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NETWATCH
Sperry Rail Testing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHJxoT9GYbE
LJ Breeze on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0VlIUvrrWI
(Martin Miller)
50031 onboard Rhymney-Pontypridd-Treherbert 1998/2018 SVR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XF0vwOEoBc
Class 50s inc Cardiff to Fishguard; open window views
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJwrL053Bcs
Battledown Rail Flyover. Mid Hants Gala April 2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgG_1x15tag
Class 50s in Wales part 2, 12 locations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuu2DHtXc7I
Class 50s movements x 12 in Wales. 1999-2006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YecujpGxQ_s
56078/115 Twilight Grid Railtour 31.03.04. BTM to York
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4LGIVK199Q
31405 on the Cumbrian Coast in 1990, Part 2. Barrow-Preston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0_4-GIdazI
Cab ride: Cumbrian Coast in Class 108. May 31st 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHt3iREikk
(Mike Wilcock)
Automated vegetation monitoring in Wales
https://is.gd/Eby1xU
How will train operators recover passenger numbers?
https://is.gd/jBvEyK
Network Rail children's activity sheet
https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Emily-the-Engineer-activity-book.pdf
Clan Line on the Torbay Express 2018
https://vimeo.com/289169215
Preserved saddle tank at Stratford
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2018/04/04/have-you-met-robert-the-tank-engine-at-stratford/
UPS considering rail transport instead of air freight
https://is.gd/v8JGY9
Tavern Cars 1949
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/04/14/british-rails-short-experiment-with-travelling-pubs/
Small planes and no business class: will flying ever be the same again?
https://is.gd/9JTaXG
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Heritage Rail Relics - Steam on Lockdown Collection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFzvOJZOeBk
Hail Britannia, The Best Of 70000!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVK0yDF3alk
Double Headed Mainline Steam 2015-2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEibGkFtuGY
NER Raven 0-8-0 T2/Q6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAmZmP7YU9w
76079 goes to Whitby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmWQx3yZIkg
"Standards on the south coast" - BR Standard Classes at work - Autumn 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JneKnQ_gBFo
Legendary Diesel Locomotive Thrash, Speed & Screams!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ol5k57zqB0
Micro layout build part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft6hQD2LuJc
Onboard Layout Tour On My 00 Gauge Model Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKo7ZWzw5tU
Swiss Trains: Rhätische Bahn/Rhaetian Railway Steam - Zernez - Cinuos
chel Brail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJHiu7xiMv0
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Rolls-Royce vs the sleeper train: a race from London to Edinburgh
https://wp.me/p3SWHa-49NS
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
The amazing Convair B-36 Peacemaker takes off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM1CZdppWrU
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
DC-3 taking off at -40F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esMivtoRRts
A little homage to KLM's Boeing 747
https://allplane.tv/blog/2020/3/31/klm-boeing-747-farewell
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
DfT confirms commencement of HS2 construction
https://www.railway-technology.com/?p=74596
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52293055
95% fall in passengers through Waterloo
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/?p=77647
Engineering train derailment at Higham (6Y84 2137 Hoo Jn to Guildford 9
April 2020)
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/246690.aspx
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18374649.lines-gravesend-strood-train-derails/
SWR take over management of Romsey, Mottisfont, Dunbridge and Dean stations
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=48462
Exminster railway station plans 'almost impossible', councillors told
https://is.gd/R46V6X
SPAD near Loughborough
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/signal-passed-at-danger-near-loughborough
New underpass to allow level crossing at Bessacar to be closed
https://is.gd/k4ewl3
Harry Potter line steam train firm blasted by Ian Blackford for not
suspending bookings
https://is.gd/eWNgSc
Steve Davies announced as new chairman of A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
https://is.gd/c1LVNF
Business insurance refusal for Bure valley line
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/railway-fears-hard-decisions-as-coronavirus-hits-trade-1-6605483
Restoration of the Whitby to Scarborough trackbed
https://is.gd/A7dYFA
New build 4709 to move from Llangollen
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=49861
Future of Llangollen Railway under threat
https://is.gd/e6uZCD
Diesel locos sold by White Pass and Yukon to Durango and Silvertown
https://is.gd/1PBXdR
Narrow gauge wagon launched with new bogie design (Russia)
https://is.gd/56pgHX
Covid-19: India suspends passenger railway operations until 3 May
https://www.railway-technology.com/?p=74590
Restoration of Ryde Pier Tram
http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=33242
Vauxhall bus station roof to be demolished
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/04/11/vauxhall-bus-station-set-for-demolition/
Road closure at Holmsley former railway bridge
https://www.hants.gov.uk/News/20201404-bridge-closure
Fed-up ferry passengers will finally have a say on future of
Gourock-Dunoon route
https://is.gd/T406lK
Covid 19 problems and opportunities for shipping industry
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52289303
Container ship Milano Bridge Collision at Busan Port
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSPnXNBqre0
Air Tahiti Nui Will Fly Another Non-stop Papeete To Paris Flight
https://simpleflying.com/air-tahiti-nui-nonstop-paris/
Hi Fly Makes History: Flies One Of Longest A340 Flights Ever: 16 Hours
Over Antarctica
https://simpleflying.com/hi-fly-antarctica/
Bird Nest Found in Vueling Airbus A320 Wing
https://simpleflying.com/birds-nest-vueling/
Boeing Set To Resume Washington Aircraft Production
https://simpleflying.com/boeing-set-to-resume-washington-aircraft-production/
Heavy British Airways A380 Crushes French Airport Taxiway
https://simpleflying.com/heavy-british-airways-a380-crushes-french-airport-taxiway/
12 Year Old Alaska Airlines Airbus A320 Gets Sent To The Scrapyard
https://simpleflying.com/alaska-airlines-a320-scrapyard/
Australian Government To Subsidize Some Qantas & Virgin Flights
https://simpleflying.com/australian-government-subsidize-flights/
Man given surprise trip in fighter jet accidentally ejected himself
mid-flight
https://inews.co.uk/news/man-eject-fighter-jet-acidentally-mid-flight-2538016
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Richard Maund, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO - schedules are subject to change at short notice... or none...
17/04/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" Norfolk
17/03/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" 4/6
18/04/20 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Great Canal Journeys" Portugal
18/04/20 BBC2 2015-2115
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Bangkok to Hua Hin
19/04/20 Channel 5 1800-1955
"Britain's Most Scenic Railway Journey: Minute by Minute"
Mallaig
19/04/20 BBC4 1900-1930
"Pubs, Ponds and Power: the Story of the Village" Port Isaac
19/04/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"Canal Boat Diaries" 2/5
20/04/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" 4/6
20/04/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"The Beauty of Maps" 1/4 Medieval maps
21/04/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"The Beauty of Maps" 2/4 London City maps
22/04/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"The Beauty of Maps" 3/4 Atlas maps
23/04/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"The Beauty of Maps" 4/4 Cartoon maps
23/04/20 Channel 5 2200-2355
"The QE2: Queen of the Seas"
24/04/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" The Waverley Route
24/03/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" 5/6
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EVENTS - this section is temporarily suspended
A regularly-updated list of cancellations on heritage railways,
exhibitions, etc is here:
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=46874
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