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NETWATCH
Statutory Instrument for rail regulations after Brexit
https://is.gd/5KLivD
Crowding at Manchester Piccadilly (Looks like Clapham Jn on a winter
Sunday!)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-51665383
Story of Yeovil Town
https://is.gd/CJTrdP
NYMR in 1977
https://is.gd/i9IUyK
Fume event - contaminated airliner cabin air
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-51633897
The decline of the Solari information board
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-51470599
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
LMS 45596 Charges over the S&C on the Bahamas Railtour 22/2/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PYWZpBhx6I
60009 Union of South Africa's final streak through the Cotswolds 23
February 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmY9A3EnoXY
Carlisle Citadel Station. A great mixture! 22nd February 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3052XL6QwN4
L&Y Saddletank on a Pick Up Freight - 3P20 Charter - 26th February 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu0d0Izy8Ls
Switzerland: Rhatische Bahn/Rhaetian Railway Steam Train Special,
Samedan-Zernez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMfvO4B5clo
Steam Trains Transported on Trucks! K163 returns to Newport Workshops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZXf09pJm2o
Probe SPNV zwischen Tornesch und Uetersen mit dem neg T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKjLqf0Ymio
Hornby Princess Royal Class 4-6-2 - Model Trains with Real Sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgTAIiTtX1A
Roco 35.10 (72149) - als 35 1097 der Deutschen Reichsbahn mit Henning Sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRY56smv2MI
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
What Happened To Giant Flying Boats? Saunders-Roe Princess Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f906Sy79hA
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Model Railroading with Jack Burgess Ep 12 Working With Brass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOKhxE56n8o
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IN THE NEWS
Grants to improve station accessibility
https://is.gd/8rlCMU
More carriages added to Cross Country train services to help ease
overcrowding
https://is.gd/mbyY2X
Railway historian offers alternative HS2 route on railway line closed in
the 1960s
https://is.gd/fVEoef
More accessible stations planned with £20m fund
https://is.gd/2qoWYN
VolkerFitzpatrick wins £40M London station contract
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=206427
South Western Railway strike dates confirmed for March
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51617487
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-announces-further-two-day24220/
Eastleigh derailed train: services resume
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51611975
Romsey-Salisbury blocked until end of March
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/train-lines-closed-due-landslip-3880271
Landslip between Brighton and Hove
https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/?p=102449
Dormans-East Grinstead blocked for landslip repairs until end of March
https://is.gd/dr56fQ
Chiltern Railways fleet availability
https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/fleet-availability-progress-feb-27-20
Cowley branch line's future on agenda at Growth Board meeting
https://is.gd/MLxxkK
Specialist partners sought for Britain’s east-west rail project
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36701
First trains stop at Worcestershire Parkway station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-51603850
Improvement work begins across three level crossings in Staffordshire
https://is.gd/xyFqah
Shrewsbury flooding: station partly shut amid rising river levels
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-51626098
Raffle to win a HST cab ride from Sheffield to St Pancras
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/02/25/win-a-ride-in-an-intercity-125-drivers-cab/
Images of proposed Siemens factory at Goole
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/business/siemens-mobility-train-factory-images-3880387
Grand Central signs lease on train crew accommodation at Blackpool North
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=44650
GSW mainline repairs
https://is.gd/8OMuPe
We've learnt our Festival lesson, says ScotRail boss
https://is.gd/LvdODW
ScotRail hit with complaint after using passenger service to transport
body found near tracks
https://is.gd/m0tefb
Railway passenger growth reaches 11-year high
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51573051
Rail usage in Pembrokeshire down despite national growth
https://is.gd/aQtCYg
Prince of Wales opens CAF's first digital factory
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36628
West Somerset Railway appoints new General Manager
https://is.gd/hGWPZa
Dispute between WSR and Somerset & Dorset trust at Washford
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=44397
Contractors appointed for new NYMR carriage shed
https://www.nymr.co.uk/news/appointment-of-construction-firm-for-new-carriage-stable
GWSR to reopen in March after two earth slip repairs
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=44488
Llangollen Railway requests additional funding from share holders
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=44548
Steam locomotive and DPD delivery van collide in the Lake District
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=44205
Port St Mary station to be converted to a toy museum
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-51631236
Chord Company revives English Electric
https://is.gd/sEi4nO
Hydrogen operation tested in the Netherlands
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36732
FS introduces anti-coronavirus initiatives
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36631
Border checks between Italy and Austria due to suspected Corona virus
https://is.gd/TMOnYr
SBB to refurbish 44 ICN tilting trains
https://is.gd/rSn9xg
Discussion over scrapping Swiss half fare card and lowering ticket prices
https://is.gd/aVb6Ya
Start of testing Ceneri Tunnel ECTS2 installation
https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/ceneri-base-tunnel-testing/
Etihad Railway to buy 38 EMD locos
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36748
Moscow-Nice service suspended due to Corona virus fears
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=44650
Creator of New York City subway map Michael Hertz dies
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51648746
NYC Transit seek proposals for new fleet of metro cars
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=36645
Marwell Zoo bus link for 2020
https://threeriversrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MARWELL-M1-BUS-LEAFLET-APRIL-2020.pdf
Stagecoach bus fire in Worthing
https://is.gd/YBWcHT
Accident involving Rail Replacement bus at Lingfield
https://www.lbcnews.co.uk/uk-news/emergency-services-lingfield-bus-crash/
Red Funnel ferry captain loses unfair dismissal case over boat crash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51634019
Canary Island sandstorm: Flights cancelled due to Saharan sand
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-51607312/
Air France-KLM takes €126m charge for A380 withdrawal
https://is.gd/dZeXTo
Air China and China Eastern to resume some suspended flights
https://is.gd/s4fXVT
Hawaiian Airlines suspends flights to South Korea
https://is.gd/cKFj6y
Jet fuel prices hit two-year lows
https://is.gd/1D0IGc
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
29/02/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Building the Billion Pound Mega Bridge" Canada
29/02/20 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great American Railway Journeys" Halifax to Prince Edward
Island
01/03/20 ITV 2335-0000
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport"
02/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Newry to Portadown
02/03/20 Channel 5 2200-2305
"Monster Warship of WW1: the Mighty Dreadnought"
03/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Belfast to Portrush
04/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Larne to Dumfries
05/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Glasgow to Cumbrae
06/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Hillhead to Connel Ferry
06/03/20 Channel 5 1930-2030
"The Yorkshire Railway: All Aboard" 3/6
06/03/20 Channel 5 2030-2145
"Britain by Barge: Then and Now" 4/6 Glasgow & Edinburgh
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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
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
06/03/20- East Lancashire Railway: Spring Steam Gala
08/03/20
http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
07/03/20- Romsey Model Railway Exhibition
08/03/20
http://www.rdrms.com
07/03/20- Romsey Signal Box Open Day
08/03/20
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk/
10/03/20 Great Western Society Bristol Group
BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RG
"A Lot of Then and Some of Now" by Wayne Finch
Starts at 1945 (room open from 1930)
Non-members welcome - suggested donation of £3 to help
defray expenses
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gws.html
11/03/20 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"A Ninth Colour Rail Journey" Paul Chancellor
1930-2200
Non-members are very welcome - a donation of £2.00 is requested
https://www.radyr.org.uk/clubs/5984-2/
Cheers, Howard.
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