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NETWATCH

Railways 1995. High speed freight, Ebbw Jct. Newport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkuiuM-rigE
Midland Pullman HST at speed in South Wales. July 17th 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j4GFMVbvSs
Canton Depot. 3 x 50s 37308 26038 plus WAG, June 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDkLl3nrwiE
Oliver Cromwell, 70013, coal, water and clinkered at Pengam in 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT76j4K66Lw
Quadruple headed 20/37s freight train at Pengam 1998
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFNg8EJMna8
Railways in Wales May 1998 - Derailment/Load Haul/Transrail memories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U60daI2l65g
(Mike Wilcock)

45596 'Bahamas' Double Chimney Delight - 18/7/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzNP1CrUaVw
Bluebell Railway - 'Road Meets Rail' 17/07/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIeSBGGCmX4
Busy summer afternoon at Grosmont MPD as locos come for daily inspection and for disposal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh_myHsGGuU
Hunslet Works No. 554 'Lilla'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibGDzReiECo
Batteries Included
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oAG2mjwapg
Folly Lane Model Railway Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VzMkmyhgms
A Farmhouse, a Signalman’s Loo and More Scenery - New Layout Part 7 - Yorkshire Dales Model Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh7rYwcGO5E
(Spotter: Ted Millward)

The development of police vehicles in Gloucestershire
https://tinyurl.com/yfl3r9k3
The Brian Nicholls Hampden Restoration Project 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH6hAXHcqhY
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)

Southern Railway train formations - 1920s (by an Italian!)
http://www.maltoni.co.uk/formations.html
Part of a mixed bag of railway stuff here
http://www.maltoni.co.uk/treni.htm

Looe Branch Driver's Eye View (Network Rail)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekYmryNRxJA
Drivers eye view of the Looe Valley Line (GWR Driver Training Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOLmjgQXNaY

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IN THE NEWS

Highways England may have to reverse act of ‘cultural vandalism’
https://tinyurl.com/yjxs2bw6

Avanti kick-starts UK's largest train fleet upgrade
https://tinyurl.com/yfojpaw5

The station where masks are mandatory - and not
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57886933

Chiltern Railways celebrate 25th Anniversary as HybridFLEX train introduced at London Marylebone
https://tinyurl.com/ygfr38tw

Northern's self-service ticket machines hit by ransomware cyber attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57892711

£500k grant offered to restore fire-ravaged Troon railway station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-57878742
Station master who dedicated lifetime to workplace shed tears as iconic building burnt to the ground
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/troon-fire-station-master-who-24568767
RMT demands urgent investigation into Troon Station fire
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-demands-urgent-investigation-into-troon-station-fire/

Bike carriages rolled out on West Highland rail line
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-57884961

New proposals to boost tourism using heritage railways
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2021/07/21-new-proposals-to-boost-tourism.html

All six driving wheels for steam locomotive 5551 The Unknown Warrior need replacing
https://tinyurl.com/yha3o4zm

Flood damage to German railways (in German)
https://tinyurl.com/yfn9ensz

Firefighters battle blaze from top of moving train
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-57922181

Tokyo’s singing trains retire
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/ataglance/1636/

Latest Restoration Update on Blackpool Tram No 298 at Crich Tramway Village
https://tinyurl.com/ykyeapyr

UK bus privatisation breached basic rights, says ex-UN rapporteur
https://tinyurl.com/yjcfjm74

Seatruck freight vessel MV Arrow joins CalMac's Ullapool-Stornoway service
https://tinyurl.com/yjeymfah

A new CalMac island ferry breakdown for Glasgow Fair causes disruption
https://tinyurl.com/yjbhznkm

Disruption as three more CalMac vessels are hit by technical issues in one day
https://tinyurl.com/yjfwy38k

Spotters: Richard Buckby, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin

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TV and RADIO

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"

24/07/21  Channel 4 1900-2000
          "Coastal Railways with Julie Walters"  North Wales

25/07/21  BBC4 2000-2100
          "The Golden Age of Steam Railways"  2/2

25/07/21  4seven 2000-2100
          "Coastal Railways with Julie Walters"  North Wales

25/07/21  Yesterday 2300-0000
          "Secrets of the Transport Museum"

26/07/21  Yesterday 2000-2100
          "Secrets of the London Underground"

27/07/21  BBC2 1900-2000
          "Great Australian Railway Journeys"  1/6 The Ghan

28/07/21  BBC2 1900-2000
          "Great Australian Railway Journeys"  2/6 Sydney to Broken Hill

28/07/21  BBC4 1930-2000
          "Pubs, Ponds & Power: the Story of the Village" Warkworth

28/07/21  ITV 2345-0010
          "Heathrow: Britain's Biggest Airport"

29/07/21  BBC2 1900-2000
          "Great Australian Railway Journeys"  3/6 Adelaide to Perth

29/07/21  BBC4 1930-2000
          "Pubs, Ponds & Power: the Story of the Village" Cromford

29/07/21  More4 2100-2235
          "Titanic: Into the Heart of the Wreck"

29/07/21  More4 2235-2335
          "World's Greatest Shipwrecks: History Beneath the Waves"

30/07/21  Yesterday 2100-2200
          "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

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


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