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NETWATCH
York Station with TransPennine Express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV4wWGPwG28
York Station January 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o-K9EoAug0
Harrogate Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niKgdPGZ1v0
(Martin Miller)
Yamanote Line train departure melody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGetTHIMnfU
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Historic photos of class 20s
https://is.gd/PN6Mqa
Uxbridge Vine Street station
https://is.gd/ABY6Ef
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
78022 and Railbus 79964 at Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on 19th
January 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqeLehUZifA
Steaming around The Cumbrian Coast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIo-J74-Lhg
Number 9 in the Winter Light: 60009 Union of South Africa on the ELR
19th January 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLnLK70SI6E
Australian Steam: 3801's Second Mainline Trials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9AOgIqiaYk
Railcam Mierlo - Hout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5K5cX9x8f0
Blackpool Heritage Trams Tours 19th January 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGB7fJonh34
Which European City Has the Best Tram System?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZdprGuwpF4
Calne Model Railway Exhibition 18/01/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwcNLjYGHG0
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
On this day 1890: A train travels on Forth Bridge for first time
https://tinyurl.com/uzxozos
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Demolished train station comes back to life in haunting images
https://is.gd/SS6YJJ
Mike Pryce dredges up the history of the Birmingham to Worcester canal
https://is.gd/xJ2Aax
(Spotter: Mike Price)
Should we fly a DC-4 Water Bomber to Australia?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8CjPqi4fJk
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Railcard for military veterans
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/railcard-for-military-veterans
https://www.forces.net/military-life/veterans/uk-veterans-railcards-all-gen
Stagecoach take government to court of pension provisions in franchising
bidding
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51170664
Network Rail warned over Northern and PTE poor performance
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-51190399
New livery for Freightliner class 90 locos
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=40707
Speed restrictions at Northfleet due to track contamination
https://is.gd/l3b0Jl
South Tottenham - Barking service suspended after track damage and
derailment
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/01/line-closed-for-days-after-train-derails.html
South Western Railway guards vote for more strikes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51227305
South Western Railway warned it could be placed in public hands
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51207146
DfT statement on South Western Railway
https://is.gd/6XCygl
Class 442 units reintroduced to traffic
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/class-442-trains-refurbishment/
Binding brakes on 442 caused train to be evacuated at Petersfield
https://is.gd/APFM6f
DB Cargo orders diesel/battery hybrid locos
https://is.gd/yf1Slu
Network Rail unveil new Holcombe to Teignmouth rail protection plan
http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/network-rail-holcombe-teignmouth
Grimshaw reveals revised designs for new Birmingham HS2 station
https://is.gd/9kYehf
Birmingham Airport and Midlands Connect partner to improve rail links
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=35943
Naming ceremony at Skegness
https://is.gd/WED50b
Campaign to restore Kingsbury Tunnel as a cycle route
https://is.gd/c4XBIG
Network Rail probe over Northern and TransPennine routes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-51190399
First Merseyrail EMU delivered to Liverpool
https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/first-merseyrail-emu-delivered-to-liverpool/
Merseyrail best punctuality of the network
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-51189289
Ron Cotton who "saved" the Settle & Carlisle
https://is.gd/3gPfn0
Transform a Pacer competition winners announced
https://is.gd/scMwR0
WCML cross border engineering works this spring
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=40586
Passenger numbers rise adds to pressure for extension of Borders Railway
https://is.gd/w5pp9e
Passengers can upgrade to first class on Edinburgh to Glasgow services
for £1
https://is.gd/0C5Qka
Stag spotted running across Glenfinnan Viaduct
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-51229404
‘Stop skipping’ by ScotRail services on the rise, Transport Secretary
reveals
https://tinyurl.com/tnxofc7
Taff’s Well metro depot construction started by Transport for Wales
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/taffs-well-metro-depot-tfw/
Transport for Wales lost property: The things we leave on trains
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51151081
Fourteen passenger per week at Sugar Loaf halt
https://is.gd/iZcx3k
Pembrey & Burry Port footbridge restored
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51091994
The Snowdonia railway line shut for 80 years that could soon be reopened
https://is.gd/VlvymB
Small Prairie 4555 to visit South Devon Railway
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=40889
7027 Thornbury Castle going to GCR Loughborough for restoration
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=40827
Victorian house next to NRM gets listed building status
https://is.gd/1EX6Zs
Rebuilding Falling Sands Viaduct near Kidderminster
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hereford-worcester-51179941
Deltic Preservation Society to train Siemens apprentices
https://is.gd/D8rzTf
Vienna-Brussels sleeper service starts
https://is.gd/0yChln
Amsterdam part of talks on fast rail route to Stockholm: LC
https://www.dutchnews.nl/?p=150331
JR Juban line to reopen when Fukushima evacuation area reopened
https://is.gd/yAV2DD
Experiment in policing London Underground
https://is.gd/marDN8
Fry model railway collection returns to public view
http://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2020/0121/1109770-model-railway/
Hybrid bus set on fire in Glasgow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-51166671
Serious losses at Halton buses
https://is.gd/gnozsi
RMS Titanic given protected status
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51188909
Aer Lingus ‘held back’ by A321LR delivery delays
https://is.gd/SkpCfm
British Airways checks newest A350-1000 after Tel Aviv hard landing
https://is.gd/GyjpFi
Icelandair expects minimal impact from new 737 Max delay
https://is.gd/Hq84kV
Boeing plans to restart 737 production ‘months’ before midyear
https://is.gd/XRDuT1
WestJet Q400 damaged by sharp de-rotation at Edmonton
https://is.gd/zjbPZN
Libyan government re-opens Mitiga airport after threat to civil traffic
https://is.gd/KHCmMe
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
25/01/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Digging Up Britain's Past" Industrial Revolution: Bridgewater
25/01/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Tony Robinson's History of Britain" World War Two
25/01/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"How the Victorians Built Britain" 4/8 The Great British Holiday
25/01/20 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great American Railway Journeys" Ninilchik to Wasila
26/01/20 ITV 2240-2310
"The Metro: a Rail Life Story" Tyne & Wear 2/4
27/01/20 BBC1 2030-2100
"Britain's Killer Motorways? Panorama" Smart motorways
27/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Kowloon to Wan Chai
28/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Hong Kong University to
Lantau Island
28/01/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain"
21/01/20 ITV 1930-2000
"The Metro: a Rail Life Story" Tyne & Wear 2/4
29/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Chiang Mai to Lampang
29/01/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"Handmade" The crafting of a steel knife
29/01/20 BBC4 2000-2100
"World's Busiest Railway" India
30/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Ayutthaya to River Kwai
31/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Bangkok
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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
24/01/20- Great Central Railway: Winter Steam Gala
26/01/20
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
25/01/20- Southampton Model Railway Exhibition
26/01/20 Barton Peveril College, Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, SO50 5BX
https://southamptonmodelrailwaysociety.wordpress.com/
25/01/20- Erith Model Railway Society Exhibition
26/01/20 The Longfield Academy, Main Road (B260), Longfield, Kent,
DA3 7PH
http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/erithmrs/
25/01/20- Kendal Model Railway Exhibition
26/01/20 Kendal Leisure Centre, Kendal, LA9 7HX
https://www.kendalmrc.org
01/02/20- Churnet Valley Railway: Super-power Weekend Take 2
02/02/20
https://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/events/super-power-weekend-take-2.html
02/02/20 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk/
02/02/20 The Friends of Dronfield Station 150th anniversary celebration
Ringing of the Parish Church bells, from 1050 until 1110
Dronfield Genquip Band, from 1115 until 1200
Unveiling of commemorative plaques at 1130
Display boards showing the history of the station can be
viewed in the waiting
shelters on Platforms 1 and 2
03/02/20 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“West Coast Railways” by James Shuttleworth
£3 donation requested on the door, non-members welcome
Starts 1930
https://www.peakrail.co.uk/sheffieldbranch
08/02/20- Festival of British Rly Modelling
09/02/20 Doncaster Racecourse, DN2 6BB
https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/information/the-festival-of-british-railway-modelling
Cheers, Howard.
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