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Sibiu-Agnita Railway update from Laurie Webb, our Romanian Correspondent
SAR volunteers held another steam weekend on 17/18th September in hot, sunny weather. I
travelled to Cornatel on Wednesday afternoon with fellow expat Colin Shaw. We reached Cornatel
too late for work so went to our accommodation and then a meal with Romanian volunteers and
members of the SARUK British support group, who had flown to Sibiu earlier in the week.
Thursday: Colin and I moved old standard gauge sleepers. Good ones will be cut in half for
narrow gauge sleepers and split ones used to fuel the steam engine at the next steam weekend.
Friday: I offered to fix the SAR motor trolley which had developed a problem when the starter
engaged at random. I found a loose wire, checked for signs of any short circuit and reconnected
the battery. Nothing untoward happened so I pressed the starter. The Trabant engine finally
started and Mihai, president of the volunteers, suggested I test drive the trolley in the
station yard to see if the problem recurred. After an hour there were no problems - result!
Saturday: Mihai asked me to drive the motor trolley and trailers to shuttle passengers over the
last two kilometres to Hosman, where they could visit a roof tile factory. Due to its weight
the steam loco was barred from the last two kilometres where rotten sleepers have been removed
but not replaced - the gaps can be seen in my video. I spent the next three hours shuttling 10
to 20 passengers back and forth. Colin had to return for business reasons so we came home
Saturday evening.
I have compiled a video using photographs, some from other volunteers, and video I filmed
myself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxIXVD5a7V8
NETWATCH
Martin Miller's video of Mansfield Woodhouse station
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jaXpwBcaFc
Manchester Metrolink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-E4VYn4eNE
Manchester Metrolink - the Deansgate ramp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Tnsdijkig
Manchester Metrolink - Mosley Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTz2UrVelc
Manchester Metrolink - St Peter's Square
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXgJPhl1qs
Manchester Metrolink - return to St Peter's Square
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTcHui9-UEs
Heaton Chapel station
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk7itsxFomo
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub9dx2Y4VLs
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway - high speed trolley testing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsA9oDNFmrQ
Buxton station in 2016 - with rabbits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LF-4E3lp0s
Mike Wilcock's video of the spectacular naming ceremony of 66727
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWSovqd99-A
Radio installation at Whitemoor marshalling yard
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/radio-installation-of-marshalling-yard-aka-radio-c
(Spotter: Martin Allen)
Ilfracombe branch project
http://www.combe-rail.org.uk/
Britain on Film: Railways
http://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/films/britainonfilmrailways
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Google street view inside Zurich Hbf
http://tinyurl.com/zmxfnfe
How CSX was named
http://tinyurl.com/hrgsaer
Flywheel energy storage
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/lineside-flywheels.html
Vintage buses in Glasgow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37407947
Red Funnel corporate history with links
http://www.redfunnel.co.uk/corporate-information/history/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
76084 5M50 Loaded Test Run, 20th September
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4UcoS3iwek
Action on the Severn Valley Railway, March, August, September 2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0KTx5S0-WQ
Epping & Ongar Diesel Gala, 17th September
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEn7ygXgbFI
DR-Dieselloks und Dieselzüge/Halberstadt - Bad Blankenburg, 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7qz3ZSJcCg
The most magnificent Rolls-Royce ever built
http://tinyurl.com/kwpmxky
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele Diesel gala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vccsL__gASA
Bello-festival of the Stoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MSdAwb_VCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d-HgQXa6_c
4-6-2 steam locomotive 01 1075 at Woerden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWVe86P2PpU
(Spotter: Kees Wielemaker)
London to Paris in the driver's cab
http://tinyurl.com/gtcrghm
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Nice Low Pass DC-6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MpSks-h3jE
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Our roads are choked - we’re on the verge of carmageddon
http://tinyurl.com/hmkv5sg
Postcard from the past: a nostalgic glimpse into holidays of yesteryear
http://tinyurl.com/j3ln94s
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IN THE NEWS
Consultation launched over new Govia Thameslink services
http://tinyurl.com/j2jdu5j
London’s train map is about to look very different
http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/21/londons-train-map-is-about-to-look-very-different-6143328/
Major shake-up of London commuter trains... but it won't arrive until 2018
http://tinyurl.com/hkq8s62
Southern Railway travellers face more strikes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37443025
Services on landslip line return to normal
http://tinyurl.com/jnwt9yq
Trains suspended between Barnstaple and Exeter
http://tinyurl.com/jyvp2tw
Britain's largest steam train on track for South Devon
http://tinyurl.com/huhqrqs
6201 Princess Elizabeth: Hundreds turn out to see record-breaking steam train pass through
Somerset
http://tinyurl.com/htw68mp
Torquay fare dodger who didn't pay £2.80 rail fares left more than £1,600 out of pocket
http://tinyurl.com/zz9rksj
Tracklaying completed for Chiltern to Oxford
http://tinyurl.com/zwarvxl
Network Rail fined £4m over level crossing death of actress
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-37428393
Bi-mode fleet needed by 2020, says major East Midlands rail strategy
http://tinyurl.com/jqumx28
New wagons delivered for Tarmac Mountsorrel quarry traffic
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/freight/single-view/view/tarmac-wagons-delivered.html
Rail in the north ‘should be fully devolved by 2025’
http://tinyurl.com/grzrpl5
New pictures show work progressing on major commuter route for Liverpool
http://tinyurl.com/z85q4zs
More trains will means more traffic queues in two Yorkshire towns
http://tinyurl.com/zmwroc4
The glory and the grime: The final years of steam trains in Yorkshire
http://tinyurl.com/zzupjo5
ScotRail and RMT 'in principle' agreement in trains dispute
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37412894
ScotRail 'fudge' over driver-only dispute will see conductors closing doors - and drivers
opening them
http://tinyurl.com/zsgaze3
Costs soar on another two Scots rail projects
http://tinyurl.com/gpwewxk
Scotland’s most northerly railway line ‘facing closure’
http://tinyurl.com/hk8fpqs
First Hitachi EMU for ScotRail on test
http://tinyurl.com/gmfr85e
http://tinyurl.com/j43vbv8
Borders Line Sunday service steam trains run despite doubts
http://tinyurl.com/hhnv766
Clearance work on disused Trawsfynydd railway line to start
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-37435111
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/blaenau-ffestiniog-steam-railway-line-11912243
Train narrowly misses two people in tunnel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/37420096
Flying Scotsman: fans flock to see a true British icon on the Severn Valley Railway
http://tinyurl.com/hduu2b4
Steam enthusiast falls in front of train while taking photos
http://tinyurl.com/jacn8r8
Pensioner booted off Snowdon tourist train because 'fat family refused to move and make room
for him'
http://tinyurl.com/goah3fm
Isle of Man shortage of useable locos
http://tinyurl.com/jdw6r9y
Markeaton Park Light Railway has shut
http://tinyurl.com/jfztuuu
Eurostar prepares to scrap 186mph Class 373s
http://tinyurl.com/hqd8eo5
Stadler introduces Eurodual UK locomotive
http://tinyurl.com/hu4sy6l
Hitachi signs long-term Class 800 engine contract with MTU
http://tinyurl.com/gql8lxf
Great Continental Railways: What would George Bradshaw make of British rail today?
http://tinyurl.com/zmw4yvv
Hungarian Track recording train revealed
http://tinyurl.com/zy4r3h5
DB and Toshiba Hybrid loco project
http://tinyurl.com/zntepo6
Via Rail to order bi-mode trains
http://tinyurl.com/jdgqdd7
Fire destroys historic Southern Pacific Railroad depot in Long Beach
http://tinyurl.com/j5ervte
Kenyan standard gauge line construction stopped by environmental tribunal
http://tinyurl.com/grqgggm
1500 km rail corridor agreed across Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
http://tinyurl.com/je8uley
Jubilee Line incident response hindered by staff shortage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37432263
Metro North order more Kawasaki multiple units
http://tinyurl.com/js5gzz3
Extra funding for San Diego tram system extension
http://tinyurl.com/gmytkjx
After move south, restored trolley station ready for museum-goers
http://tinyurl.com/zauf5r2
Husband buys his wife the double-decker bus where they first met
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/bus-couple-11894487
Beginning of the end for the "New Routemaster"?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37323431
Dublin Bus strike: Thousands affected by fifth day of action
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37448591
'World's fastest shed' attempts airfield record
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-37401398
The logic in Apple buying McLaren
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37436171
Kelpies win international canals award
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-37428718
Bring back Britannia to rule the waves after Brexit
http://tinyurl.com/zem7f3s
Amsterdam to get world’s first robot boat in €25m project
http://tinyurl.com/hlyca68
Spitfire crashes after landing at Sywell Aerodrome
http://tinyurl.com/hwvt22q
Women taken off Southampton flight after writing on plane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-37427052
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Mike Prince, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
24/09/16 Channel 5 2230-2330
"The Cars that Made Britain Great" 4/8
25/09/16 Channel 4 1930-2100
"Speed with Guy Martin" 2/3 A pedal-powered airship
26/09/16 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Aircrash: Terror at Take-off"
26/09/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Brushing Up On... British Statues" 2/6 with Danny Baker
27/09/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Brushing Up On... British Beaches" 3/6 with Danny Baker
27/09/16 BBC2 2100-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 2/6 Zermatt to Geneva
28/09/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Brushing Up On... British Woodlands" 4/6 with Danny Baker
28/09/16 BBC1 1930-2000
"Railways: the Making of a Nation" Episodes vary according to BBC region
29/09/16 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The Tube: Going Underground"
29/09/16 BBC4 2000-2030
"Railways: the Making of a Nation" Railway time
30/09/16 Channel 5 1900-2000
"World's Tallest Towers"
30/09/16 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The Cars that Made Britain Great" 5/8
30/09/16 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Carry on Caravanning" 5/6
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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 Severn Valley Railway: Steam Event
26/09/16
http://www.svr.co.uk
24/09/16 The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway: Diesel Day
http://www.wllr.org.uk
24/09/16 Ffestiniog Railway: Trailffest
http://www.festrail.co.uk
24/09/16- London Transport Museum: A Logo for London
25/09/16 The Museum Depot, Acton
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/open-weekends
24/09/16- Scaleforum 2016
25/09/16 Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Guttmann Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 9PP
Prices on the door - Society Members: £6, Non Members: £9
Tickets valid for both days, partners and accompanied children admitted free
Available in advance from
http://www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/2016/
24/09/16- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: Traction Engine & Vintage Vehicle Rally
25/09/16
http://www.bucksrailcentre.org
24/09/16- Avon Valley Railway: 1940s Weekend
25/09/16
http://www.avonvalleyrailway.org
24/09/16- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway: Day Out With Thomas
25/09/16
http://www.gwsr.com
24/09/16- Foxfield Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
25/09/16
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/
24/09/16- East Lancashire Railway: Autumn Diesel Gala
25/09/16
http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/
24/09/16- South Tynedale Railway: Oddities Event
25/09/16
http://www.south-tynedale-railway.org.uk
24/09/16- Vale of Rheidol Railway: Open Weekend
25/09/16
http://www.rheidolrailway.co.uk
01/10/16 Romsey Town Council Film Festival
"The Titfield Thunderbolt" (1953) followed by
“Romsey Signal Box and Sprat & Winkle Line"
Doors open 1400, film starts at 1430
Tickets: £6 from the Town Hall office (open 0900 to 1500) or from...
http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/romseytowncouncil
01/10/16- Bure Valley Railway: Model Rail Express
http://www.bvrw.co.uk
01/10/16 Peak Rail: 50th Anniversary of Closure of Rowsley Shed Exhibition
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
01/10/16- Fareham and District Model Railway Club: Model Railway Exhibition
02/10/16 Fareham Leisure Centre, Park Lane, Fareham, Hants, PO16 7JU
http://fareham-mrc.org.uk/
01/10/16- Cromford Canal Horse Day and Leawood Pump Steaming Day
02/10/16
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
02/10/16 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
02/10/16 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: Autumn Steam Gala
http://www.bucksrailcentre.org
02/10/16 Middleton Top Engine House Steaming Day
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
03/10/16 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
"Wessex Brewing and Malting" by Peter Stanier
Starts at 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
03/10/16 Peak Railway Association
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“The Route of The South Yorkshireman” by Martin Bromley
£3 donation on the door, members and non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.htm
03/10/16- Nottingham Midland Station: Remembering Victoria
09/10/16 Exhibition commemorating 50 years since the closure of Nottingham Victoria station
03/10/16 Radstock Museum
Waterloo Road, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3EP
“An Evening on the S&D" by Andrew Linham
Admission: £3
Starts 1930
http://radstockmuseum.co.uk/
07/10/16- Great Central Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
09/10/16
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
07/10/16- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Autumn Steam Spectacular
09/10/16
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
07/10/16- Ffestiniog Railway: Victorian Weekend
09/10/16
http://www.festrail.co.uk
08/10/16 Dr Edwin Course Memorial Event
Bursledon Brickworks, Coal Park Ln, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
1400-1700
Speakers:
"The Itchen Navigation" Terry Gould
"Twyford Waterworks" Martin Gregory
"Gosport Railways" Peter Keet
"The Farm Survey, Hockley Viaduct, et al" Pam Moore
"One of Edwin's Interests in Portsmouth and other recollections" Prof Ray Riley
Tickets: £5.00 from Pam Moore
pam.moore@ntlworld.com
08/10/16 West Wales 0 Gauge Group Model Railway Exhibition
Village Hall, Main Road, Bronwydd Arms, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
1000-1600
Adult: £4, Concession: £3, Child: £2, Family: £10
08/10/16 Vale of Rheidol Railway: Music on the Train
http://www.rheidolrailway.co.uk
08/10/15- Farnham & District MRC: 42nd Model Railway Exhibition
09/10/15 Connaught Leisure Centre, Aldershot, GU12 4AS
http://farnhammrc.org.uk/?page_id=158
08/10/16- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway: Autumn Diesel Weekend
09/10/16
http://www.gwsr.com
08/10/15- Apedale Valley Light Railway: Steam Centenary Weekend
09/10/15
http://www.avlr.org.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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