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NETWATCH
37s, Short HSTs,60/66/67/70. STJ Newport/Cardiff Sept 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xIZknoBII
Dean Forest Railway, ride the line and see classes 37,47,56,58,60,66
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0rGeWwjPgM
Dean Forest Railway 18 yrs ago 37029/908 5541 13308/58042
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWiMlr17xIE
33063 visits The Dean Forest Railway Sept 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkBydaq4CmM
08/20/37/47/56/90/91 and HSTs 25 yrs ago. Many locations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsm7vIMJ0TA
Thames Branches Day Rover. 30+ movements inc. Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead, Marlow, Reading, etc
Railways in Wales, more lost liveries 37/47/60/66/67/DMU in 2005
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bblbfi9pqYQ
Railways in Wales 2005. Lost liveries; 8 new 66s, loco hauled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FECx2EOLLhI
37s, Short HSTs and more at Cardiff/Newport 23.08.19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqO1UB6BZDU
(Mike Wilcock)
HS2 is for line capacity not speed
https://tinyurl.com/y2hojh7f
Possible redevelopment of Ashford Works
https://tinyurl.com/y4n5rhh8
Rail Head Treatment Trains ready for use
https://tinyurl.com/y5mx86k8
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
60103 'Flying Scotsman' Returns to the Nene Valley Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhcdTfQXTQQ
All Star Line-up On The NYMR Annual Gala - 6023, 60009, 62005, 6990!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFNtZ_jHbck
86 1333-3 dampft über die Erzgebirgische Aussichtsbahn am 29.09.2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMcEcY-OCl4
Big Boy 4014 Gets to work! Speer to Medicine Bow, Wyoming 9-27-2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztHvPfYWtXo
Australian Trains: Garratt Steam Locomotive 6029 at Moss Vale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF2zmvHxtEk
2019 Sep 21 Lichfield Model Railway Exhibition Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPH_8aRsHDc
Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours 134th Anniversary 28th September 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q0nNdGPKkw
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Foxfield Steam Gala 28/9/2019 - a steam tractor unloads itself from its carrier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oZuGikMxK4
(Barry Knapper)
Clipper Ship City of Adelaide
https://www.cityofadelaide.org.au/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Free station WiFi to benefit millions of rail passengers
https://tinyurl.com/y3um9qrg
London Overground services on Boxing Day
https://tinyurl.com/y58mm2vb
Unexplained deaths of Crossrail workers
https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/03/fifth-crossrail-worker-dies-sleep-just-six-months-10841276/
Access changes of £26 million per year to maintain HS1
https://tinyurl.com/y59ee2j6
RAIB report on derailment near Stratford in June 2019
https://tinyurl.com/y5oo9qtg
RAIB report on near miss for track worker near Gatwick Airport
https://www.gov.uk/raib-reports/report-12-2019-near-miss-at-gatwick-airport-station
Sofa on track outside Vauxhall station causes disruption until 10pm
https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/south-western-railway-live-sofa-16996840
Crossing misuse at Grays
https://tinyurl.com/y4e68wlg
Support for reopening the Fawley branch to passengers
https://tinyurl.com/y6d7dndq
Chiltern Railways trials first UK 3D printed train parts
https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/3D-printed-train-parts
http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/chiltern-railways-3d-printing-train-parts
Listed luggage bridge to be restored at Worcester Shrub Hill station
https://tinyurl.com/yxrs4h6j
Trans Pennine Express class 802/2 units enter service
https://tinyurl.com/y48kj7cv
Lines blocked by flooding at Bentham and Adlington
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-49863653
Unipart depot in York to close
https://tinyurl.com/y48sahjf
Life-saving defibrillators to be put in trains and stations across the north of England
https://tinyurl.com/y2z3sahn
Seven into Four does go – at Thickley Wood bridge
https://tinyurl.com/y6smntj6
Class 66 clearance between Crianlarich and Oban
https://tinyurl.com/y5pushp3
Part of West Highland line shut for planned bridge renewals
https://tinyurl.com/y2bv86ya
First glass finish for Queen Street
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/first-glass-finish-for-queen-street
Cost of mountain railway demolition 'more than £13m'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-49905157
Lack of lookouts implicated in Margam track workers fatalities
https://tinyurl.com/y4wckvw2
Tornado shunts failed electric loco
https://tinyurl.com/y32o63gf
Interpretation centre opens on Colne Valley Railway
https://tinyurl.com/yyhs3ouu
Pannier tank 1369 returns to steam
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2019/10/steam-locomotive-returns-to-steam-in-devon.html
Eurostar-Thalys merger proposal revealed
https://tinyurl.com/y5hckheg
Construction of Golden Pass Express coaches
https://tinyurl.com/y2ma43gc
Swiss/German border line to be improved
https://tinyurl.com/y3n99xvq
New rolling stock for Nagoya railway
https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/nagoya-railway-updates-emu-fleet/54752.article
Newag launches bi-mode unit
https://tinyurl.com/yydkdjv4
DB begins testing of white-painted tracks to prevent overheating
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/db-white-tracks-prevent-overheating/
Cityringen metro opens in Kobenhavn
https://tinyurl.com/y2e4ep64
Light Rail system on Mauritius
https://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFKBN1WI1KX-OZABS
Stadler building trams for Ausberg
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/stadler-stadtwerke-augsburg-trams/
Former Wrightbus staff protest over millions in donations to church
https://tinyurl.com/yxw2lfal
Bloodhound high speed car test planned next month
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49891569
Cowes Floating Bridge back in service after repairs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-49877269
Isle of Wight car ferry resumes service after losing anchor
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-49917240
Jubilee Sailing Trust decommissions tall ship to cut costs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-49909880
Historic house's river journey to new home
https://tinyurl.com/y2dk6qyy
Ryanair in talks to take-over ex Thomas Cook jets
https://tinyurl.com/y33g35of
'Several dead' in Connecticut vintage B-17 WWII bomber crash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49909735
Corrosion crack led Korean 777-300's axle to snap
https://tinyurl.com/y4jva2md
Catering truck spins out of control at airport
https://tinyurl.com/y6asj44u
SilkAir Boeing 737 MAX arrives at Alice Springs for storage
https://tinyurl.com/y6qcff2p
Fatal crash of B-17 at Hartford, Connecticut
https://tinyurl.com/y28gcwjc
RAF pilot to help launch UK Space Force satellite
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49907686
Closure of Cottam power station
https://tinyurl.com/y5qduayg
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
05/10/19 BBC2 1640-1740
"James May Cars of the People" 2/3 The 4x4
05/10/19 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Britain's Most Historic Towns" 1/6 Dover
05/10/19 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship" HMS Erebus and HMS Terror
05/10/19 Channel 5 2000-2115
"The Great Model Railway Challenge" 5/8
06/10/19 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Thomas Cook: the Rise and Fall of Britain's Oldest Travel Agent"
06/10/19 BBC4 2000-2100
"Britain's Biggest Warship" HMS Queen Elizabeth 1/3 Crewing up
06/10/19 BBC4 2100-2200
"Jumbo: the Plane That Changed the World"
06/10/19 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The World's Most Luxurious Private Jets"
07/10/19 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Motorway Britain: 60 Years of Speed"
08/10/19 ITV 2245-2310
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport" 10/12
08/10/19 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Building Britain's Canals" 1/3 The Grand Union Canal
08/10/19 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The River Thames: Then and Now"
09/10/19 BBC2 1900-2000
"The Channel Tunnel: Life on the Inside" 1/4
09/10/19 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Building Britain's Canals" 2/3 The Leeds & Liverpool Canal
09/10/19 ITV 2000-2030
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport" 11/12
10/10/19 BBC2 1900-2000
"The Channel Tunnel: Life on the Inside" 2/4
10/10/19 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Building Britain's Canals" 3/3 The Kennet & Avon Canal
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility can be accepted for
inaccuracies or changes
03/10/19- Severn Valley Railway: Autumn Diesel Gala
05/10/19
https://www.SVR.co.uk
03/10/19- West Somerset Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
06/10/19 GWR Taunton to Bishops Lydeard Shuttle on Saturday
https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
04/10/19 RCTS Bristol Branch
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"That Was The Year That Was 1962" by railway photographer Geoff Plumb
1930-2200
A donation of £1 (members) and £2 (non-members) is requested
https://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol
04/10/19- Ffestiniog Railway: Victorian Vintage Weekend
06/10/19
https://www.festrail.co.uk/
05/10/19 Sheffield Model Railway Society Exhibition
Davy Sport Club, 630 Prince of Wales Road, Sheffield, S9 4ER
https://www.facebook.com/SheffieldModelRailwaySociety/
05/10/19- Fareham & District MRC Exhibition
06/10/19 Fareham Leisure Centre, Park Lane, Fareham, Hants, PO16 7JU
https://www.fareham-mrc.org.uk
05/10/19- Leighton Buzzard Railway: Special Centenary Steam Gala
06/10/19
http://www.buzzrail.co.uk/
05/10/19- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Weekend Trolleydays
06/10/19 Belton Road, Sandtoft, Doncaster, DN8 5SX
https://www.sandtoft.org
05/10/19- North Norfolk Railway: Home Fleet Running
07/10/19
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk
05/10/19- Churnet Valley Railway: Anything Goes Gala
06/10/19
https://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/
Basil Jeuda will be signing copies of his new book on the Macclesfield,
Bollington and Marple Railway at Froghall between 1130 and 1530 on the Sunday
05/10/19- Leawood Pump Engine House Steaming
06/10/19 Engine in motion 1200-1630
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
06/10/19 Dean Forest Railway: Murder Mystery
https://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/
06/10/19 Foxfield Railway: Autumn Vehicle Rally
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/
06/10/19 Middleton Top Engine House Steaming
Engine in motion 1300-1630
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
07/10/19 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Underground Tunnelling used by both sides in WW1" by Peter Jones
Doors open 1930, talk starts 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
07/10/19 Peak Railway Association
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Up Front – A Driver's Tales” by Martin Bromley
£3 donation requested on the door, non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/sheffieldbranch
08/10/19 Great Western Society Bristol Group
BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RG
"50 Years of Railway Tales" by David Hartland
Starts at 1945 (room open from 1930)
Non-members welcome - suggested donation of £3 to help defray expenses
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gws.html
09/10/19 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
“Another evening with my father’s slides – Scotland” by David Cross
1930-2200
Non-members are very welcome - a donation of £2.00 is requested
https://www.radyr.org.uk/clubs/5984-2/
10/10/19 Dorset Archives Trust
Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester, DT1 1RP
Tickets £11.00 (members £9.00), includes nibbles & a glass of wine
"Canford Manor's 'splendid archway under the South-Western Railway'"
Colin Divall, Professor Emeritus of Railway Studies, University of York
To book your place, order tickets by following link to Eventbrite from:
https://tinyurl.com/y4aqeykq
12/10/19 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Jazz and Chips Evening Land Cruise
https://www.e-v-r.com
12/10/19- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: China Clay Weekend
13/10/19
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
12/10/19- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway: Autumn Diesel Weekend
13/10/19
https://www.gwsr.com
12/10/19- The Elizabethan Railway Society Model Railway Exhibition
13/10/19 The Summit Centre, Lowmoor Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, NG17 7LL
https://www.elizabethanrailwaysociety.co.uk
15/10/19 Monmouthshire Railway Society
Room A09, University of South Wales City Campus, Usk Way, Newport, NP20 2BP
"Leominster, Knighton, Eardisley and Presteigne Lines" by Rob Williams
Starts 1900
https://www.mrsoc.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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