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NETWATCH
How Toton Sidings became a huge railway hub - in Victorian days
http://tinyurl.com/h84yp3y
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
The stunning old railway station that didn't have a town
http://tinyurl.com/jp6co23
(Spotter: Adrian Hirst)
February Freeze-Up (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLr3cXd9qo4
Severn Valley Railway End of Season Steam Gala, 5th November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VhwQKVFXfc
Riley Fives along the Welsh Marches - The Christmas Cheshireman, 19th November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2QyblE2-s0
Modern Action at Penzance, 14th November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQF7lwvPfJQ
Traumhaft schöne Modellbahnanlage "Saint Libéral" Spur H0m
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXVQnzbI0SU
An alarming Chinese NG railway (we've had it before, but...)
https://vimeo.com/2578284
Model Trains HO Gauge Cab Ride from San Vincenzo to Follonica Station in Italy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z7l8sfRVuk
Buses at Truro Bus Station, 15th November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm4diIFcA14
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
1940s proposals for London rail Network
http://tinyurl.com/zh2r4r8
K&WVR, 20th November
http://www.steamingaroundyorkshire.co.uk/Pages/2016/november16/20th.htm
Great Central end of season, 19th November
http://trev11.zenfolio.com/p520715691
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Epping Ongar Railway, 2013-2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKjzTy63uvU
D1015 Western Champion heads a GB Railfreight staff special to Minehead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYUk1-81JPU&feature=youtu.be
More Secrets Of The Underground (do look for others in the menu on the right)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIWKSMJVlBM
colourise History
http://www.colourisehistory.com/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Vigoda, Ukraine, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ble-aT4WnJM
(Spotter: Roy Wood)
The World’s Most Technologically-advanced House – in 1850?
https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/research/osmaston-manor/
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IN THE NEWS
Digital Railway moves forward as Hitachi begins ETCS testing of Class 800s
http://tinyurl.com/hku8b5x
Government promise of fast, cheap Wi-Fi on trains goes off the rails
http://tinyurl.com/j97y56c
Shrunken NR renewals will have ‘adverse effect’ on assets
http://tinyurl.com/h5tn2ha
Platform gap filler trial reduces incidents at platform/train interface
http://tinyurl.com/grco9bo
Whitton station refurbished
http://tinyurl.com/z3k65mt
Protests over proposed footpath crossing closure near Ashtead
http://tinyurl.com/gornen8
Southern rail's 'tweet RMT' plea was 'a mistake'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38048247
Latest Southern strike
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2016/11/22-new-doo-walkouts-disrupt-southern.html
Report on East Docks branch derailment in November
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-38065377
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/derailment-at-southampton
Man 'sucked on to live rail' by current in Totton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-38079092
UK flooding: Ferry stranded, roads closed, trains diverted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-38049907
Exeter railway services resumed ahead of schedule after Storm Angus damage
http://tinyurl.com/z2gcx4j
Coastal rail protection work in south Devon 'to cost £650m'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-38025433
http://tinyurl.com/z6koeub
PDF download of report (4.3MB)
http://tinyurl.com/h8smeyy
NR lays down Oxford tracks ahead of London Marylebone service in December
http://tinyurl.com/hl4axy6
Oxford-Cambridge rail link gets £110m funding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38082338
Rail passengers 'squashed in like animals going to market'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38028601
Footpath crossing at Stone closed due to misuse
http://tinyurl.com/jf2yp45
HS2: Mexborough residents remain 'horribly uncertain'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-37985312
Engine fire causes Slaithwaite train evacuation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-38038972
Flooding causing disruption on railway between Berwick and Newcastle
http://tinyurl.com/j39nwzv
Talks planned on public sector trains
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38040804
Minster tells MSPs 'ScotRail has learned lessons'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38064637
Sturgeon 'will consider' ScotRail fare freeze
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38093916
DB Systemtechnik to commission Hitachi ScotRail EMUs
http://tinyurl.com/gpm99aw
Monmouthshire village stranded after lorry bridge jam
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-38045128
Minister says railway line reopening can be delivered
http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/article.cfm?id=110534
Irish Rail launches new Dublin cross-city link
http://tinyurl.com/jx2lcs9
http://tinyurl.com/zpkcwuz
Majority of Irish Rail network threatened with closure due to funding shortfall
http://tinyurl.com/zv3k62b
HLF grant for Talyllyn museum
http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/article.cfm?id=110530
Passengers injured as train derails in collision with milk tanker
http://tinyurl.com/z2baffk
Germany asked to change rolling stock inspection rules by EU
http://tinyurl.com/zhztr6k
DB Netz (Infrastructure) to introduce remote point monitoring
http://tinyurl.com/zpzcubl
South Bohemia operating contract approved
http://tinyurl.com/gqnlofa
Grand Est region to take over loss making SNCF services
http://tinyurl.com/j2f38db
New Chicago – Mexico intermodal service to start 1st December
http://tinyurl.com/jrt6b83
Norfolk Southern Dangerous Goods training for emergency services
http://tinyurl.com/hp4c4ub
Bombardier wins Montreal operations contract
http://tinyurl.com/ha7uzba
India train crash: Over 115 killed in derailment near Kanpur
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38041755
India train: Rescuers end search for survivors at crash site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38047598
Why do India's trains keep going off the rails?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38048021
KiwiRail services suspended after magnitude-7.5 quake
http://tinyurl.com/h8swk6c
Tube strike: Drivers to go on strike in December
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38094257
Service disruption on Tyne & Wear Metro
http://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/metro-services-monument-heworth
Plans for direct tram-train link between Glasgow Airport and city
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-38089038
http://tinyurl.com/hcb6t3p
Edinburgh Airport travellers opt for buses at trams’ expense
http://tinyurl.com/jql8uvk
Lorry Stuck in narrow road in Streatley
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-38078118
Donald Campbell's Bluebird roars back to life
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37890287
Cargo ship hits barge off Dover
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38038992
Irish sea ferries unable to dock due to storm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-38057752
A350-1000 takes off on maiden flight
http://tinyurl.com/zw7qpk7
Lufthansa strike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38074012
US approves sale of up to 26 Protector UAVs to UK
http://tinyurl.com/grtlxzc
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Murice Hopper, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Mike Prince, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
26/11/16 BBC4 1900-2000
"India's Frontier Railways" 3/3 The Samjhauta Express
26/11/16 BBC2 2130-2230
"The Brits Who Designed the Modern World"
28/11/16 BBC1 1930-2000
"Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury" Discovering Snowdonia
28/11/16 BBC1 2000-2100
"The Last Miners" Kellingly Colliery 2/2
29/11/16 BBC1 1930-2000
"Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury" The Birth of Steam (Cornwall)
30/11/16 BBC1 1930-2000
"Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury" The Whisky Train
02/12/16 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Building the World's Most Luxurious Cruise Ship"
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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 Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust: S&D 50 Exhibition
29/11/16 Priest House Museum, High Street, Wimborne Minster, Dorset
1000-1630
http://www.priest-house.co.uk/news.php?id=164
http://www.sdrt.org/
26/11/16 RCTS South Wales: Depot Discovery Tour at London Transport Museum Acton Depot
Leave Cardiff 0925 to Paddington for 1400 tour or meet at depot at 1345
Pre booking required:
peter.fortuneuk@gmail.com by 14th October
with payment of £12 (£10 if senior citizen)
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/south_wales/events.htm
26/11/16 Cheadle Hulme Model Railway Extravaganza
http://www.cheadlehulmeweb.co.uk/model-railway-extravaganza/
26/11/16- Warley Model Railway Exhibition
27/11/16
http://www.thewarleyshow.co.uk/
26/11/16- Vale of Rheidol Railway: Autumn Colours and Sunday Lunches
27/11/16
http://www.rheidolrailway.co.uk
28/11/16 Railway upgrade plan - Exeter-Newton Abbot
Information sharing engagement event for the public
Rougemont Hotel, Exeter, EX4 3SP
1500-1900
http://tinyurl.com/z6koeub
28/11/16 The Showroom, Sheffield
A collection of archive films on British railways
Starts 1845
http://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/railways
29/11/16 Railway upgrade plan - Exeter-Newton Abbot
Information sharing engagement event for the public
Pavilions, Teignmouth, TQ14 8BG
1500-1900
http://tinyurl.com/z6koeub
30/11/16 Railway upgrade plan - Exeter-Newton Abbot
Information sharing engagement event for the public
Best Western Livermead Cliff Hotel, Torquay, TQ2 6RQ
1500-1900
http://tinyurl.com/z6koeub
03/12/16- Manchester Model Railway Society: Christmas Model Railway Show
04/12/16
http://mmrs.co.uk/
04/12/16 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
05/12/16 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
"Toys" by Bill White
Starts at 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
05/12/16 Railway upgrade plan - Exeter-Newton Abbot
Information sharing engagement event for the public
Copthorne Hotel, Plymouth, PL1 1AR
1500-1900
http://tinyurl.com/z6koeub
05/12/16 Peak Railway Association
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Pie Pea & Chips Supper then...
“QuickQuiz”, “YourPix”, "Sheffield Area Review of 2016"
£3 donation on the door, members and non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.htm
06/12/16 Railway upgrade plan - Exeter-Newton Abbot
Information sharing engagement event for the public
Alverton Manor Hotel, Truro, TR1 1ZQ
1500-1900
http://tinyurl.com/z6koeub
10/12/16 Enfield Christmas Transport Bazaar
St Paul's Centre, 102 Church Street, Enfield, EN2 6AR
1100-1430, admission: £3 (accompanied child free)
10/12/16 Llangollen Railway: Real Ale Train
http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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