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Derby Station Miscellany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZpkC9BBB9E
Doncaster Station Variety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XK_KsICa7g
(Martin Miller)
Class 37s, and more, memories in Wales 2005. Thrashing in the Valleys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3gZUXuz3uA
The Hoosier State, class 66752, + 4, unloaded at Newport. 11.07.14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zd4Gwy44yI
4 x 37s on Festive Freighter. Yate-Avonmouth and Portbury Dock 2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b3ZIdnzApE
Trains at Magor, Hereford, Bristol, Paignton, Newton Abbot and Exeter in
2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh2AYr_EHEk
37s Festival From Wales, in the '90s. Double Headed freights included
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP4YHyEct2E
Class 58s. 20-16 years ago, Newport Docks, Mainline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICO5wiuI9pY
(Mike Wilcock)
Princess Elizabeth & Tornado ! The Northern Belle & The Ticket To Ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jes9T4leBTA
L&Y Class 27 0-6-0 52322
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnsxKnYEG-U
England's Lost Main Line Railway: Rediscovering the Great Central Main Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbFNwYkf5Go
Ffestiniog Railway September 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM0sh_z1f4A
Welsh Pony no.5 goes to Beddgelert - Welsh Highland Railway 12th
September 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Rng8CITfU
A Bachmann Bus On Rails!? Highrailer - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82rHMKhBZm8
Delivering the Goods - Model Railway Gala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT3l5J914qo
Rutland Water, We take a cruise on the Rutland Belle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qCTcRwZB0c
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Welsh Government railway wish list
https://is.gd/DrFm2s
Trans-Europ-Express version 2?
https://is.gd/AIDAqd
Airbus consider Hydrogen powered aircraft
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54242176
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Leek & Rudyard Railway Steam Gala 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzUPDlGcUA0
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
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IN THE NEWS
Emergency Measures Recovery Agreements extended for 18 months for all TOCs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54232015
https://is.gd/wUnXdk
IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: Battery power supply keeps trains running
during outages
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=42528
RMT reaction to drop in railfreight traffic
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-responds-to-rail-freight-statistics/
Arundel booking clerk nominated for Community Rail award for WW1 research
https://is.gd/gxg5PT
SWR wins sustainable business awards
https://is.gd/2w09qi
Exhibition about West Bay branch
https://is.gd/VooxW1
Heathrow Western rail link delayed by at least two years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-54252585
Public consultation on capacity improvements around Ely
https://is.gd/5Cb4zN
Preston’s railway station gets impressive new glazing
https://www.railuk.com/rail-news/prestons-railway-station-gets-impressive-new-glazing/
https://is.gd/CUG3Yh
Reconstruction work on Esk Valley Line
https://is.gd/jeayUt
Extra platform proposed for Hartlepool
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/new-plans-unveiled-britains-busiest-18993610
Work begins on class 380 train ‘makeover’
https://is.gd/jjt3Xt
Emergency Measures Agreement extended for Scotrail and Caledonian Sleeper
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54210778
RMT to stage strikes on Caledonian Sleeper
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/09/23-rmt-to-stage-strikes-on.html
Faslane rail station tops council agenda for Helensburgh
https://is.gd/6QdD4Z
Rescue workers praised as north-east train crash site handed back to
Network Rail
https://tinyurl.com/y679luzd
Timber trains trial on Far North line
https://is.gd/J6OGwC
Heart of Wales line to reopen following floods and derailment
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=43190
Conwy Valley Line to reopen this month
https://is.gd/KAOd0w
£2.2m to better protect Conwy Valley Line
https://is.gd/LBCKwd
Llangennech rail crash: Brakes jammed before train derailed
https://is.gd/QbPxwe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54239007
Reopening Aberystwyth-Carmarthen railway would cost ‘significantly less’
than thought
https://wp.me/p8Mk4U-3XU
Chinnor & Princes Risborough transport and works order for access to
Princes Risborough station
https://is.gd/idAYRC
https://is.gd/wF0HHe
Transatlantic support for plans to re-open Bennerley Viaduct
https://is.gd/bt9tle
Jersey station for sale
https://www.livingroom.je/buy/property/80
TGV derailment
https://is.gd/c0KMz7
French MP left red-faced after parked car blocks train
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54234207
New international freight service
https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/?p=109725
Danish Rail safety authority approves Vectron locos
https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/?p=109757
Automatic couplers for freight vehicles planned in Europe by 2030
https://is.gd/g3KLLH
First-Ever "Head Car Scuffing Machine" for the Shinkansen Bullet Train
https://news.panasonic.com/global/stories/2019/67110.html
Train Derails At 14th Street, Northbound Subway Service Suspended Along
8th Ave
https://gothamist.com/news/mta-a-train-subway-derail-manhattan-8th-ave
Summerlee tram journeys resume at Coatbridge industrial museum
https://is.gd/3MEQNb
New trams for Goteborg
https://is.gd/MYBk4Z
Brexit freight monitoring system not ready for 1st January 2021
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54172222
Go-Ahead group losses
https://is.gd/Ss7qio
"Rest and be Thankful" reopened
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-54248224
NTA: new Dublin bus network to boost services by 23%
http://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2020/0924/1167208-dublin-bus-routes/
Tokyo’s empty tour buses are being used to create a giant maze this weekend
https://is.gd/E5zyLR
Airbus looks to the future with hydrogen planes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54242176
"Culture of concealment" implicated in 737MAX crashes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54174223
American Airlines pilots to begin 737 Max training in November
https://is.gd/yk5ptD
Kyiv to New York via Iceland on a Boeing 737
https://simpleflying.com/uia-boeing-737-to-new-york/
Azur Boeing 767 Suffers Tail Strike Landing In Moscow
https://simpleflying.com/azur-boeing-767-moscow-tail-strike/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Simon Moppett, Reg Nerps, Andrew
Nummelin, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
26/09/20 BBC4 2000-2100
"Pole to Pole: Trains and Boats and Trains"
27/09/20 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Scotland's Scenic Railways"
28/09/20 ITV 0000-0025
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport" S6/E6
28/09/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"World's Busiest Train Stations" Zurich Hauptbahnhof
28/09/20 More4 2100-2200
"Inside the Spitfire Factory" Restoring a MkIX
28/09/20 More4 2200-2335
"Guy Martin's Spitfire"
30/09/20 ITV 2000-2030
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport" S6/E7
30/09/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Roman Roads" 3/6
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EVENTS
While many events have been cancelled due to Covid-19, a limited number
of events will be included from now on - if you would like to publicise
an event here, please contact the editor
03/10/20- Apedale Valley Light Railway: Smoke Without Fire Diesel Weekend
04/10/20
https://www.avlr.org.uk/
09/10/20- East Lancashire Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
11/10/20
https://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/
A regularly-updated list of when heritage railways are reopening:
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=61133
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