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NETWATCH
Bridge assessment
https://tinyurl.com/2gaknfqx
Oxford station to close in Summer 2023 for bridge renewal
https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/20601141.oxford-train-station-closing-summer-2023/
Display board erected about former Culm Valley Railway
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/abandoned-uffculme-railway-been-brought-7438744
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Somerset & Dorset Railway - 'Steam Sundays' 07/08/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3KrlrRaRXE
NYMR - Class 31 on test, Lucie and NYMR Junior Volunteers, Q6 is lit and
Repton's regulator valve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7RiM-vKEjU
Middleton Railway - No 6 - 7th August 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OXnuDXG4YM
This was going on at Small Heath, Widney Manor & Lapworth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1_RZVLG4bQ
Isle of Man Transport festival 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCjmKj-Okd8
Exmoor Rail 2022 - Model Railway Exhibition - 06/08/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIJVeDPh0_U
G.V.V.T Bridgeton Bus Garage 2nd August 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q75UFEA6qvA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
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IN THE NEWS
August bank holiday railway disruptions announced
https://tinyurl.com/2h3qnwct
Network Rail solar energy contract
https://tinyurl.com/2khdffjb
https://www.norfolklive.co.uk/news/norfolk-news/norfolk-solar-farm-network-rail-7449528
London’s railway stations going green with pocket gardens
https://tinyurl.com/2j57b8o4
Plans for a London High Line
https://www.railfreight.com/railfreight/2022/08/09/plans-for-a-london-high-line/
New sleeper train links London and Stockholm in just one day
https://tinyurl.com/2eo7dd7x
GTR donate 1000th abandoned bike for reuse
https://tinyurl.com/2fllqxqy
Network Rail changes plans for step-free access at Plumstead station
https://tinyurl.com/2hqyjszy
SWR strike plan
https://tinyurl.com/2lmqgq6p
Network Rail seeks views on plans to reintroduce passenger services
between Southampton and Hythe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-62467318
https://tinyurl.com/2jjgzltk
https://tinyurl.com/2pmchgnr
Road closures planned for level crossing works on new Northumberland
rail line
https://tinyurl.com/2nx93jj5
Progress on Levenmouth branch rebuilding
https://tinyurl.com/2qn3nr8w
Station building restored by Nairn Men's shed
https://tinyurl.com/2nk69ysn
First request-stop kiosk goes on trial on Far North Line
https://tinyurl.com/2k5ndr5h
Electrical Control Room staff to strike
https://tinyurl.com/2ge3an2a
Timber train to Kronospan made permanent after trials on Cambrian line
https://tinyurl.com/2j62fqmk
Swanage Railway suspends steam operations
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-62462169
West Somerset Railway switch to diesel traction
https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/news/detail/change-of-traction
Severn Valley Railway switches to diesel traction due to fire risk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-62479939
Great Central Railways replace steam traction
https://www.gcrailway.co.uk/timetables-and-fares/
Oldest surviving Midland Railway locomotive begins three-year loan at
Barrow Hill
https://tinyurl.com/2eyle7ba
Rhaetian Railway to make record bid for world’s longest passenger train
https://tinyurl.com/2l9gptuc
Restoration of South Africa to Botswana rail link
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/transnet-freight-rail-botswana-improvement/
Talgo awarded contract for Egyptian night trains
https://tinyurl.com/2ojsspoq
Solar powered signalling installed in New South Wales
https://tinyurl.com/2nv975nc
Patriot Rail to buy Pioneer short lines
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/patriot-rail-railroad-pioneer-lines/
Diesel trains return to service on Southend Pier
https://tinyurl.com/2jhhmgzy
Agra metro train design revealed
https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/agra-metro-train-design-revealed/62316.article
Sean Connery’s 1964 Aston Martin DB5 For Auction
https://barnfinds.com/sean-connerys-1964-aston-martin-db5-for-auction/
Norwegian cruise ship aground in Fjord
https://news.sky.com/story/norwegian-cruise-ship-runs-aground-in-fjord-12666119
Harbour linkspan repairs at Douglas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-62459368
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
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"
13/08/22 Yesterday 1600-1900
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
13/08/22 Yesterday 1900-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys"
14/08/22 BBC Radio 4 1915-1945
"Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train" Hull to Liverpool
14/08/22 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Hornby: A Model World"
15/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
16/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
16/08/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Train Truckers" New 3/8 a safety inspection for a GWR
Modified Hall
17/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
18/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
18/08/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Train Truckers" New 4/8 Staffordshire to Oxfordshire
19/08/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
19/08/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
19/08/22 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
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/
26/08/22- Spa Valley Railway: Spa Valley Railway 25th Anniversary Gala
29/08/22
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
27/08/22- Gainsborough Model Railway Society: Open Days
28/08/22 The Clubrooms, Florence Terrace, Gainsborough, DN21 1BE
1330 to 1730 (last admission 1630)
http://gainsboroughmodelrailway.co.uk/
27/08/22- Apedale Valley Light Railway: Leafers at t’pit (Land Rovers)
28/08/22
https://avlr.org.uk/
29/08/22 Apedale Valley Light Railway: Classic Cars & Steam Trains Day
https://avlr.org.uk/
27/08/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: '50s and '60s Weekend
29/08/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
27/08/22- Leek & Rudyard Railway: Lollipop Specials
29/08/22
http://www.rlsr.org/index.html
27/08/22- Churnet Valley Railway: Gin Steam Train Experience
29/08/22
https://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/
28/08/22- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: Classic Car Weekend
29/08/22
https://www.bucksrailcentre.org
Cheers, Howard.
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