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Bluebell Times August 2022
https://www.bluebell-railway.com/bluebell-times/
A new book from Sandstone Heritage Trust
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/249344/5fce4ec4c6/1276010883/f8e723080e/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
D6515 "Lt Jenny Lewis RN" working 'The Wessex Belle' - Swanage Railway
13/08/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALB0NhQj-sY
NYMR - Q6, 9F & 37s - 10th August 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQAWv4XBwvc
Peak Rail - Mixed Traffic Gala 2022 - 12-13/08/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBB9z_b3sRs
Was this the first day a LSL HST stopped at Water Orton?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sdow3awBVY
RAILWELLS 2022 - Model Railway Exhibition - 13/08/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz7i-o905Z8
The Hornby Hush Hush Redemption - Second & Final Chance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFuytqpLmFA
Cromford Steam Rally 2022 Inc Hawker Hurricane BBMF Flypast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxirFTXggVo
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Deltic: Step inside the diesel BEAST - Curator with a Camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgJifFs8T60
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
The Guardian view on cheap train travel: a lesson from Germany
https://tinyurl.com/2l3sk7xv
St. Buryan Agricultural Preservation Society Vintage Rally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G92_mtXjyvU
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IN THE NEWS
Rail fares in England to rise below inflation rate, ministers say
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62542538
Train strikes: Passengers face disruption as rail services hit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62578613
Fire in arches off Union Street blocks Charing Cross to London Bridge line
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62575889
Flash floods at Victoria and Kings Cross
https://tinyurl.com/2ryzwzxe
TfL possible fares increases
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62554924
Island Line shut due to RMT strike at Eastleigh Electrical control room
https://tinyurl.com/2z89n794
Bike ride to take place to help restore Wingfield Station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-62579939
Direct trains between London and Shrewsbury to be reinstated
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-62549056
Oxenholme station locked up before the last train arrived
https://tinyurl.com/2molep6u
Scotrail fleet renewal programme
https://tinyurl.com/2kcbs4nc
Transport Minister sees progress on feeder station upgrade programme
https://tinyurl.com/2hv84om4
Plans to convert Glasgow railway bridge into cycle path and walkway
https://tinyurl.com/2esn2fj9
Boost for Buchan railway bid
https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/boost-for-buchan-railway-bid-3807150
Work starts on Bute Town station in Cardiff
https://news.tfw.wales/news/work-to-begin-on-new-butetown-railway-station
Final stage of Barmouth Bridge works split into to blockades
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/network-rail-barmouth-viaduct-overhaul/
Investment at Keighley to help Worth Valley Railway
https://tinyurl.com/2fr2m255
SVR returns to steam traction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-62564357
Low water levels in Rhine cause coal to be moved by rail
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/germany-energy-essentials-priority-rail-130754309.html
Rail use in Germany increases by 49% with €9 tickets
https://tinyurl.com/2jqshtwn
Spanish fires: Passengers injured fleeing train in Bejís
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62574732
Locos and rolling stock delivered to Etihad railways
https://tinyurl.com/2hk729my
International interest in Canadian diesel shunter design
https://tinyurl.com/2hva4ysj
Testing new rolling stock for Metronet Western Australia
https://tinyurl.com/2qmpns7b
The costs of driverless train introduction in Sydney
https://tinyurl.com/2kh7fhr7
Bus services in England face cuts as end of Covid funding looms
https://tinyurl.com/2gnxpbjg
Cuts to Somerset bus services
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-62582334
Roy Hackett obituary - one of the organisers of the 1963 Bristol bus boycott
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/18/roy-hackett-obituary
Road bridge collapses in Norway
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-62556563
P&O Ferries owner reports record-breaking profits after mass sacking
https://tinyurl.com/2drjqqfg
Possibility of short ferry flight for Vulcan XH558?
https://tinyurl.com/2zvrrj8c
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
Radio Times cancelled!
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EVENTS
19/08/22- West of England Steam Engine Rally
21/08/22 Stithians Showground, Stithians, Truro, TR3 7HL
Includes Trevithick's "Puffin' Devil" replica
https://www.weses.co.uk/
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
04/09/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
05/09/22 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"RAF Middle Wallop" by Paul Beaver
Non-members welcome
https://www.hias.org.uk/meetings.htm
05/09/22 Peak Railway Association - Sheffield Branch
"More Footplate Memories" - slideshow - Martin Bromley
(Nottingham)
Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP
£4 donation requested on the door, non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://peakrailwayassociation.co.uk/sheffield.html
Cheers, Howard.
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