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Class 58s at Toton in July 1997. Double headed too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtjWQEvXdBE
Trailer for triple headed freight in Wales in 1990s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDmH6pEb4JU
66501/02. 17-19 July 1999 Pengam Depot 1st container working within 2
days of arrival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLLE7i4LT8M
Railtour "Demon Docker" 2 x 37 + 2 x 08. July 2002: No. 1050
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ajKo95lIFk
Triple headed 37s on coal in Wales May 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfa8bZQF4Os
Bishton Level Crossing, Newport Rooftop Views July 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gscM-rsdZds
Unique high level views of rail freight at Newport in 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB_Cw1sfQ74
Track-side 1995. Narroways Junction and Newport, YT no.1050
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x0MKs7yWIU
Railways in July 1997. Coal freight with class 59s at Knottingley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJszaKnofU4
(Mike Wilcock)
An afternoon at Ropley - Mid Hants Railway 'Watercress Line' 30/07/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIIN1-AdzuE
Amberley Museum - Railway Gala - 24/07/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAfJef9feNs
Bristol Harbour Railway - 'Portbury' & 'Henbury' - 31/07/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1jk_Pf-bp0
What a PERFECT GWSR Diesel Gala 31/07/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zp5D6YASF0
Chesterfield Railway Modellers Crooked Spire Model Railway Exhibition
30/07/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFn1bJ21c2k
Bridport & District - Model Railway Exhibition 2022 - 23/07/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Omy3rThW4
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Exhibition: Off the Rails, The Line that Never Was - the Elstree
Extension through the Northern Heights
https://tinyurl.com/233y5sj3
** Ends 20th August **
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
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IN THE NEWS
Union rejects unofficial strike claims by Avanti
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62368444
Rail Operations Group provides stand by locos for Commonwealth Games
https://tinyurl.com/23epesfr
South London rail users promised better station facilities by operators
https://tinyurl.com/2aaw3k7c
Campaign to speed up Waterloo-Reading service
https://tinyurl.com/28e35jnm
Shoeburyness station and carriage sidings shut after hand grenade found
https://tinyurl.com/2bofdtmc
Escaped giant tortoise halts trains via Thetford
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-62377928
RAIB recommends new process for overrun risk after near-miss
https://tinyurl.com/22ay2er6
Shropshire to Birmingham fast train plan submitted
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-62346472
Development of Nottingham Eastcroft depot completed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-62413458
Historic railway building converted to museum on the Monsal Trail
https://tinyurl.com/23lqozmc
New station among plans to combat notorious traffic-plagued Derbyshire road
https://tinyurl.com/228xvfnf
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-62377857
Life next to Peak District rail depot that's 'a mix of shipyard,
steelworks and Wembley'
https://tinyurl.com/2bs56au4
Happy Birthday Huddersfield: Cheers to the future as Huddersfield
station turns 175-years-old
https://tinyurl.com/29neobev
New station's charging points remain unusable
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0d1l9w7pl2o
Improvement work set to begin on Glasgow city centre rail bridge
https://tinyurl.com/2463rtyo
Wemyss Bay station history project
https://tinyurl.com/27sqnhoy
Network Rail completes £1.8m improvement programme on Mallaig Line
https://tinyurl.com/2429dd8d
RRV derailment on Far North Line
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9x3w14gzg1o
Start of the appeal to restore 5164
https://tinyurl.com/22jq4zbe
Suggestions of Limerick to Foynes reopening
https://tinyurl.com/26qauv7g
State and provincial funding agreed for Hudson Bay line
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/canada-hudson-bay-railway-alliance/
Nonprofits Seek to Buy Saluda Grade for Rail Trail
https://www.upstateforever.org/news/nonprofits-seek-to-buy-saluda-grade-for-rail-trail
Los Angeles Metroling unveils refurbished coach
https://tinyurl.com/29vbbk84
Talgo fleet starts trial running in Egypt
https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/talgo-fleet-starts-trial-operations-in-egypt/
Cape Town commuter services restored
https://tinyurl.com/22rgeukh
Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham suggested (again)
https://tinyurl.com/2b7cl5gm
Minister suggests driverless operation of London underground again
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2022/08/04-shapps-calls-for-driverless-trains.html
First grain ship leaves Ukraine since February
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62375580
Light aircraft accident at Kemble
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-62424848
Earl’s Court tube station’s historic destination signs have been restored
https://tinyurl.com/28aa8agw
Bournemouth Yellow Buses enters administration
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/20588329.yellow-buses-gone-administration
Yellow bus service reductions
https://www.yellowbuses.co.uk/august-service-changes
MoreBus take over routes and offering jobs to Yellow buses staff
https://www.morebus.co.uk/we-will-be-running-extra-routes
CalMac ferry MV Hebrides out of service again after fault detected in
firefighting system
https://tinyurl.com/2p9u6t7n
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2p0ely4mqo
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
05/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Switzerland
05/08/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
05/08/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
06/08/22 Yesterday 1600-1900
"Steam Train Britain"
06/08/22 Yesterday 1900-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys"
07/08/22 BBC Radio 4 1915-1945
"Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train" London to Holyhead
07/08/22 Yesterday 2305-0005
"Hornby: A Model World"
08/08/22 BBC2 2100-2200
"Inside the Factory XL" Buses, Scarborough
08/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Tangier
08/08/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" Los Angeles
08/08/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Scouting for Toys"
09/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" The Alps
09/08/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" Los Angeles to Laguna
09/08/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Train Truckers" New 2/8 a locomotive to the Chasewater Railway
10/08/22 BBC2 1800-1900
"Great Australian Railway Journeys" Port Augusta to Darwin
(The Ghan)
10/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Latvia, Finland, Estonia
10/08/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" La Jolla to Santa Cruz
10/08/22 BBC2 2000-2100
"Why Ships Crash"
11/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Rotterdam to Utrecht
11/08/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Train Truckers" New 3/8 a safety inspection for a GWR
Modified Hall
12/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Georgia & Azerbaijan
12/08/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
12/08/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
06/08/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Day Out With Thomas
14/08/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
06/08/22 Step back in time and explore Stonegate - life on an East
Sussex station
Through archives: original traffic records, stationery,
photographs, memories
Through artefacts: original signage, signals, signal lamps,
furniture and equipment
1400-1700, 7 Wills Way, Romsey, Hants, SO51 5HZ
Refreshments
Donations invited for to support the work of Amaudo UK
(
www.Amaudo.org)
supporting mental health work in Nigeria
If you are interested in coming, please let John Pennells
know:
j1pennells@hotmail.com
07/08/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
08/08/22 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
7:30 for 7:45pm
Members Evening
Non-members welcome
https://www.hias.org.uk/meetings.htm
12/08/22- Spa Valley Railway: Summer Diesel Gala
13/08/22
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
13/08/22- Apedale Valley Light Railway: Teddy Bear Outing
14/08/22
https://avlr.org.uk/
15/08/22 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, The Kennet School, Stoney Lane,
Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Austria and Switzerland" by David and Marion Canning
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards
expenses welcome
20/08/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
20/08/22 Imberbus - classic buses across Salisbury Plain to the lost
village of Imber
https://imberbus.org/
Cheers, Howard.
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