return to Glasgow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36123592
Former Sealink ferry Hengist, now Panagia Tinou, is sinking in a Greek harbour
http://tinyurl.com/jxjy6fy
Solar Impulse flying over San Francisco
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36123281
A380 could work for IAG at Iberia and Aer Lingus: Walsh
http://tinyurl.com/gueroyd
China Eastern signs for 35 A350s and 787-9s
http://tinyurl.com/zbb5hhe
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
30/04/16 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Great Canal Journeys" Sweden coast-to-coast 1/3
01/05/16 ITV 2000-2100
"Paul Merton's Secret Stations" A look at Britain's request-stop stations 1/3
02/05/16 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The Tube: Going Underground" Documentary series 7/8
03/05/16 BBC4 2000-2100
"Caravans: a British Love Affair"
04/05/16 BBC4 2000-2100
"Timeshift: The Joy of Sets - the Model Railway Story"
04/05/16 Channel 5 2300-0000
"The Tube: Going Underground" Documentary series 7/8
05/05/16 Talking Pictures (Freeview 81) 0220-0250
"Elizabethan Express" 1954 BTF film of the (then) new Elizabethan Express
05/05/16 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys" 1/6 The Burma-Siam Railway
05/05/16 BBC4 2100-2200
"Timeshift: A Very British Map - the Ordnance Survey Story"
05/05/16 BBC4 2200-2300
"Jim Clark: the Quiet Champion"
06/05/16 ITV 2000-2030
"Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant" 3/6 Lancaster Canal
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
29/04/16- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Day Out With Thomas
30/04/16
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
30/04/16 Derby Choral Union: "Trainsongs at the Derby Roundhouse"
http://www.dcu.org.uk/concerts/trainsongs-at-the-roundhouse/
30/04/16- Friends of King Alfred Buses Running Days
01/05/16 Free bus services in and around Winchester
From 1700 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun)
http://www.fokab.org.uk/
30/04/16- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Steam at War
02/05/16
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk/
30/04/16- Didcot Railway Centre: Steam Gala
02/05/16
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/
30/04/16- 38th Rushden Cavalcade of Historical Transport
02/05/16
http://www.cavalcade.org.uk/
30/04/16- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Rocks and Rails Weekend
02/05/16
http://www.e-v-r.com
30/04/16- South Tynedale Railway: Forty Year Commemoration of Closure
02/05/16
http://www.south-tynedale-railway.org.uk
30/04/16- Talyllyn Railway: The Road to Adventure Gala
02/05/16
http://www.talyllyn.co.uk
30/04/16- Ffestiniog Railway: May Bank Holiday Event
02/05/16
http://www.festrail.co.uk
01/05/16 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 8LG
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
01/05/16 Twyford Waterworks: Spring Rally
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk
01/05/16 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Car Boot Sale
http://www.e-v-r.com
01/05/16- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: Steam Gala & Model Railway Exhibition
02/05/16
http://www.bucksrailcentre.org
01/05/16- Cromford Canal Horse Day and Leawood Pump Steaming Day
02/05/16 Middleton Top Engine House Steaming Day
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
02/05/16 St Philips Marsh Open Day: GWR Celebrates 40 Years of the High Speed Train
In aid of local charity the Springboard Opportunity Group
1030 to 1630
http://tinyurl.com/hkmzeag
02/05/16 Peak Railway Association
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Doug Copley's Lineside Images” + “The David Odd Collection”
£3 donation on the door, members and non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.htm
06/05/16 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"East Anglian Electrification – the First Thirty Years" by John Day
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
06/05/16- Swanage Railway: Diesel Gala & Beer Festival
08/05/16
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/
06/05/16- North Yorkshire Moors Railway: Branch Line Steam Gala (part 1)
08/05/16
http://www.nymr.co.uk/
07/05/16 Southampton Heritage Federation: History Fair
St Mary's Fire Station, Southampton
07/05/16 Llangollen Railway: Fish & Chip Special
http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
07/05/16- Derby Model Railway Exhibition
08/05/16 The Roundhouse, Roundhouse Road, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8JE
http://www.mmrg.org.uk/
08/05/16 Severn Valley Railway: Peppa Pig & George Visit
http://www.svr.co.uk
09/05/16 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
"Forton Lake and its Boat Shipyards" by Martin R Marks
Starts at 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
09/05/16 Peak Railway Association
Library Theatre, Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
“Railways Remembered” a film show by Rob Foxon
Starts 1930, doors open 1900
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.htm
10/05/16 Great Western Society Bristol Group
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
"BR Steam in the West Country" by Alan Sainty
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
11/05/16 Swiss Railways Society (London Branch)
The Model Railway Club, Keen House, 4 Calshot Street, London N1 9AT
(Penton Rise stop on bus routes 30, 73, 205 & 476)
Members evening: "Countries not adjacent to Switzerland (& not UK)" slideshow
Meetings start 19:00, refreshments available
Non-members very welcome. £3.50 donation requested
http://www.swissrailsoc.org.uk/
11/05/16 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"Strictly Freight Only - Developments & Changes in Freight Traffic on British
Rail Network since 1960" by Brian Ringer
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
13/05/16- Apedale Valley Light Railway: Tracks tothe Trenches
15/05/16
http://www.ww1-event.org
13/05/16- North Yorkshire Moors Railway: Branch Line Steam Gala (part 2)
15/05/16
http://www.nymr.co.uk/
14/05/16 Victory Model Railway Club 4th Annual Exhibition
Admiral Lord Nelson School, Dundas Ln, Portsmouth, PO3 5XT
http://www.victorymrc.org.uk/index.html
14/05/16- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Multiple Memories Weekend
15/05/16
http://www.e-v-r.com
14/05/16- Llangollen Railway: Victorian Weekend
15/05/16
http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
15/05/16 Ryedale Auctioneers Railway & Toy Sale
Cooks Yard, New Road, Kirkbymoorside, York, YO62 6DZ
http://www.ryedaleauctioneers.com
Cheers, Howard.
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