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NETWATCH
Talking up Bristol Underground
https://tinyurl.com/2mvyb7pd
What happens if TfL goes bankrupt?
https://www.mylondon.news/news/london-underground-tfl-goes-bankrupt-24843004
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Dean Forest Railway - 'Class 14 Running Day' 20/08/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAyUdPoja5Q
I filmed some Interesting trains at "Basingstoke Station"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHTAxy2GLVg
Train Spotting At Brush Loughborough Works On The 30/07/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psLr0-djTiE
Train Spotting At Derby RTC And Toton Depot And Freight On The 29/07/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnK0wq-lXik
125 Jahre Fichtelbergbahn am 13.08.2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1syLVI80ek
Bournemouth West with Live Steam with Chadwick Model Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWfP7wUhQxo
New Dapol Class 52 - A Great Value Diesel - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQP8ytV3Hag
Kanichenbau Model Railway Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWi6T_C4n8g
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Final Steam To Leek?
https://www.nsrailway.co.uk/news/final-steam-to-leek.html
Kyle Franklin Comedy Cub Act - Oshkosh 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCrf9AkRib4
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
Inventor wants to slow climate change with modern steam engine
https://tinyurl.com/2pw2pzdr
(Spotter: Adrian Hirst)
The Cornish Beam Engine Part 1: Thomas Shaft Pumping Engine, St Agnes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUyQFFAtkC0
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IN THE NEWS
‘Tot ziens!’ Dutch Abellio decides to abandon British contracts
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2022/08/24-dutch-abellio-decides-to-abandon.html
Abelio Greater Anglia and Merseyrail sold to managers
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/business/rail-operator-abellio-sold-9229054
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/new-uk-company-take-over-24839641
Passengers reminded that railway will be open for August Bank Holiday rush
https://tinyurl.com/2pp8r87a
New box wagons for GBRf built in Romania
https://tinyurl.com/2hznxzbn
Elizabeth line sections to be joined up in November
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62639002
https://tinyurl.com/2hgwp34d
https://tinyurl.com/2lwndxab
Walk the Elizabeth line for charity
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/walk-the-elizabeth-line-for-charity-56791/
Delays due to deer hit by train on Uckfield line
https://tinyurl.com/2ka2chju
(Eridge-Tunbridge Wells closed in 1985 and is now the Spa Valley
Railway. No freight trains run on the non-electrified Uckfield line,
the photos show a class 377 electric unit and a Union Pacific SD70MAC!
A check on Real Time Trains the train involved was a Network Rail test
train which started from Tonbridge West Yard.)
Railway closed by flood relief work at Feniton for 5 days in September
https://tinyurl.com/2zue5hxq
Damage caused by cable thieves near Bedford
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2022-08-22/cable-thieves-cause-450000-damage-to-mainline
Hereford Signal Box shut due to staff sickness
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-62630476
Rare Crayfish found during work on a culvert near Cannock
https://tinyurl.com/2eo33k3b
Pace picks up on Northumberland line restoration this August Bank Holiday
https://tinyurl.com/2pgbebp8
Borders rail electrification bid revealed for greener future
https://tinyurl.com/2zjavlwb
https://tinyurl.com/2zug55gk
Reconnecting Levenmouth
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/reconnecting-levenmouth/
Slate waste by rail from Llandudno Jn
https://tinyurl.com/2myx94wa
Lineside fires on the Severn Valley Railway
https://tinyurl.com/2l8y96r6
New arrivals at Locomotive Storage in Margate 1:1 museum collection
https://tinyurl.com/2pus3mp9
Wansford Road station building to be moved to Peterborough
https://tinyurl.com/2k7o7obh
Eurotunnel Le Shuttle: Passengers stuck for hours inside tunnel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62655148
Tunnel breakthrough between Austria and Slovenia
https://tinyurl.com/2glhl7hb
Alston wins maintenance contract for 60 DB locomotives in Belgium and
Netherlands
https://tinyurl.com/2qlgde3h
MRCE to purchase 10 Siemens Vectron locos
https://tinyurl.com/2zg2xnpq
Hydrogen fuel cell trains enter service
https://tinyurl.com/2m2leabu
Park Royal crash: Woman killed as car ends up on Tube tracks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62589528
Four-day emergency Metro line closure in North Tyneside: Aug 30 - Sept 2
https://tinyurl.com/2drrdvkb
Stolen car found stuck in metro station in Madrid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-62645708
Halle City Transport orders 56 trams
https://www.railwaygazette.com/light-rail-and-tram/halle-orders-56-tina-trams/62415.article
Strike at the Port of Felixstowe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-62582931
Southampton-Cowes Red Funnel strike action suspended
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-62643954
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
Radio Times cancelled!
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EVENTS
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
10/09/22- British Railways Woking Electrical Control Room Guided Tours
11/09/22
https://tinyurl.com/2pr4azrv
10/09/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Open Weekend
11/09/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
10/09/22- West Somerset Railway: Forties Weekend
11/09/22
https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
13/09/22 Great Western Society Bristol Group
589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"Alan Jarvis: South Wales Main Line in the 1960s" by Gerry
Nichols
Non-members welcome
No admission charge but a suggested donation of £3 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
Cheers, Howard.
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