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NETWATCH
Topham shunting at Foxfield late 1980s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYSCACzQ3UA
Deltic 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg4kDvF3zNM
Austerity 0-6-0ST at Littleton NCB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLuxxwtowUc
(Bob Gibbens)
Class 37s on double-headed freight in Wales in 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io2st0Z5CI8
Railways with 44932/45212/60163 on St. David's Days 2014-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKM_HId1Snw
Railways on St David's Day. Mainline Specials in South Wales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKjbRtEiKGE
Railways in South Wales 20+ years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdSdJo59cXs
Class 37s, Double and triple headed on heavy freight in 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjXkGe_k_Yg
East Lancs Railway. Feb.1993, Black Warship, 50008/15 and 10 more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amhwK_3ofuo
Railways 1993. Over 30 class 37s, double headed/heavy freight thrash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNTnqrv7ZMU
(Mike Wilcock)
Brake Vans removed from Rule Book and Working Manual for Rail Staff
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2021/03/09-times-up-for-brake-vans.html
Online meet the Manager arranged by SWR
https://tinyurl.com/yzuem35o
Spitfire: 85 years since maiden flight of the first Spitfire
https://tinyurl.com/yh3u5mx7
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
LMS 44932 Slips on The West Highlander 10/9/11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDzanhplVDk
SR 4-6-2 34067 Tangmere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdbKn8jb4JE
NYMR - 9F No. 92134 Setting the safety valves and brake test at Grosmont
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edIsaeDC9ak
Somerset & Dorset Railway - 55th Anniversary of Closure - 1966-2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TfwVIhQm2Q
The Spring Classic's part one Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKvpr9d565s
Camlas Model Railway Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZDCtb-hnd0
De eerste stoomtrein van 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQKDEqOcnI8
UK Trams - Video Compilation - 2012 to 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=983z5f-zO6U
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Tokyo-London by train - Japanese commentary/subtitles, but lots to look at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH-3nepJqSg
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Abandoned - Disney’s Fort Wilderness Railroad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di-pY1V-iIE
The last airworthy Lockheed Super Constellation: engine start, flaming
take-off and landing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEEt1SNJC3I
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Snettisham railway station for sale
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/74960469#/
Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd2l_DXuKNuwRPpj44Vos8A
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IN THE NEWS
No refund for railcards
https://tinyurl.com/yhcr8rbe
Complaints over engineering works the weekend after lockdown eases (the
possessions would have been planned before Covid 19 reached the UK!)
https://tinyurl.com/yzzy3tql
https://tinyurl.com/yze4u288
London trials ultraviolet technology to tackle Covid-19, Leeds to follow
https://tinyurl.com/ycjkrl2f
GTR class 313 unit adapted as Covid test centre at Brighton
https://tinyurl.com/yjt2vb9f
Easter blockade at Guildford and North Downs line
https://tinyurl.com/yefny26n
Proposal for a station at Wilton Jn, not the old station sites
https://tinyurl.com/yfpdl4lh
New GBRf container service from Felixstowe to Wakefield
https://tinyurl.com/yjydbwrd
Britain’s Shortest Branch Line in Stourbridge undergoes major track renewal
https://tinyurl.com/y7up9ahz
Demolition of former MR building at Chaddesden Sidings imminent
https://tinyurl.com/yb3hr4ac
Second bid launched to reopen Stoke-to-Leek railway line after 31 years
https://tinyurl.com/y8oes8jf
DfT report on Hope Valley upgrades
https://tinyurl.com/ykx2fjl7
Resignalling works near Sheffield
https://tinyurl.com/yzv3cptu
Furness Vale footbridge restored
https://tinyurl.com/yfvywm2d
Hitachi installs welding and painting equipment at Newton Aycliffe
https://tinyurl.com/yhl4c9j2
Additional train services sought for Northumberland
https://tinyurl.com/yddajtdj
https://tinyurl.com/yzdo6qk9
Grangemouth Intermodal terminal extended
https://tinyurl.com/yefxuk6v
Additional community service operated on West Highland Line
https://communityrail.org.uk/west-highland-line-crp/
Llangennech: Railway reopens six months after train derailment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56297143
Swanage Railway to reopen 12th April
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19142490.swanage-railway-announces-april-comeback/
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway to hire 80080
https://tinyurl.com/yjkvuncd
Historic Scarborough North Bay Railway sold to new owners
https://tinyurl.com/de58w3xr
Tunnels between Whitby and Staithes may be reopened as cycle route
https://tinyurl.com/ybbvqnzs
Location for Locomotion resolved
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-56301372
Fight to keep Llangollen Railway open
https://tinyurl.com/ygdjnbv3
Billions needed to weatherproof Dutch train tracks by 2050
https://tinyurl.com/yamllajd
Infrabel installs Europe's first 'green' sleepers on Belgian railways
https://tinyurl.com/y9jwftnl
SNCF to reintroduce loco hauled long distance services
https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/sncf-locomotive-hauled-services-to-return/
Derailment in Pakistan
https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/2fed1187e10f4e22bfa2e399e97eedb2/
ABB Power Products secures order worth $21.92m from Indian Railways
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/abb-power-products-indian-railways/
Canadian Pacific work on hydrogen fuel cell locomotives
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/cp-ballard-hydrogen-locomotive-program/
Dispute between Brightline Railway company and Virgin group
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56317444
Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham on hold
https://wp.me/plVfU-9rP
Cardigan Castle to house model of Cardigan Railway Station
https://tinyurl.com/y8kcp4wf
Could Trains Replace Planes On Lufthansa’s Domestic Routes?
https://simpleflying.com/lufthansa-planes-vs-trains/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Brian Carter, Neil Kearns, Barry Knapper, Reg
Nerps, Andrew Nummelin, Mike Price, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
13/03/21 Talking Pictures 0930-1045
"Runaway Railway" 1965 movie filmed on the Longmoor Military
Railway
14/03/21 Channel 5 1730-2000
"Battle of Britain" 1969 movie
15/02/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Walk the Line" Northern Ireland's lost railways 1/3
15/03/21 More4 2100-2200
"Great Canal Journeys" Trent & Mersey
15/03/21 More4 2200-2300
"Coastal Railways with Julie Walters" Newcastle to Edinburgh
16/02/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Walk the Line" Northern Ireland's lost railways 2/3
16/03/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built" 9/10
16/03/21 5 Select 2100-2200
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" France
17/03/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Walk the Line" Northern Ireland's lost railways 3/3
17/03/21 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Spain
19/03/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Warbird Workshop" Spitfire MJ772
19/03/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Warbird Workshop" USAAF C47
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