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Sunflower Christmas tree to highlight hidden disabilities
https://is.gd/EZNDB3
Folk song tribute to the Settle & Carlisle
https://is.gd/4D1SyC
Night trains across Europe proposals
https://is.gd/aF8Npt
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=45871
The Spitfires that nearly broke the sound barrier
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160505-the-spitfires-that-nearly-broke-the-sound-barrier
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The Train Of Lights On The Severn Valley Railway (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmKbo5zHfeQ
Bluebell Railway Santa & Light Trains 6/12/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoklDwKOJlM
Swanage Railway - 'Steam and Lights' 05/12/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0H_mn0M2PY
Southern N15 777 Sir Lamiel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwipoc3cMUs
NYMR Santa Specials 2020 with 9F No. 92134
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lbLgI0G_u0
East Lancs Revisited
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLr_rzCZR24
Heritage railway track watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxo6EHKcBpA
Parcels Trains, Coaches and New Arrivals - Yorkshire Dales model Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfpBd2cq4-o
Dapol O Gauge Class 08 Shunter - Ultra Heavy & Powerful - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mS2w1cjR6g
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Low clearance bridge, Brand new cars totalled, $2,000,000 damage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcqfa_uj2hA
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Center for Railroad Photography & Art (CRP&A)
http://www.railphoto-art.org/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Photographs of abandoned aircraft, space junk, amusement parks,
railways, etc
https://www.dietmareckell.com/
Photos of Japanese Surrender Planes in WWII
https://www.meetup.com/es/aviation-76/messages/71403212/
The B-17's Fatal Flaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBNBdvYoptY
ONE Apus estimated to have lost 1,900 containers in severe weather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4iA8O25xqc
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Over 1.5m Christmas cards & more to be delivered by freight this Christmas
https://is.gd/jFg17g
Ridley Scott inspires Network Rail’s cave-exploring drone
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55191623
DB Cargo UK tests hydrotreated vegetable oil locomotive fuel
https://is.gd/JmjV07
London to get its own New York-style high line park
https://metro.co.uk/?p=13724011
Crossrail confirm Farringdon station construction is complete
https://is.gd/7n6mzr
Elizabeth Line trial running to start in early 2021
https://is.gd/mdmcM3
First HS2 tunnelling machines arrive
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/12/08-first-hs2-tunnelling-machines-arrive.html
Euston Towers demolished
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/12/07/euston-towers-demolished-for-hs2-station/
Quietest station in Cornwall
https://is.gd/pN9fJL
Train fire near Par
https://is.gd/bnJcI7
Network Rail invest in a new footbridge for Goring-by-Sea
https://is.gd/3tm8x4
Restoration of Welwyn Garden City station
https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/welwyn-garden-city-station-gets-pre-war-paint-job-1-6954755
Scarborough station bench restored
https://is.gd/W9zn23
Multi-million-pound upgrade complete on North Yorkshire rail route
https://is.gd/25HfQo
Class 380 train celebrates 10-year anniversary
https://is.gd/TKNldx
Grangemouth Invests £3million in Rail Facility at Scotland’s Largest
Freight Hub
https://www.forthports.co.uk/?p=10018
Scottish FirstGroup agrees to terminate two UK rail franchises
https://is.gd/6le4Fo
Line blocked in Scotland by flooding
https://is.gd/03aToD
https://is.gd/Xk2tXK
Why one remote station lost 90% of its passengers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55186101
Sir Nigel Gresley overhaul update
https://sirnigelgresley.org.uk/overhaul-1520/overhaul-a.shtml
Mid Hants Railway "Train of Lights"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000q2b2/south-today-evening-news-04122020
Minehead ticket rack found in Los Angeles
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-55234060
Swanage Railway train of lights
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18924272.review-steam-lights-event-swanage-railway/
Holden F5 new build project
https://www.holdenf5.co.uk/news/
Brexit and Eurotunnel
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/eurotunnel-brexit/
Cross border services between Italy and Switzerland halted
https://is.gd/0tUx8D
Flood damaged railway in Romania to be rebuilt
https://is.gd/imoeHX
German regional line electrification approved
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=45815
Restoration of roundel sign at Uxbridge
https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/amazing-pictures-show-82-year-19371474
Gap in Berlin U-Bahn closed after 70 years
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=219753
Phase 1 of construction started for Agra Metro system
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/agra-metro-construction-inaugurated-india/
Grant given for extension of Phoenix Light Rail system
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/us-light-rail-extension-project-phoenix/
Berlin BVG orders 107 new trams
https://is.gd/IjwuXX
Consultants chosen for planning tram network in Uppsala
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/systra-selected-tramway-project-uppsala/
Guernsey buses fleet renewal
https://guernseypress.com/news/2020/12/08/old-green-and-yellow-buses-could-be-phased-out/
Another 24 hour service to be introduced on Dublin Bus
http://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2020/1203/1182092-dublin-bus/
Undersea roundabout on Faroes Island road network
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55195390
Wightlink ferries timetable changes
https://is.gd/kjL9hd
Woolwich Free ferry to return to TfL operation
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18920961.woolwich-ferry-prepares-tfl-takeover-closure/
New Isle of Man ferry to be named Manxman
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55145959
Condor Liberation sailings suspended from January until April
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-55235866
New contract between NYK and Diana shipping for bulk products
https://is.gd/w6FmlJ
British Airways G-BNLY deliverd to Dunsfold
https://youtu.be/kf6QeKZX4qQ
Decision on extending Southampton airport runway postponed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-55232264
Chuck Yeager: First pilot to fly supersonic dies aged 97
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55225903
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
11/12/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" 3/4 Cheltenham to Banbury
11/12/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Cornwall's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Looe and St Ives
14/12/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Paddington Station 24/7: Back on the Tracks" 8/8
14/12/20 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys"
15/12/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Cornwall's Most Scenic Railway Journeys"
16/12/20 Yesterday 2320-0020
"Abandoned Engineering" Disused railway bridges
18/12/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Inside the Steam Train Museum" Bressingham at Christmas
18/12/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" 4/4 The Great Central Railway
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EVENTS
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11/12/20- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Steam Illuminations
23/12/20
https://www.watercressline.co.uk/
27/12/20- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Steam Illuminations
03/01/21
https://www.watercressline.co.uk/
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https://rcts.org.uk/branches/
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