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NETWATCH

Black Five 45231 at Stableford 22/10/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcPIyjtC8gM
Contrasting Styles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cdYcCEHSyo
Bahamas passes through Stableford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQdUTgkS5Xc
(Barry Knapper)

Selby to Doncaster and Northenden Junction videos have been added to the Signalling Record Society's FARSAP collection
https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/archivevideo.php
(John Lacy)

RAIB correction to Rail magazine reporting of Carmont derailment
https://is.gd/uCezNX
Interior of "Active Travel" coaches for West Highland Line
https://is.gd/37F27J
Using TOPS 1978 railway computerisation
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-using-tops-1978-online
Driverless trains on London Underground would cost £7 billion extra
https://www.aslef.org.uk/article.php?group_id=7289
Llanberis to Snowdon in four minutes
https://youtu.be/hvOFN8ry9wk?t=57
Canadian National maps, including axle loading
https://www.cn.ca/en/our-services/maps-and-network/
Whatever happened to passenger services in northern Ontario
https://wawa-news.com/?p=37969
Once upon a tram ( Hill of Howth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrEmvTwkbNY
Supersonic travel projects
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54416696
The five engine Jumbo Jet
https://simpleflying.com/pratt-and-whitney-boeing-747/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)

Somerset & Dorset Railway - Mixed Traction Gala 2020 - 31/10/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsaShXiZxAE
34092 City of Wells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8WADCR_jGs
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - 'End of Season Parade' 31/10/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiT0hC-ngxw
NYMR - Cab Ride on LH&JC No 29 on the 'Rail Trail' shuttle service, Grosmont-Goathland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSJxGBUOozo
Class 20s working at Bo'ness railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju6kFlOTUlc
My Favourite O Gauge Loco - Dapol Steam Sentinel - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv5jfsAlS64
Firing up the 150 CASE, the largest steam traction engine in the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgkwBsCj_Us
Lancaster Bomber...The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre October 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYECcXYptw
(Spotter: Ted Millward)

Russia's Development of a Railway Route Bypassing the Baltic States
https://wp.me/p7KpWc-bY9
(Spotter: Brian Carter)

LNER Marshalling Yard Story (no sound)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMU7xuYel8s
Felsővisó - Viseu de Sus (Romanian Railways)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vJ-ZGWMyes&feature=youtu.be
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)

Final Days of Daily Service Amtrak Long Distance Trains (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUd57c6_ahE
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)

Brass, Steel and Fire - Science Museum
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/brass-steel-and-fire
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)

Why everyone – and especially Greens – should still support HS2
https://www.newstatesman.com/node/327479
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)

Now and Then - Seeing the North with Sankey project
https://signalfilmandmedia.com/sankey-now-and-then/
Oral History Training with Simon Bradley (online Zoom course)
Part 1: 24th November 2020, Part 2: 1st December 2020, Parts 3 and 4 TBC
Further information from Julia Parks: julia@signalfilmandmedia.co.uk
(Spotter: Peter Davies)

Kestrel Railway Books now has an online shop - follow link from main website
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

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IN THE NEWS

Train services set to keep going during English lockdown
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/11/04-train-services-set-to-keep.html

Claims that HS2 costs are soaring are ‘baseless’ says DfT
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/11/05-claims-that-hs2-costs-are.html

Network Rail recruits Mace as consultant
https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/network-rail-recruits-mace-as-consultant/

Freight decarbonisation ideas
https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/alternative-power-freight-s-role-in-decarbonisation

Maritime adds new intermodal rail service
https://www.railuk.com/rail-news/maritime-adds-new-intermodal-rail-service/

CEMEX invests over £600,000 in its rail network
https://www.railuk.com/rail-news/cemex-invests-over-600000-in-its-rail-network/

Piling starts at £40m North London station
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/11/04-piling-starts-at-40m-north.html

Proposal for Solent area investment in railways
https://is.gd/wr2bDF

Southampton area engineering works
https://is.gd/GTdLGO

Nine-day overhaul of East Suffolk line complete
https://www.railuk.com/rail-news/nine-day-overhaul-of-east-suffolk-line-complete/

New footbridge opened at Eridge
https://is.gd/vfztj4

Two new directors for East West Railway
https://www.railuk.com/rail-news/two-new-directors-for-east-west-railway/

HS2 bridge installed in Solihull
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-54675201

University of Birmingham completes new digital rail systems research facility
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=44796

HST power car donated to Crewe Heritage Centre
https://crewe.nub.news/n/crewe-heritage-centre-adds-new-hst-train-to-its-collection

First Class 170 train enters service with East Midlands Railway
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=72319

Salvaged Lowdham signal box to become museum
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-nottinghamshire-54731548

A boost of £1.5m for Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle new station scheme
https://is.gd/ZiKMfB

Rail link to Doncaster Airport rejected
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-54632396

Repair work to Ribblehead Viaduct
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/work-starts-to-restore-iconic-ribblehead-viaduct

Settle & Carlisle and Little North Western blocked by flooding
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=72053

Hull trains suspended again
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-54796065

Grand Central service suspended until 3rd December
https://is.gd/cmZRUY

Three years of transformation enters final phase at Queen Street
https://is.gd/l5AK1A

Network Rail awards crossings contract overseas
https://www.railfreight.com/?p=20750

Plans unveiled for £200m Ravenscraig development
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-54785132

Avanti West Coast plans to double number of trains that call at Motherwell
https://www.railuk.com/?p=103761

Carmont reopening
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/aberdeen-dundee-rail-line-to-reopen-next-week

Jacobite service to finish a week early
https://is.gd/X6vnc8

Contractors gearing up to start repair of the Cairngorm funicular
https://is.gd/BYoEIu

Transport for Wales rail services to be nationalised
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54635421

First phase of work on Barmouth Viaduct completed
https://www.railuk.com/rail-news/first-phase-of-work-on-barmouth-viaduct-completed/

Ideas to enhance Northern Ireland Railways services
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-54822021

Hornby: Model train maker steams ahead in lockdown
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54729801

We are railing: Britain embraces the joys of the humble train set
https://is.gd/IRjTTD

Berlin Brandenburg Airport railways finally open
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=44479

Dutch government offers €1.5bn compensation to passenger operators
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=44854

Portuguese Railways order Stadler FLIRT units
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=70973

Yosemite Lumber Company Logging Inclines With Jack Burgess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4_mJuS9WWc

Transport for London secures emergency £1.8bn bailout
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54768723
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/11/01--last-minute-reprieve-as.html

All cetaceans go: whale sculpture stops Dutch train crashing into water
https://is.gd/T5hYwH
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54780430
https://www.dutchnews.nl/?p=166754
Looks like a fluke to me...

Bochum-Witten tram route diverted
https://www.railwaygazette.com/projects-and-planning/bochum-witten-tramway-rerouted/57705.article

Berry's coaches bus stuck under Taunton station bridge
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/coach-gets-wedged-under-taunton-4670972

NTA bus plan for Dublin set for third public consultation
http://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1103/1175785-dublin-bus-corridor/

BRM to build 'new' V16
https://www.pitpass.com/68486/BRM-to-build-new-V16

England's Vanwall will build six replicas of its 1958 Grand Prix-winning F1 car
https://is.gd/5lwqP4

Jobs 'are on the line' if ferry contracts go outside of Inverclyde warns council leader
https://is.gd/0YaSn1

‘Grave risk’ to lifeline ferry services
https://www.orcadian.co.uk/grave-risk-to-lifeline-ferry-services/

VB-10,000 Heavy Lift Vessel Arrives at Golden Ray Wreck Site
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NulJxNFNCQ

Lufthansa 747-400's prohibited from taking off from Dutch airfield
https://onemileatatime.com/lufthansa-747-stuck-small-airport/

When Will Qantas Flights Return To The UK?
https://simpleflying.com/qantas-uk-flights/

Berlin Brandenburg’s Second Runway Opens With Qatar Airways Arrival
https://simpleflying.com/berlin-brandenburg-second-runway/

Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, John McCorriston, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin, Alan Rushworth, Nick Wheat

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TV and RADIO

08/11/20  Channel 4 2000-2100
          "Great Canal Journeys"  London's waterways

08/11/20  ITV 2330-2355
          "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport" S6/E12

09/11/20  Channel 5 2100-2200
          "Paddington Station 24/7: Back on the Tracks"  3/8

09/11/20  Channel 5 2200-2300
          "Kings Cross Station Then and Now"

10/11/20  BBC4 2000-2100
          "Captain Jack and the Furious Few"  Early test pilots

12/11/20  BBC4 2135-2235
          "The Queen Mary: Greatest Ocean Liner"

12/11/20  BBC4 2235-2335
          "The Men Who Built the Liners: Timeshift"

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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

09/11/20    RCTS Croydon & South London Branch: Online Presentation
            "That was the Year that Was – 1962" by Geoff Plumb
            Starts 1930
            Non-members please contact the Branch Web Co-ordinator, Jeremy Harrison,
            croydon.web@rcts.org.uk, for an invitation.

10/11/20    RCTS Hitchin Branch: Online Presentation
            "Railways before the Great War (part 1)" presented by Jeremy Harrison
            Starts 1930
            Non-members please contact David Elsdon, dandjelsdon@waitrose.com, for an invitation

10/11/20    RCTS East Midlands Branch: Online Presentation
            "Railways in and around WW2" by Robin Mathams
            Photographs from the Percy Moseley Collection of the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society
            taken between 1937 and 1945
            Starts 1930
            Non-members please contact Robin Gibbons, eastmidlandschair@rcts.org.uk,
            for an invitation

10/11/20    RCTS Sheffield Branch: Online Presentation
            "Railways in and around Chesterfield" by Glynn Waite
            Starts 1930
            Non-members please contact Jim Bryant, sheffieldfixtures@rcts.org.uk,
            for an invitation

11/11/20    RCTS South Wales Branch: Online Presentation
            "A 1950s Cornucopia, Part 2" by Noel Thompson
            Starts 1930
            Non-members please contact Peter Fortune, rctssw@gmail.com, for an invitation

A full list of forthcoming RCTS virtual meetings (Nov-Feb):
https://rcts.org.uk/branches/


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