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NETWATCH
Hatfield & Stainforth Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnIQkVUrqFg
(Martin Miller)
Royal Scot Stableford 12/2/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha0YLHzKTyU
(Barry Knapper)
Ex Thomas Cook staff who joined Great Western Railway
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50591271
Yeovil Pen Mill to Dorchester West to be closed for 7 days for bridge
renewal
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=42736
Alstom to refurbish 19 ICE1 trains
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/db-alstom-retrofit-etcs/
Visit to Siemens Mobility factory in California
https://is.gd/TvsMXI
The Ilfracombe Harbour master and her career
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-50659117
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
46115 Scots Guardsman at Carlisle on 8th February 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MRO-JIwCYM
East Lancs Railway, Winter Diesel Gala, Part 1, Bury Bolton Street. 7th
February 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ngad7aIsw
East Lancs Railway,Winter Diesel gala, part 2, Rawtenstall to Hopwood,
7th February 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Lc7GzSJN0
Lokportrait Dampflok 89 6009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfE51GGWmJs
41 1144-9 mit dem letzten Rodelblitz für 2020, am 09. Februar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiGMPC5BasY
Bournemouth Model Railway Exhibition 2020
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgEnpqxukrQ
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIAyJn2k3uw
Gartell Light Railway Model Rail Exhibition 08/09/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VgVnKg4NvY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcvuUOcQvwY
G Scale Society (West Midlands Group) Annual Exhibition 8th February 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1zyIg-BBGY
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Here’s How They Plan to Cut Up and Remove the Golden Ray
https://gcaptain.com/?p=138560
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
SHM "Tulpenexpress", Hoorn-Medemblik (NL). 22, 23 April 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pak0RRtZ4s
NS-locs in dienst bij tramwegen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doWdrVYsc8o
(Spotter: Kees Wielemaker)
Bishop Treacy's National Railway Museum photos show 'power of steam'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-51387764
Brockley Hill tube station: The abandoned London Underground line which
was never built
https://is.gd/blc0NL
Bus frustrations in Oldham: 'It would have been faster to run'
https://is.gd/iIKxBy
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IN THE NEWS
HS2 construction approved
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51443421
HS2: Six reasons why the rail route is so expensive
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51415590
Old Oak Common to be London terminal until Euston HS2 terminal opened
http://neighbournet.com/server/common/conoldoakrail006.htm
Fly away trampolines cause problems during Storm Ciara
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51436805
Network Rail endorses Bender UK signal system
https://is.gd/yIywD4
EP inter-car cable resolution
https://modern-railways.keypublishing.com/?p=17122
Eastleigh train derailment 'due to shockingly inept maintenance'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51458915
RAIB preliminary examination into derailment at Eastleigh
https://is.gd/Ebr0eE
East Grinstead branch blocked by landslip
https://is.gd/lP7WkI
Extra platform to be built at Reigate
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/reigate-station-set-third-platform-17721823
Franchise crisis deepens with ‘£20m shortfall’ at c2c
https://is.gd/umYHwy
Network Rail install new Dawlish sea wall
https://is.gd/cuvSqC
West Midlands Trains told to spend £20m to improve services
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51434070
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36392
Worcestershire Parkway opening at last
https://modern-railways.keypublishing.com/?p=17120
William Cook Rail open bogie overhaul workshop in Leeds
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/william-cook-rail-bogie-workshop/
New CAF built multiple units are less reliable than pacers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51412945
Huge new £46m rail depot aims to make Northern services more reliable
https://is.gd/ZSOe4r
Plan to restore rail links to Galloway
https://is.gd/jjr99U
Landslip blocks line between Kilmarnock and Dumfries
https://is.gd/p2Ohk6
Kilmarnock to Dumfries rail line repairs to take four weeks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-51496680
Commitment to open Levenmouth rail link ‘as soon as possible’
https://is.gd/dv4mDO
Transport for Wales: Fewer seats on new Rhymney line trains
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-51385343
Washouts on Conwy Valley line due to storm Ciara
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/02/storm-ciara-damage-to-the-conwy-valley-line.html
Cambrian Coast storm damage
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/242497.aspx
Dartmoor Railway goes into Administration
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=42618
Proposed sale of Dartmoor Railway raises hopes of return of Exeter to
Okehampton service
https://is.gd/2rZvKl
Flying Scotsman to reopen Mid Hants Railway to Alton
https://is.gd/c3Ii1j
Bluebell winter track renewals
https://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/ext/inf_news.html#22jan20
Large Prairie 4144 to visit Kent and East Sussex Railway
https://www.facebook.com/KentandEastSussexRailway/posts/2524776634318268
Class 60 delivered to Wensleydale Railway
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=42888
Wensleydale Railway to run Pacers in service
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=43129
National Railway Museum York unveils shortlisted designs for new
entrance hall
https://is.gd/QM4ocY
UK’s most hated trains to run on Waverley heritage route
https://is.gd/wdl01J
Derry-Coleraine line final planned improvements may take place
https://is.gd/2u71Pf
First trip with passengers in a "self driving" train in Europe
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36445
https://www.spoorpro.nl/?p=56205 (in Dutch)
NS app to provide better info for people with visual impairments
https://nltimes.nl/2020/02/11/ns-app-provide-better-info-people-visual-impairments
Transport Canada orders speed restriction following second oil train fire
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36421
BNSF derailment in Montana
https://is.gd/l4n7DC
TfL backs Sutton extension to Croydon tram network
https://wp.me/pWK0J-k00
Birmingham Eastside light rail extension set for approval
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36378
New book to detail the history of Dundee’s bustling tram network
https://tinyurl.com/rc2krpt
Alston supply 130th Citadis tram to Bordeaux
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/alstom-130-citadis-bordeaux/
Bus funding: Where would it make the most difference?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51460437
Woolwich Free ferry to be brought back into TfL operation
https://is.gd/aPY41K
British Airways suspends Beijing and Shanghai flights until April
https://is.gd/Ih648F
Tatonduk Outfitters DC6 at Candle on Aug 1st 2019, struck a berm on approach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD97nKb-AbE
Surfing the Jet Stream Reduces Aviation Radiation
https://wp.me/p9ey1o-qd
Airbus studies blended-wing airliner designs to slash fuel burn
https://is.gd/ljNMqq
A220 break-even pushed back to mid-2020s
https://is.gd/T2s8lz
American Airlines extends flight cancellations to Asia
https://is.gd/fLshEd
Pod-strike tore cowls off Max Air 747-400
https://is.gd/lEARBr
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
15/02/20 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great American Railway Journeys" Vancouver Island to Kamloops
16/02/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" The Durham coalfields
16/02/20 ITV 2335-0000
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport"
17/02/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Kuala Kangsar to Cameron
Highlands
18/02/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Kuala Lumpur to Melaka
19/02/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Melaka to Johor Bahru
19/02/20 BBC4 2000-2100
"World's Busiest Railway" India 4/4
20/02/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Raffles Place to Botanic Gardens
21/02/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Chinatown to Gardens by the Bay
21/02/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The Yorkshire Railway: All Aboard" 1/6
21/02/20 Channel 5 2100-2220
"Britain by Barge: Then and Now" 2/6 Lancashire
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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
15/02/20 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk/
15/02/20- The South West Model Show
16/02/20 The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, BH20 6JG
https://www.tankmuseum.org
17/02/20 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, The Kennet School, Stoney Lane,
Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Eastleigh and its Development as a Railway Centre" by
Gordon Adams
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards
expenses welcome
18/02/20 Ottery St Mary Heritage Society
The Institute, Yonder Street, Ottery St Mary, Devon, EX11 1HH
"Devon's Railway Heritage" by Robert Hesketh
Starts 1930, non-members: £1.00
http://www.otteryheritage.org.uk/
22/02/20 Hayle Model Railway Club & Duchy Railroaders Open Day
Hayle Day Care Centre, Commercial Road, Hayle, TR27 4DE
https://www.haylemrc.org.uk/gallery/workshop/
22/02/20 New Mills & District Railway Modellers Exhibition
23/02/20 The Leisure Centre, Long Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High
Peak, SK23 0TQ
http://www.nmdrm.co.uk/
23/02/20 Epping Ongar Railway: Bus Rally
http://www.eorailway.co.uk
27/02/20 York Management School Management & Organisational History
Research Cluster
Research seminar entitled
"Pacer Trains: The management history of an ironic design icon"
Speaker: Dr Kevin Tennent, Senior Lecturer, The York
Management School
1230-1400
Room LMB/024, Heslington East Campus, University of York,
YO10 5GB
Cheers, Howard.
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