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NETWATCH
Guard's eye view; Settle-Carlisle in 1992, Ribblehead Viaduct/signal
boxes/stations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAEVV7gPbI8
Dent Station Diversions; 47s/HST/Sprinters 1994
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJzN_kDnk38
Loco hauled in 1992. 37/47/56/60/86/87/90/HST Crewe and Warrington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSje1DvBPiE
37415/425 Reverse their stock at Southport 1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8_M3zzRmQ
Toton Open Day 22 years ago, part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgozYhPJmbM
(Mike Wilcock)
Settle To Carlisle Line and The Staycation Express 22/07/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jInFVI9fz_o
Steam Locomotives at York Part 3 2017 to 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIfKkTijh10
Black Fives Batter Shap.44871 & 45407 in full flow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Z4MBFgmbw
A Return To The Mid Hants Railway 19/07/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dI0wsA_0q0
NYMR 'Shadow' running with 926 'Repton' and Class 25 between Whitby and
Pickering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrSwNTx7lfQ
The SVR - Legends of Steam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKCW-p3Pdwg
52 7596 lautstark auf der Schwarzwaldbahn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYKntPYtp2g
Hemyock Model Railway Layouts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n22ZA4H1LIM
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Guess the location from old posters
https://is.gd/r1LN57
https://is.gd/LaWtKw
The story of the DLR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyexqa1AEd4
Talyllyn Railway latest managers walkabout including carriage cleaning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4NF_lHhyEo
Sunken locomotives in Canada
https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Sunken.html
How the SS Great Britain came home 50 years ago
https://is.gd/fL6l2W
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Dining and drinking at the railways exhibition at Dutch Railway Museum,
Utrecht
https://retours.eu/en/55-railway-dining/
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Leek & Rudyard Railway Isle of Mull Gala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LVsbEzyVKM
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
Huge Close-up Wildfire near Split Airport LDSP/SPU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grm5C2xGBsk
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
The British TSR-2 | A Mach-2 dooms-day bomber that was grounded by politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU5aRChfURk
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
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IN THE NEWS
Eversholt Rail and Alstom to invest £1m in hydrogen trains
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=41122
Breeze hydrogen trains to be Class 600s
https://www.keymodernrailways.com/article/breeze-hydrogen-class-600
Suggestion of three day per week season tickets/carnets
https://is.gd/Bfdryv
Crossrail abandons Summer 2021 opening date
https://is.gd/1f08rq
Govia Thameslink Railway continues with 30-day virus killer in stations
https://is.gd/7T3KCx
New "plan" for south west railways unveiled
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/07/20-new-plan-for-south-west.html
New control panels for class 442 units
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=60887
Emergency blockages of Peterborogh-Ely line due to defective wheeltimbers
https://is.gd/OkTfkD
Corby electrification delayed by pandemic
https://is.gd/KeQ2Fl
Problems with Northern Powerhouse investment schemes
https://is.gd/JgkFNK
Transpennine boost as £589m budget is announced
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/07/23-transpennine-boost-as-589m-budget.html
Bromborough station prepares for modern refurbishment
https://is.gd/XYGLuM
Building at centre of railway disaster in North Yorkshire to be preserved
https://tinyurl.com/y6gj3wlf
Views from new North Yorkshire to Cumbria tourist train
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-53484392
Changes made to the proposed new Northumberland Line rail link
https://is.gd/KftnPw
Wemyss Bay station bookshop to reopen post-lockdown
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/wemyss-bay-bookshop-to-reopen-post-lockdown/
Forth Bridge paint job that was meant to last 25 years peeling off after
just nine
https://is.gd/E61rVb
Class 2309 unit finally seen at Wrexham
https://is.gd/beRxzD
Swanage Railway coaches "tagged"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-53484106
From Oddingley to Shottle: the story of a little signalbox that left
the ground
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSOcB8IIhY
Moors Valley railway derails with passengers onboard
https://is.gd/vhWQ9J
Business case for repairing Cairngorm funicular to be submitted soon
https://is.gd/q3QIRS
Isle of Man Railways to reopen at the end of July
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-53449885
BNSF and Wabtec prepare to test battery loco
https://is.gd/Z8Dkud
New SNCB double deck stock delayed further
https://is.gd/P42P5L
Plans for green energy to power London Underground
https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/?p=264852
London Transport selling treadplates from scrapped tube stock
https://is.gd/D3drkO
Contractor named for extension to Vancouver Skytrain network
https://www.railway-technology.com/?p=76789
New York MTA orders diesel/battery hybrid locos for engineering trains
https://is.gd/VzGTqe
Whalebones found during Edinburgh tram enabling works
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/07/whale-bones-found-in-edinburgh-tram-project.html
LUAS call for back to basics on road safety with trams
http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0723/1155071-luas/
Bus displaying "Stay Alert" stuck under railway bridge at Nailsea
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/bus-governments-stay-alert-sign-4351078
Friends of Cromford Canal's Beggarlee extension
https://is.gd/Mol5M8
Removal of capsized car carrier "Golden Ray" delayed by the coronavirus
http://www.oldsaltblog.com/?p=55569
Manx government may sponsor air services
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-53433378
Ryanair announces base closure and job cuts in Germany
http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0721/1154663-ryanair-germany/
Redundancies at GE Caledonian, Prestwick
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/coronavirus-scotland-prestwick-aerospace-giant-22348010
KLM to retire its three remaining Boeing 747s from service in October
https://www.dutchnews.nl/?p=161032
Qantas’s Last Boeing 747 Leaves Australia: A Bittersweet Goodbye
https://simpleflying.com/qantas-747-goodbye
Secrets of the Boeing 747: on board the last Qantas jumbo jet
https://is.gd/RMlesm
Virgin Atlantic Resumes Passenger Flights After 3 Month Break
https://simpleflying.com/virgin-atlantic-resumes-flying/
An Aircraft Delivered To Aer Lingus Last Week Is Going To Storage
https://simpleflying.com/aer-lingus-new-aircraft-storage
http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0717/1154012-aer-lingus/
EAG Unveils World’s First 70 Seat+ Hybrid Passenger Plane
https://simpleflying.com/eag-hybrid-passenger-plane
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Barry Knapper, Reg Nerps, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO - schedules are subject to change at short notice... or none...
24/07/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Australian Train Journeys" Queensland
24/07/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"QE2: the World's Most Luxurious Hotel" 1/3
25/07/20 BBC2 1715-1815
"Inside Central Station" 6/6
25/07/20 BBC2 1815-1915
"A House Through Time" Liverpool 4/4
25/07/20 Channel 4 2015-2115
"How to Build British: The London Cab"
26/07/20 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Hitler's Supercars" 1930s Grand Prix cars
27/07/20 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 1/2 Small is beautiful
27/07/20 BBC2 2330-0030
"Britannia's Burning: Fire on the Bridge" 50 years ago!
28/07/20 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 2/2 Branching out
29/07/20 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Spain 1/6
29/07/20 BBC4 2230-2315
"The Great British Seaside Holiday: Timeshift"
29/07/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" Wearside
30/07/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Railway Journeys with Chris Tarrant" Middle East
31/07/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"QE2: the World's Most Luxurious Hotel" 2/3
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EVENTS - this section is temporarily suspended
There is a regularly-updated list of when heritage railways are
reopening here...
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=58124
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