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I'm not normally big on petitions but perhaps this will at least raise
awareness of the ridiculous, and unbelievably unsightly infilling of
redundant railway bridges:
Require Highways England halt and reverse infilling of historic railway
bridges
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/588581
Related story: "Ashamed to be an engineer"
https://tinyurl.com/yjlt8qab
Whatstandwell Station the good and the bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWr7SlMXc1Q
Derby Midland Station variety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt85Dx5y6oE
Birmingham New Street Station with CrossCountry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkoT6sYlTQ
West Midlands Metro at Grand Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh8MJXsJ54o
West Midlands Metro at the Library
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPSkAKkOIdo
West Midlands Metro at Bull Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wq-meXW_ns
Derby Midland Station with an interloper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY75VIFKFcs
Sheffield Midland Station interlude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTUimd7BHvw
Doncaster Station July variety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCbceix7HUs
Taking the purple one to Whatstandwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7bX7jF3wxE
(Martin Miller)
McGill's Buses Greenock Depot Open Day 3 July 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3afOAhpiqyk
(Andrew Cook)
Independently edited Great Britain Rail Timetable downloadable in sections
www.fabdigital.uk/gbrtv1
Can hydrogen offer railways a green future?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57693635
Midlands to Solent freight strategy document.
https://tinyurl.com/yj3ddk2m
Case for Isle of Wight Railway extensions submitted to Government
http://wig.ht/2oxi
https://tinyurl.com/yebo47ww
Merseyrail class 777 units at Kirkdale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAVR9Fpzs9g
Battery powered expansion proposed for Merseyrail network
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-57853592
Crossrail Liverpool Street station
https://tinyurl.com/yh4vggv9
Another bid for Government money, this time the Epsom Downs branch
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/07/08/bid-submitted-to-upgrade-rail-link-in-sutton/
60th anniversary of Kent Coast electrification
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sandwich/news/sixty-years-of-clean-travel-250572/
Brighton Atlantic update
https://www.bluebell-railway.com/brps/atlantic-latest/
FlyBe Dash 8s repurposed as water bombers
https://simpleflying.com/flybe-water-bomber-dash-8/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The Cornish ghost railway line that rarely sees a train (Coombe
Jn-Moorswater)
https://tinyurl.com/yzfd9ao3
Keswick to Threlkeld Railway walk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSzS-WvkDsY
Hawes Branch Line - Abandoned & Lost Railways of Yorkshire - Ep22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wecnpxrNVY8
Free downloads (PDFs) from the Midland Railway Study Centre...
The Official Postcards of the Midland Railway
https://midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/postcards/
Midland Railway Ticket Offices and Agencies
https://midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/agencies/
Midland Railway Luggage Labels
https://midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/luggagelabels/
The Building and Design of a New Model Train Locomotive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOL2aHJbBAM&t=361s
Great Wakering, Flackwell Heath and Whitefield Garden Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zf-ES-U-nA
The Missing Night Watchmen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nln1Mhb-THo
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco
https://tinyurl.com/ygthyh84
B-17 Alliance Foundation
https://www.b17alliance.com/
SAAF WW2 Heritage Site
https://biltongbru.wixsite.com/ww2-saaf-heritage/photo-albums
For Sale: “Time Capsule” 1943 A6M5 Model 52 Zero
https://aerodynamicmedia.com/1943-a6m5-zero-for-sale/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
The UK's last aerial ropeway uses no power, moves 300 tonnes a day, and
will be gone by 2036
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RiYXI1Tfu4
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IN THE NEWS
Class 321 unit modified for parcels traffic
https://tinyurl.com/yj9rtg3l
Class 319/769 modified for parcel traffic. (Filmed in Eastleigh Works)
https://tinyurl.com/yjuwh26z
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/07/15/testing-cargo-deliveries-by-rail-to-town-centres/
New trains for Southeastern passengers returning to rail in south east
London and north Kent
https://tinyurl.com/yz6wfh8s
Crossrail runs out of money... again
https://www.easterneye.biz/crossrail-project-cost-to-exceed-funding-report-says/
First spoil train from Willesden for HS2 works
https://tinyurl.com/ydtgh926
Facemasks still required on Transport for London services after 19th July
https://tinyurl.com/yhwzrr7s
Station refurbishment at Balham
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/network-rail-balham-station/
Class 707 transfer to South Eastern
https://wp.me/p8WSwX-8Ww
https://tinyurl.com/yhbq825n
Bridge bash at Pitsea
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-57722591
Underpass to replace Grays High Street LC will cost £37 million
https://tinyurl.com/yjqkgm5g
M&SWJR bridge abutments to be demolished
https://tinyurl.com/ydvrepjr
Police hurt before stolen car driven along railway line
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57849890
Network Rail to connect 11,000-tonne tunnel at Peterborough
https://tinyurl.com/ygcvw69z
EMR axes local train services
https://centralbylines.co.uk/out-of-line-emr-axes-local-train-services/
Former crossing keepers cottage for sale at Stone
https://tinyurl.com/yhhsvgsj
Bus hit railway bridge near Bache
https://tinyurl.com/ygdn8eku
Staycation HST launched on the S&C
https://tinyurl.com/yfrwlg58
Network Rail Scotland told to make railway more resilient to extreme weather
https://planetradio.co.uk/clyde/local/news/network-rail-scotland-report-climate/
Hairmyres station on track for relocation and expansion
https://tinyurl.com/yzd7z7ys
20-bike carriages launched to encourage Scots to leave car at home
https://tinyurl.com/yzlf7qjz
What's in a name? Network Rail criticised over 'wrong' name on Thurso
railway bridge
https://tinyurl.com/yfdovo5c
Two North Wales heritage railways to benefit from investment in carriages
https://tinyurl.com/yempk8r8
Fear for future of north Wales steam trains if coal banned
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57740145
Broad support for heritage steam exemption in the Lords’ Environment
Bill debate
https://tinyurl.com/yeov2arg
Union spotlight on deserted Eurostar
https://www.tssa.org.uk/en/whats-new/news/index.cfm/deserted-eurostar-in-the-spotlight
Golden Bay's Donald the tank engine nearing end of restoration line
https://tinyurl.com/ygtck573
World's First Dual Train-Bus Vehicle in Motion
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20210708154127756/
Hidden London tram station opens to public for first time in 70 years
https://tinyurl.com/ydtm279a
Solent ferry disruption amid staff shortages due to self-isolation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-57833248
Maid of the Loch: Steamer to be hauled out of Loch Lomond
https://tinyurl.com/yz2elww5
Fire breaks out on Scotland to Belfast ferry
https://tinyurl.com/yh2uuj5l
Closure of MOSI Air and Space Hall
https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/node/11872
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Barry Knapper, Reg Nerps, Andrew
Nummelin, Mike Price, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
16/07/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Steam Train Britain"
16/07/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Steam Train Britain"
16/07/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
17/07/21 Channel 4 1745-1830
"Lotus: a New Dawn" Reviving the car company
17/07/21 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Coastal Railways with Julie Walters" Devon and Cornwall
18/07/21 BBC4 1800-1830
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 1/2
18/07/21 Channel 4 1800-1830
"Guy Martin's World Speed Records"
18/07/21 Paramount Network 1815-2100
"Battle of Britain" 1969 movie
18/07/21 4seven 2000-2100
"Coastal Railways with Julie Walters" Devon and Cornwall
18/07/21 BBC4 2200-2345
"Williams" Documentary about Frank Williams
18/07/21 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
18/07/21 BBC4 2345-0045
"James May's Cars of the People" 1/3
19/07/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
19/07/21 BBC4 2345-0045
"James May's Cars of the People" 2/3
20/07/21 4seven 1900-2000
"Coastal Railways with Julie Walters" Devon and Cornwall
20/07/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
20/07/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
20/07/21 BBC4 2340-0040
"James May's Cars of the People" 3/3
21/07/21 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Building Victorian Britain" Super sewer
21/07/21 ITV 2345-0010
"Heathrow: Britain's Biggest Airport"
22/07/21 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Building Victorian Britain" Exploration
22/07/21 More4 2200-2300
"World's Greatest Shipwrecks: History Beneath the Waves"
23/07/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Steam Train Britain"
23/07/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Steam Train Britain"
23/07/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the London Underground"
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EVENTS
As things gradually return to normal, I expect this section will begin
to expand again - if you would like to publicise an event here, please
contact the editor
17/07/21 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk
17/07/21- Leek & Rudyard Railway: Isle of Mull Gala
18/07/21
http://www.rlsr.org/
01/08/21 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk
A full list of forthcoming RCTS virtual meetings
https://rcts.org.uk/branches
Cheers, Howard.
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