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Trolley lorries near Lubeck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3P_S7pL7Yg
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
6233 & 60163 - The Duchess & Tornado Soldier On In The Face Of Adversity!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3D2HmS4-Xs
LMS Jubilee vs SR Merchant Navy Departing at York Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbzgZDuPNtE
Glorious end to the season!! 3802,Llangollen to Carrog. 14th November 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvm8axyvyGY
Bachmann Europe - British Railway Announcements, Winter 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imDuJQxYk-g
HM174: Accurascale 21ton coal wagons for 'OO' gauge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCozxvRBfEs
End of Season Gala - Sefton & West Lancs Light Railway - 14/11/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGGZaWfOhrw
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Model train breaks a world record by playing epic classical medley on
passing glasses
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/model-train-world-record/
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
HS2: What is the route and how much will it cost?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16473296
From John O'Groats to Land's End in world's smallest car
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-59307070
David Buick: the motoring pioneer who lost everything
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-56459341
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IN THE NEWS
£96bn for rail but Leeds HS2 leg due to be scrapped
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59320576
Railway prepared for busy festive period as majority of network open for
business as usual
https://tinyurl.com/yjzctb89
Parcels delivery by repurposed suburban trains
https://www.ft.com/content/1ae200db-edce-406f-aaf7-07a21a98c9f6
Network Rail urges lorry drivers to 'Wise Up, Size Up' as Britain’s
most-bashed bridges revealed
https://tinyurl.com/yjg935ly
London Overground trains to call at Battersea Park station on New Years Eve
https://tinyurl.com/ygnkzde2
60 years since British Railways ran out of steam on Fenchurch Street line
https://tinyurl.com/yexrp5cn
Brighton Mainline 2 looses out on development grants
https://tinyurl.com/yh3adlnj
Salisbury train crash: Services fully resume two weeks on
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-59303217
Track repairs in Salisbury Tunnel after derailment
https://tinyurl.com/yjjq5c5k
Railway Restored: regular trains to run on Dartmoor Line for first time
in 50 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-59316483
https://tinyurl.com/4kex7yf9
'It opens up our town': Dartmoor line hopes to lead to rail renaissance
https://tinyurl.com/yk2eum99
‘Box structure’ flyover saves £70m and six months for East West Rail
https://tinyurl.com/yjqkrhl8
HS2 diggers complete first two miles of tunnels through Buckinghamshire
https://tinyurl.com/yzfsocpg
Next steps to be taken in bid to reopen Cowley Branch Line as a
passenger line
https://tinyurl.com/ygubg47m
East Midlands Railway: Strikes to continue after negotiations stall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-59288941
Five reasons why Toton HS2 hub was shelved in favour of East Midlands
Parkway
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/five-reasons-toton-hs2-hub-6227242
Engineering train derailment at Wolverhampton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-59280556
HS2 rail extension to Leeds scrapped
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59334043
https://tinyurl.com/yhp3jtb2
HS2: Has the government broken its promises over high-speed rail?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/59338295
Housing estate in limbo after eastern leg axed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-59331515
Bradford: Rail plan 'resigns city to second-class service'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-59332590
Climate protestor on Drax biomass train arrested
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-59276472
Middlesborough SB demolished as part of resignalling project
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-59251000
Rare roadside relics used by railway workers to create World War II
memorial in Liverpool
https://tinyurl.com/yz2zhxsn
Ayr Station: ScotRail says signalling problems being looked at
https://tinyurl.com/yk2m85hw
Railway line reopens after truck crash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59295839
Trains not observing speed restrictions between Dundee and Aberdeen
https://tinyurl.com/yeqz5p6c
MSP renews calls for rail links in Aberdeenshire
https://tinyurl.com/ye2sjd4q
Belfast 'Circle Line' train plan needs to become a reality, say councillors
https://tinyurl.com/yzq4euyd
Steam locomotive 60163 Tornado withdrawn from mainline service
https://www.a1steam.com/category/news/
https://tinyurl.com/yzj5fsyk
Hampshire's Watercress Line steam railway lit up in festive lights
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59274184
Santa Steam Specials cancelled by Cornwall’s Helston Railway
https://tinyurl.com/yglqwqb6
Wells Harbour Railway removed after closure
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/wells-harbour-railway-train-leaves-town-8489974
Glebe Farm miniature railway plans listed for refusal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-59326899
Heuston masterplan: Area to be 'largely car-free', with more than 1,000
residential units
https://tinyurl.com/ye6546y6
Inside the Struggle to Save Bulgaria’s Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/travel/bulgaria-narrow-gauge-railway.html
JR tests self-driving Shinkansen
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/ataglance/1816/
CP & CN routes between Vancouver and Kamloops blocked by washouts after
heavy rain
https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-351725-3-.htm
West Midland Metro suspended due to cracking in new trams
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-59274126
Rail replacement bus stuck under railway bridge in Brighton
https://tinyurl.com/yzuxnzpo
Buses no longer serve one Winchester Park and Ride car park
https://tinyurl.com/ygqf6zh8
Cowes Floating Bridge return set for mid-December
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59262075
Funding for Montgomery canal restoration
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59291061
Dry dock brought back to use after two decades
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59303649
Dales Marine wins contract to work on historic vessel
https://tinyurl.com/yzvhakrf
Drifting woodchip barge hits Vancouver sea wall
https://tinyurl.com/yjrlrktr
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Barry Knapper, Reg Nerps, Andrew
Nummelin
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