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NETWATCH

Torbay Quarryman Railtour 2000 part 2 to Paignton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSjU62vD4vY
Railtour 2000. On board the "Torbay Quarryman" 2 x 31s + 2 x 66s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdH181XbclE
New footbridge at Newport Station. Boxing Day 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLV38kyPVRA
Railways. 1996 in Wales. Over 30 movements of classes 37/47/56/60/HST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOTWMfwsHiY
Cardiff Docks; Railtour with 08951/08854. 58050 at Machen Quarry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg1nZuk58a0
New service; Window view, Newport to Crosskeys with 17021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W6INwBkpfw
Cab ride into Cwmbargoed coal depot. Class 37 in 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02tHMP07L7c
Hush Hush Success. 10000 LNER "British Enterprise" test run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqpOOPbzVc
(Mike Wilcock)

Eighty years since the closure of the Cloughor Valley Line in Ireland
https://tinyurl.com/y8gvwhty
The tallest railway bridge in the World
https://tinyurl.com/y923j5ez
History of South Kensington subway
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the-south-kensington-subway-a-history-50682/
Wythall Bus Museum
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-59827695
Safety gates for maintenance in Hindhead road tunnel
https://tinyurl.com/y7p9e4vc
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)

Steam Powered Goods Trains - Featuring 42 Locomotives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHYM-GnKtwQ
Standard 4MT, 75069, on the SVR, with her LAST run back to Kidderminster, 3rd January 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krv4vBCyeT4
NYMR - Cab ride on the Esk Valley Line from Battersby to Grosmont on LNER K1 No 62005
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq25raohX20
Ffestiniog Railway Single Fairlie Taliesin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waruaT-0dHo
52 4867 auf Neujahrsrundfahrt am 02.01.2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oowlk4GMsr8
WAMRC Model Railway Exhibition January 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY9tY6G1J80
(Spotter: Ted Millward)

The challenges of modelling high speed rail (Hyperloop) - in Japanese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOpZpmEclSI
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)

Have you caught a train to London International CIV?
https://tinyurl.com/y4y6h3bs
The Black Locomotive – a curious Crossrail story
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the-black-locomotive-a-curious-crossrail-story-50442
Remembering Cirencester's old railway stations
https://tinyurl.com/y27zcdjv
Preston’s trams then and now, a light rail future?
https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2022/01/prestons-trams-then-and-now-a-light-rail-future/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)

Forgotten Towns In Middle Of Georgia - Finding Unusual Backroad Places & Abandoned Railroad Relics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KnWSmKX8uY
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)

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IN THE NEWS

Signalling glitches disrupt key Crossrail tests, boss reveals
https://tinyurl.com/y5ph7qg6

SWR to retain twelve class 707 units short term
https://tinyurl.com/yc43dl4d

SWR service cuts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59968307
https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/south-western-railway-see-major-22719255

Derailment at Hoo Jn
https://tinyurl.com/ybya7b3r

Network Rail set to begin work on Portsmouth's Landport viaduct
https://tinyurl.com/y6ne357c
https://tinyurl.com/y7pav9tn

Droitwich Spa station set to boost passenger experience
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/droitwich-spa-station-passenger-experience

Replacement of railway bridge at Wem successfully completed
https://tinyurl.com/y27rw4ty

Revised timetable introduced by TransPennine Express
https://tinyurl.com/y585lkvc

Stunning pictures reveal a rarely glimpsed side of Lime Street station
https://tinyurl.com/yyeu7abt

Rail Heritage Quarter takes step forward as lottery bid passes first stage with £52k grant
https://tinyurl.com/y68wmcpt

Victoria Viaduct (River Wear) trespassers warned of potential ‘fatal consequences’
https://tinyurl.com/y3jczzt3

Railway electrification signals acceleration towards net zero in Scotland
https://tinyurl.com/yaxdclug

ScotRail plans will see ticket office opening hours reduced
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/ScotRail-ticket-office-opening-hours

Llangennech oil spill: Derailment caused by brake issue
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59971623

Freight trains return to North Wales rail line for first time in years after quarry upgrade
https://tinyurl.com/y8oq7voe

Bennerley viaduct restored as a footpath
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-59974752

Snowdon Mountain Railway will not serve the summit in 2022
https://wp.me/p8Mk4U-doF

Montana Rail Link lease of BNSF route terminated
https://tinyurl.com/y79m975b

Visitors to 2025 Expo in Osaka can take ride on ‘spacecraft’ train
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14505772

A new tube map has been published
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-new-tube-map-has-been-published-50655

Bermondsey Tube station is still unfinished
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/bermondsey-tube-station-is-still-unfinished-50514

Bus services in England face axe as end to emergency Covid funding looms
https://tinyurl.com/yxfdj9mo

Medway Queen repairs completed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-59895881.amp

Temporary Red Funnel terminal changes in Southampton
https://tinyurl.com/ydhqpg5w

Independent engineering review of Cowes Floating bridge
http://wig.ht/2oW3

Award-winning Port of Tyne hosts first direct shipment from China
https://tinyurl.com/y4y54y3k

Near-miss for pilot saved from downed plane hit by train
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-59946362

Stoke ditches curators for museums to become film locations
https://tinyurl.com/y672zv6x

Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin

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TV and RADIO

15/01/22  Yesterday 0600-0800
          "Trains That Changed the World"

15/01/22  Yesterday 0800-0900
          "Hornby: A Model World"

15/01/22  Yesterday 0900-1200
          "Steam Train Britain"

15/01/22  Yesterday 1200-1500
          "Trains That Changed the World"

15/01/22  Yesterday 1500-2000
          "Great British Railway Journeys"

17/01/22  Yesterday 1800-1900
          "Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain"

17/01/22  BBC4 1900-1930
          "Great British Railway Journeys"  Perry Green

17/01/22  Yesterday 1900-2000
          "The Architecture the Railways Built"

17/01/22  BBC4 1930-2000
          "Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments"  Houses & Palaces

18/01/22  Yesterday 1800-1900
          "Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain"

18/01/22  BBC4 1900-1930
          "Great British Railway Journeys"  Suffolk

18/01/22  Yesterday 1900-2000
          "The Architecture the Railways Built"

18/01/22  Yesterday 2000-2100
          "Secrets of the London Underground"

18/01/22  Yesterday 2100-2200
          "The Architecture the Railways Built"

18/01/22  More4 2200-2305
          "Inside Bentley: a Great British Motor Car"

19/01/22  Yesterday 1800-1900
          "Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection"

19/01/22  BBC4 1900-1930
          "Great British Railway Journeys"  Crewe to Shotton

19/01/22  Yesterday 1900-2100
          "The Architecture the Railways Built"

19/01/22  BBC4 1930-2000
          "Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments"  Places of Worship

19/01/22  Yesterday 2100-2200
          "Steam Train Britain"

19/01/22  Yesterday 2100-2200
          "Secrets of the Railway"  White Pass & Yukon

20/01/22  Yesterday 1800-1900
          "Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection"

20/01/22  BBC4 1900-1930
          "Great British Railway Journeys"  Colwyn Bay

20/01/22  5 Select 1900-2000
          "The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard"

20/01/22  Yesterday 1900-2000
          "The Architecture the Railways Built"

20/01/22  BBC4 1930-2000
          "Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments"  Places of Work

20/01/22  5 Select 2000-2100
          "The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys"  Northern Belle

20/01/22  Yesterday 2200-2300
          "Train Truckers"

21/01/22  Yesterday 1800-1900
          "Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection"

21/01/22  Yesterday 1900-2000
          "The Architecture the Railways Built"

21/01/22  Yesterday 2000-2100
          "Great British Railway Journeys"  Loch Ness

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EVENTS
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17/01/22  Newbury and District Transport Group
          The Community Space, The Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
          1915 for a prompt 1930 start
          "Over 60 Years of Railway Part 2: 1988-2022" by David Canning
          Non-members welcome
          Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome

20/01/22  Institute of Civil Engineers: "Crossrail's Race to the Finish"
          1900-2030
          Online video event - free, but must be booked
          https://www.ice.org.uk/events/east-of-england-agm-online

22/01/22  Midland Railway Society: "Full Steam Ahead"
          Museum of Making, The Silk Mill, Derby, DE3 1AF
          Free admission, opens 1000
          https://midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/

Cheers, Howard.
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