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NETWATCH
Brading Station Heritage Centre, tea room and signalbox are due to be
open every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday through the season (website
yet to be updated)
https://www.bradingcommunityarchive.com/brading-station/
Slow Train to Greenford
https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/west-london-railway-line-takes-23854958
175th anniversary of Lowestoft station
https://tinyurl.com/yyec6tgg
Proposed railway tunnel between Channel Islands and France
https://tinyurl.com/yx9uwwz5
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
BR 70000 - Steaming Through The Midlands - The Severn Valley Enterprise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJAi5Mci5yc
South Devon Railway - '150th Anniversary Gala' 01/05/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azG04arZAHA
NYMR - LNER Gala 2008 Day 3, 4 , 5 and 6 - 3 A4s (Gresley, Union,
Bittern) and V2 Green Arrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLDkuOR9mr0
Ffestiniog Railway Society AGM Weekend 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONFrX2Ko9WQ
Great locos & Weather @ The GCR Spring Diesel Gala 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQuVhynmXIE
Bristol Model Railway Exhibition - Thornbury Leisure Centre - 30/04/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMdeqR1l3vg
Blackpool Heritage Trams Vintage Weekend 30th April, 1st & 2nd May 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bllbS-hrRcA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Glasgow history hotspot: The story of the St Enoch Travel Centre
https://tinyurl.com/y3zum8uf
Visit the de Havilland Aircraft Museum
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/visit-the-de-havilland-aircraft-museum-54197
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Stoke on Trent Roundhouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFC8e7EJDNk
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
Musings of a curious individual - Loco Motion
http://allatsea.co.za/musings/loco-motion/
The Impossible Railroad: Traversing the Trestle Catwalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzYrr_kc2r0
Visiting an old Friend - D-Day DC-3 "DTD"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH1EIFxBS0I
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Grant Shapps under fire for bizarre videos and ‘zero interest’ in railways
https://tinyurl.com/y2583o4g
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IN THE NEWS
GBRf order 30 AC electro-diesels from Stadler
https://www.modernrailways.com/article/gbrf-orders-30-stadler-class-99-bi-mode-locos
GBRf contract with Puma Oils
https://www.modernrailways.com/article/puma-leaps-forward
Crossrail: Elizabeth line due to open on 24 May
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61095510
https://tinyurl.com/y6gujn4s
https://tinyurl.com/yxuro6qd
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/opening-date-crossrail-elizabeth-line-revealed-by-tfl/
Crossrail’s funding gap increases
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/crossrails-funding-gap-increases-54288
New signalling on Great Northern’s London Moorgate route
https://railuk.com/?p=138215
Repairs to Claverdon Street Bridge in Bath
https://tinyurl.com/yyqfwhhz
Bristol Parkway celebrates 50th anniversary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-wiltshire-61275648
New bridge to be installed between Sretchford and Aston
https://tinyurl.com/y3vj9f6b
Railway in Bedfordshire set for upgrade work this weekend
https://tinyurl.com/y4ezcxew
Catwalk launch for new East Midlands Railway uniform
https://tinyurl.com/y5db32yr
Battle to save direct Lancaster to London trains
https://tinyurl.com/y4fqlh56
Royal Mail to run more cross-Border trains in expansion of 192-year-old
service
https://tinyurl.com/yyq7dg2t
Owner of Ayr's crumbling Station Hotel 'ready to talk' as four-year
silence broken
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/owner-ayrs-station-hotel-ready-26845794
Van driver reported to Procurator Fiscal after bridge bash in Dundee
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-61283163
Surprise timber trial takes 800 tonnes off Mid-Wales roads
https://tinyurl.com/y233m7n2
Tickets available for Flying Scotsman visit to the Bluebell Railway
https://www.bluebell-railway.com/book-flying-scotsman-tickets/
150 since Totnes-Ashburton line opened
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-61270990
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway - Beyond the Tracks - Episode 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhbNZG_BqDU
Inchicore rail works: 'People were proud of the work they did and the
place they worked'
https://tinyurl.com/y64erdzc
Siemens to supply battery multiple units to Denmark
https://tinyurl.com/y3hpg3n7
South African Coal bring moved by road as railway is unreliable
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/south-african-coal-miners-turn-090428528.html
Western Australia rail investment for grain traffic
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/western-australia-rail-freight-infrastructure/
Achenseebahn reopened
https://www.flickr.com/photos/131656575@N07/52038082469/in/photostream/
London Underground to resume normal Met line services next week
https://tinyurl.com/y4ycvlst
Overnight tube work may mean disruption for estate
https://tinyurl.com/yxrtyxjz
Further delays to Douglas Horse Trams
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-61234253
London Bus donated to Transaid in Tanzania
https://www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/travel/london-bus-go-4600-mile-23802640
P&O resume limited cross channel sailings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61309128
London's 6th Airport Welcomes 1st Passenger Flight Since October
https://simpleflying.com/london-southend-first-passenger-flight-2022/
Qantas Will Resume Airbus A380 Flights To London Next Month
https://simpleflying.com/qantas-london-airbus-a380-return-next-month/
Big Airbus Order As Qantas Greenlights Project Sunrise
https://simpleflying.com/qantas-project-sunrise-airbus-aircraft-order/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-61294894
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
06/05/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
06/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
06/05/22 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible" The Smalls
07/05/22 Yesterday 1600-2100
"Great British Railway Journeys"
08/05/22 5 Select 1800-2100
"Building Britain's Canals"
08/05/22 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Secrets of the London Underground"
09/05/22 5 Select 1830-1900
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
09/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
10/05/22 5 Select 1830-1900
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
10/05/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Scouting for Toys"
10/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Train Truckers"
11/05/22 5 Select 1830-1900
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
12/05/22 5 Select 1830-1900
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
12/05/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground" New
12/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Scouting for Toys" New
13/05/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
13/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
13/05/22 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible" Longstone
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
05/05/22- West Somerset Railway: Spring Steam Gala
08/05/22
https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
06/05/22- Swanage Railway: Diesel Gala & Beer Festival
08/05/22
https://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
07/05/22- Spa Valley Railway: Peppa Pig
08/05/22
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
08/05/22 Celebrating Micheldever Station 1840-2022
The twice-postponed 180th anniversary celebration of the station
At Micheldever station and The Warren Centre, Andover Road,
SO21 3AR
Railway history talk, model railways, exhibition, vehicle
display, hog roast
1130-1630
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/micheldever180.htm
09/05/22 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"Vickers-Supermarine at Hursley Park" by Dave Key
Non-members welcome
https://www.hias.org.uk/meetings.htm
10/05/22 Great Western Society Bristol Group
589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton’s Abandoned Route into
Southampton" by Howard Sprenger
Non-members welcome
No admission charge but a suggested donation of £3 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gws.html
14/05/22 Llangollen Garden Railway Festival
https://www.lgrf.co.uk/
14/05/22- Hayle Railway Modellers Exhibition
15/05/22 Hayle Day Care Centre, Commercial Road, Hayle, TR27 4DE
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
https://www.haylerail.co.uk
15/05/22 Apedale Valley Light Railway: Preserved & Classic Vehicles
https://avlr.org.uk/
16/05/22 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, The Kennet School, Stoney Lane,
Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Medium Gauge Steam" by Neil Kearns
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards
expenses welcome
19/05/22- Severn Valley Railway: Spring Diesel Festival
22/05/22
https://www.svr.co.uk
20/05/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Vintage Vehicles
22/05/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
20/05/22- Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway: The Beyer Bash
22/05/22
https://www.wllr.org.uk/
21/05/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
28/05/22- Bluebell Railway: Road Meets Rail
30/05/22
https://www.bluebell-railway.com
28/05/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Day Out With Thomas
05/06/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
29/05/22 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: Annual Bus Rally
https://www.bucksrailcentre.org
02/06/22- Epping Ongar Railway: 10th Anniversary Weekend
05/06/22
https://www.eorailway.co.uk/
02/06/22- Apedale Valley Light Railway: Teddy Bear Outing
05/06/22
https://avlr.org.uk/
03/06/22- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway: Festival of Steam
05/06/22
https://www.gwsr.com
05/06/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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