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NETWATCH
Crystal Palace Subway to be restored as a "cultural destination"
https://is.gd/aKqS7p
Clan project blog
https://www.theclanproject.org/Clan_News.php
GWSR Drain blog
https://draingang.blogspot.com/
The downs and ups of plane contrails
https://is.gd/EjZs2Q
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Severn Valley Autumn Steam Gala 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq1leqI7pO4
Royal Scot Powers Through Preston! The Pennines & Valleys Explorer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mEcpwIsoyU
60009s Last ECML Sprint? 60009 Union of South Africa 15th February 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eSLvlSlQF4
Swiss Trains: Across Bernina Pass - Northbound (GoPro vision)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_K9GqSkqL0
52 8154 Sonderzug nach Wernigerode 15.02.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8LXh3AsZnE
99 1777-4 fährt im Planbetrieb auf der Weißeritztalbahn, 15.02.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5_3jnIg6Ls
Australian Steam Trains in the Goldfields - K190 K153 and J549 on the VGR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAa9J73kE5E
Rubber-Tire Trams in Medellin, Colombia 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0vLsOn_Aw8
Warley MRC Open Day 16th February 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oIGfS_ao2o
The Somerset 0 Gauge Model Railway Show - Model Railway Exhibition -
15/02/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvMvsh4CsnI
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
D1015 "Western Champion" Slipping at North Queensferry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7gjYXQQN_k
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
How Camelot boss got to the top
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-51547591/ceo-secrets-how-camelot-boss-got-to-the-top
(Spotter: Adrian Hirst)
Working Time Tables of the Steam Era
http://wttreprints.uk/
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IN THE NEWS
RIA calls on Shapps for urgent rail electrification
https://is.gd/30Z4na
Government to stop awarding rail franchises
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/02/17-government-to-stop-awarding-traditional.html
Stephenson given new HS2 role
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51560290
Crossrail videos show latest progress on railway’s central London stations
https://is.gd/HiqP2G
Service disruption due to track damage at Euston
https://tinyurl.com/radysyu
Barking trains to resume this week after freight train derailment
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=43614
‘Mammoth task’ completed as Overground line reopens
https://is.gd/Ceo8Qs
Earthslip prevention on Bexleyheath line
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/?p=66512
Late notice engineering works at Eastleigh repairing derailment damage
https://is.gd/DgxOSN
South Western Railway offers compensation after strikes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51543380
Landslide blocks Salisbury to Romsey route
https://is.gd/xUZSMA
Lorry stuck under bridge in Romsey
https://is.gd/AfapXv
Diversions due to OHLE storm damage near Swindon
https://is.gd/5SWYv9
Cowley Bridge Jn closed for flood barriers to be used
https://is.gd/4Ce8Sj
First panels installed for strengthened Dawlish sea wall
https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/first-concrete-panels-installed-in-new-dawlish-sea-wall
Landslip near Wickford on Southend Victoria line
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/live-greater-anglia-train-updates-3867368
New signalling system introduced on the Wherry lines
https://is.gd/6yZBsl
Fallen tree struck near Royston
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-51521596
Historic Wellingborough railway landmark one stop further down the line
to being saved
https://is.gd/FkwKjW
Train evacuated at Stafford after OHLE damage
https://is.gd/4WvEM9
Castlefield Corridor: trade-off plan for fewer trains
https://is.gd/IC2pD2
Grand Central leases fleet for Blackpool-London service
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36592
Barrow-in-Furness station subway to be made cleaner and brighter for
passengers
https://is.gd/L6i4Ha
Water from aqueduct pouring onto OHLE at Bishopton
https://is.gd/m8SVig
Talgo train coach to arrive in Kincardine
https://is.gd/EZC93I
Bus driver responsible for crash onto train tracks at Galashiels fined
£600 but spared ban
https://is.gd/b67LAH
Wales and Borders line closures due to Storm Dennis
https://is.gd/3HIw9q
Financial troubles for Translink Northern Ireland
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/translink-brink-collapse-ps29m-deficit-1884701
Flying Scotsman at Mid-Hants Railway's Watercress Line relaunch
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51500654
West Somerset Railway association chairman steps down
https://www.wsra.org.uk/2020/02/19/wsra-chairman-steps-down/
GWR 4270 to visit North Norfolk Railway gala
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=43376
Lady of Legend visiting Severn Valley Railway
https://is.gd/V5XzqF
Flooding north of Bewdley viewed from SVR
https://is.gd/22RZ38
New owner for Black 5 44806
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=43959
Flooding along the W&LLR
https://youtu.be/HwVxlsYTW8E
First Aleca unit to undergo testing at AAR test track in Colorado
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/first-acela-testing-colorado/
Derailed loco retrieved from Kootenai river
https://is.gd/020WmJ
Alstom takeover of Bombardier transportation agreed
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/02/17-breaking-alstom-takeover-of-bombardier.html
Serbia and Kosovo to restore rail and motorway links
https://is.gd/Z6VtLR
Two dead as Sydney to Melbourne passenger train derails
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51573326
Dutch commuters are travelling longer distances for work
https://www.dutchnews.nl/?p=151614
DLR plans to extend to Bexleyheath
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/big-dlr-plans-set-extend-3869039
London Transport 38 stock trips to Heathrow in April
https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/heritage-vehicles-outings
Crisis-hit Wrightbus parent firm gave church £1.35m
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51538544
Wrightbus resume production
https://is.gd/qtBJts
GM scraps historic Holden car brand in Australia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51499775
Holden: Historic Australian car brand loved by families and surfers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51531881
Fertiliser could be used to power ocean-going ships
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51548361
Ferry passengers spend night on board
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51529842
Cowes ferry yacht-crash captain 'lost control in fog'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51549571
Isle of Man ferries cancelled
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-51521861
Ferry crew praised for berthing lurching ferry at Ardrossan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-51523635/
Historic steamship taken out of service after 'extensive' cracks discovered
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-51545086
£2.5m repair plan for 'port of refuge' Gourock ferry terminal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-51549465
Study into Corran Narrows fixed link options
https://is.gd/0nv5Hm
'Ghost ship' washes up on Irish coast
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51534957
https://is.gd/8j5ZmH
BAE joins high-altitude race with maiden PHASA-35 flight
https://is.gd/igulKU
Fuselage of first airline A380 recycled into identity tags
https://is.gd/mF4O80
First Air France A380 enters retirement in Ireland
https://is.gd/VY0RIT
Boeing orders 737 Max inspections after fuel tank FOD
https://is.gd/37920k
‘Definitely not in situ’: Tower confirms wheel missing to fly-by A319
https://is.gd/sA53Df
U-2 spyplane fleet gets new high-powered camera
https://is.gd/eT3YhC
Animation reveals Bek Air Fokker 100 crash sequence
https://is.gd/SIMnxB
Fokker 50 crash crew ignored multiple alerts during take-off roll
https://is.gd/uoBdXM
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
22/02/20 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great American Railway Journeys" Kamloops to Calgary
23/02/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" Bangor
24/02/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Warrington to Preston
24/02/20 BBC4 2100-2200
"Hunting the Nazi Gold Train"
25/02/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Blackburn to Manchester
26/02/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Manchester to Elsecar
27/02/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Maltby to Hinckley
27/02/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Building Brunel's Great Bridge" Clifton Suspension Bridge
27/02/20 BBC4 2300-0000
"How We Built Britain" The hub of industry
28/02/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Birmingham to the Potteries
28/02/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Building Britain's Greatest Bridges"
28/02/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The Yorkshire Railway: All Aboard" 2/6
28/02/20 Channel 5 2100-2220
"Britain by Barge: Then and Now" 3/6 Forth & Clyde
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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
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
01/03/20 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk/
02/03/20 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“10+ years at Platform 5” by Robert Pritchard
£3 donation requested on the door, non-members welcome
Starts 1930
https://www.peakrail.co.uk/sheffieldbranch
Cheers, Howard.
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