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NETWATCH
The steam engine built to do nothing but push - Big "Emma" Bertha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11KRa3tsr-Q
NYMR - Quick walk round Grosmont MPD and BR Standard No. 75029 shunt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQLuSAt7evk
A Prairie in the Purbecks - Swanage Railway 19/02/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK1jaU6Vp_A
Überführung von ÖBB 52 1227 und 52 7612 von Hof nach Gera am 20.02.20222
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObNNeKje70s
Running Session (feat the new Bachmann V2) - 20/02/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTab7K5QoBY
Oops I’ve done it again, another irresistible cut price loco in WW2
livery SR V class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htFkkPScW4Y
Santa Agueda Model Railway Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H229UCFkJk
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The inside story of project to restore abandoned Derbyshire station, one
of the oldest in the world
https://tinyurl.com/yboslfd6
(Spotter: Mike Price)
'I spent the afternoon with London's trainspotting goats and it was as
surreal as it sounds'
https://tinyurl.com/yad46t4k
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Final days of iconic Dundee West Railway Station showcased in freshly
unearthed photos.
https://tinyurl.com/ya72xbow
HMS Vanguard: Royal Navy's last battleship was biggest vessel broken up
at Faslane
https://tinyurl.com/ydfn62ah
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Flying the DC6 Across Alaska's Final Frontier
https://airwaysmag.com/featured/flying-dc-6-across-alaska/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Withdrawal of University of York Master's Degree in Railway Studies
https://tinyurl.com/y8g4v9oq
The Railway Club Directory
https://www.railwayclubdirectory.com/
Homage to Spain’s railways: take the slow train for the best scenic routes
https://tinyurl.com/y8r22ecl
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IN THE NEWS
LORAM to overhaul Network Measurement Train
https://tinyurl.com/y7yejo8d
Ultra low carbon concrete being used for HS2 construction
https://tinyurl.com/y9jhptor
Passengers evacuated from an Elizabeth line train in test operation
https://tinyurl.com/y7lb7chb
GTR move Finsbury Park gates to stop passengers being overcharged
https://tinyurl.com/ybgtouhn
Ex-London Underground trains to be tested on the Greenford branch line
https://tinyurl.com/ycwvs32a
Step free access installed at Eridge
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/eridge-railway-station-gets-step-free-access-52136/
Southeastern: Losing rail franchise to cost Go-Ahead £81.3m
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-60505329
Salisbury train crash: Clearance of leaves delayed by engineering work
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-60464315
RAIB Interim Report: Collision between passenger trains at Salisbury
Tunnel Junction
https://tinyurl.com/y7xs36es
Timber log trains run again in Devon for first time in 18 years
https://tinyurl.com/ycyfhd2q
https://tinyurl.com/y9loeh9o
BTP told to re-examine handling of student Romello McCook's death
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-60464168
Reading Green Park station
https://tinyurl.com/ycmremun
Uncertainty over East-West Rail reconstruction
https://tinyurl.com/ybnrm4cj
HS2: Challenges of building Colne Valley viaduct
https://tinyurl.com/y9d9lyyw
Signalling and level crossing upgrades in Cambridge Signalling Centre area
https://tinyurl.com/y7nzutte
https://tinyurl.com/yafnyspg
RAIB report on track washout at Haddiscoe in January
https://tinyurl.com/y9fq78ab
Recycled bricks from Reedham benefit Community Rail Group
https://tinyurl.com/ydbecdsr
All trains between Ipswich and London replaced with buses for next 5
weekends
https://www.suffolklive.com/news/ipswich-london-trains-rail-replacement-6672468
Video shows moment roof was blown onto rail line at Banbury station
https://tinyurl.com/ycpmx3l3
Leamington-Coventry-Nuneaton service reintroduced
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-60509083
A visit to Toton to see DB Cargo launch new international service for Toyota
https://tinyurl.com/yatw5cvv
Sniffer dogs used to find stolen railway cabling
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-60481739
Work restarts on Reddish viaduct after storms
https://tinyurl.com/y6wwbn4a
Calls for study into reopening of Leeds railway station to expand capacity
https://tinyurl.com/ybw5baa7
Railway lines flooded in Yorkshire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-60459589
Settle to Carlisle: Trust to convert Horton-in-Ribblesdale station
building into holiday let
https://tinyurl.com/y9blhg48
York Station Front improvement work begins
https://tinyurl.com/ydgzfy8f
ScotRail ticket office closures postponed and fewer will have hours reduced
https://tinyurl.com/y76j7rlv
Wemyss Bay bookshop and gallery reopens
https://tinyurl.com/y99he7m8
First train in more than half a century stops at Reston ahead of
station's reopening
https://planetradio.co.uk/borders/local/news/lner-rail-first-train-reston-reopening/
Get Peterhead and Fraserburgh rail links back on track, new minister urged
https://tinyurl.com/3dkaf9vy
Famous Scottish Trainspotting station (Corrour) looking for restaurant
staff to work this summer
https://tinyurl.com/y82tvxa6
Ebbw Vale line: More services and station improvements as
multi-million-pound upgrade begins
https://tinyurl.com/ycfekbnn
Cambrian Line blocked by washout near Welshpool
https://tinyurl.com/ybn7wua5
Walkway across iconic Barmouth Viaduct opened in time for half term
https://tinyurl.com/yapllx9x
Pannier steam locomotive to see out boiler ticket in Somerset
https://tinyurl.com/y7vgg6jn
Storm Eunice fails to stop former Spooner Row signal box moving to
Wymondham Abbey on MNR
https://tinyurl.com/y82vgou7
Caledonian Railway visitors to the Spa Valley line
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/product.php/297/scottish-steam-up
First ever bio-coal trial on full size steam locomotive takes place at
the K&WVR
https://tinyurl.com/y95bn7n8
Further delays to Strathspey Railway extension
https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/delay-to-cairngorms-steam-train-plans-266659/
Theft at Poole Park Railway
https://tinyurl.com/yck4u7jq
There and Back Light Railway to reopen Melton Mowbray miniature railway
https://tinyurl.com/y7e24rr5
SNCF and RENFE stop co-operation on cross border high speed services
https://tinyurl.com/y92hg7md
Stadler win contract for Austrian double deck multiple units
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/stadler-double-decker-train-austria/
War in Ukraine effects on China to Europe container trains
https://tinyurl.com/ybkeamfq
Rail capacity between Dublin and Drogheda set to double
http://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2022/0224/1282713-dart-drogheda/
Visually impaired Elgin dad prepares to visit 272 London Underground
stops for charity
https://tinyurl.com/mbbaj4x2
Shepperton Ferry
https://www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/travel/500-year-old-ferry-service-23104461
Evening services on the Shields Ferry will resume from March 7
https://tinyurl.com/ydbs3cul
Car carrier ship on fire off Portugal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60429584
Greek ferry on fire and evacuated off Corfu
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60428292
Flights between Wick and Aberdeen to be reinstated
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-60493299
Hydrogen fuel trials using an A380
https://simpleflying.com/how-does-a-hydrogen-jet-engine-work/
Falkland Islands Government Air Service (or how to get your BN Islander
flights!)
https://tinyurl.com/yd9b8ynl
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
25/02/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Railway Journeys with Chris Tarrant" Southern Africa
25/02/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" Milford Haven to Fishguard
25/02/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Great British Railway Journeys"
25/02/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
26/02/22 Yesterday 0800-0900
"Trains That Changed the World"
26/02/22 Yesterday 0900-1200
"Full Steam Ahead"
26/02/22 Yesterday 1200-1500
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
26/02/22 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys"
27/02/22 BBC4 2300-0000
"Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams" River Trent
28/02/22 BBC Radio 4 1600-1630
"The Trainspotter's Guide to Dracula"
28/02/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways" Azerbaijan and Georgia
28/02/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain" Engines at work
01/03/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways" Scandinavia
01/03/22 5 Select 1900-2000
"Britain's Greatest Bridges" Britannia Bridge
01/03/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain" Chains and Copper
01/03/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the Transport Museum" New series
01/03/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum" Old series
01/03/22 BBC4 2200-2300
"Bridging the Gap: How the Severn Bridge Was Built
02/03/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys" North Africa
02/03/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain" Lifetime's Achievement (1)
02/03/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
02/03/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Steam Train Britain"
02/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Full Steam Ahead"
03/03/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys" Baltic States
03/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the London Underground"
03/03/22 BBC4 2250-0020
"Brief Encounter" Classic 1945 film
04/03/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Railway Journeys with Chris Tarrant" Former Yugoslavia
04/03/22 5 Select 1900-2100
"Brunel: Building a Great Britain"
04/03/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Great British Railway Journeys"
04/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
25/02/22- East Lancashire Railway: Spring Steam Gala
27/02/22
https://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
25/02/22- Model Rail Scotland
27/02/22 SEC Glasgow
http://www.modelrail-scotland.co.uk
26/02/22 Signalling Record Society: Zoom talk
"Freedom of Scotland" by Andrew Gardiner
Starts at 1030, visitors welcome
There is no charge for the meeting but pre-registration is
essential
To register, email
meeting@s-r-s.org.uk
01/03/22 Peak Railway Association - Sheffield Branch
"West Coast Railways" by James Shuttleworth
Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP
£4 donation requested on the door, non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/sheffieldbranch
05/03/22 Burton Railway Collectors Fair
Burton on Trent Town Hall, DE14 2EB
1030-1530
https://www.tobaz.co.uk
05/03/22- Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Days
06/03/22 Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
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