Pride of place today to Union Pacific's Big Boy No 4014 which has returned to Cheyenne for full restoration....during the same week that the former Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad 2-6-6-2 Mallet locomotive was moving from the B & O Railroad Museum to the Western Maryland Scenic Railway. And today (10th May 2014) is National Train Day in the United States. According to the National Trains Day website.."Explore NationalTrainDay.com to learn more about why trains matter to our towns, our communities and to people everywhere."
A news item that has caught the imagination is the announcement that China is considering a railway from Beijing to the US..via the Bering Straits.........now that would be some undertaking..and achievement.... don't bet against it!!
This edition of TRC includes published details of next week's mainline excursions in the UK, a summary of news items from the UK's Network Rail, and Howard Sprenger's railway news summary RAILDATE.
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Headlines
Americas
Heritage News
National Train Day at Portland's Union Station on Saturday will celebrate history of railroads(oregonlive.com)
‘Returning Home Safely’ Safety Drawing Contest winners named(friendsofbnsf.com)
Nigerian Coastal Railway framework agreement signed - Railway Gazette
Far East & China
China 'considering' building high-speed rail line from Beijing to the United States.(South China Morning Post)
Taiwan to work with Japan on upgrading bullet train technology.(FocusTaiwan)
UK & Europe
London mainline railway station staff strike - 9th May (BBC News)
Borders to Edinburgh railway: 'Crucial' Galashiels bridge works start.(BBC News)
STOP HS2 | The lies MPs made to Parliament about HS2. Part 1 (StopHS2)
The Iron Road - Christian Wolmar. (dkbooks)
Heritage News
Timetable | North Yorkshire Moors Railway :: A steam train adventure through the stunning Yorkshire Moors
WATCH: Rail Ale festival to celebrate its 10th anniversary - Daily Post
West Somerset Railway 'Ladies Day' @ Minehead Station « West Somerset Railway
Main Line No.159 Running to Time | The UK's Only Main Line Heritage Railway(GCR)
GWR - Gloucestershire's mainline heritage railway - 'Back to Black' timetable published
www.networkrail.co.uk
Latest national news
Could you be the next 'Lines in the Landscape' photography award winner?
The search is on to find the photography that best captures the spirit of today’s rail network as it relates to the landscape around it. Entries are now open for the Take a view - Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2014, which celebrates imagery of the best sights our country has to offer.
Bonuses significantly reduced in new scheme proposed for Network Rail directors
A new bonus scheme for Network Rail's executive directors is being proposed that would see bonuses significantly reduced from the current total bonus opportunity of 160% of salary per year to a maximum of 20%.
Latest regional news
Line closure to allow essential drainage improvement work to take place
The line between Crewe and Chester will be closed next week to allow Network Rail to carry out essential drainage improvement work.
Network Rail to rebuild bridge in Walsall town centre
Network Rail will start work to rebuild a bridge in Walsall town centre later this year as part of plans to electrify 15 miles of railway in the West Midlands.
Rare artefacts unearthed as Thameslink transformation of north-south travel through London continues with rebuilding of city’s oldest station
Medieval floors, 16th century tobacco pipes and thousand-year-old timbers are just a few of the hundreds of artefacts that have been unearthed and preserved by Network Rail as the £6.5billion Thameslink Programme to transform travel to and through London continues with the rebuild of London’s oldest railway station, London Bridge.
Platform lengthening to help deliver extra capacity for Chiltern Railways passengers
Work has started to extend platforms at five stations between London Marylebone and Birmingham Moor Street to provide the option for longer trains and extra seats on the Chiltern main line.
Mainline Steam Schedule
Railway Herald - Railtours
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Please observe Network Rail photographic guidelines.Thank you.
Monday 12th May 2014
Cathedrals Explorer : Day 4 (Steam Dreams)
- 44871 or 45407 Inverness - Dingwall - Dunrobin Castle and return
The Cock Of The North : Day 4 (UK Railtours)
- To be confirmed Dumbarton Central - Edinburgh Waverley (break) - Newcastle - York - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - London King's Cross (sd)
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Tuesday 13th May 2014
Cathedrals Explorer : Day 5 (Steam Dreams)
- 44871 and 45407 Inverness - Aviemore - Perth - Stirling - Craigendoran Junction - Crianlarich - Rannoch - Fort William
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Wednesday 14th May 2014
VSOE British Pullman (Belmond (British Pullman))
- 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Salisbury - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return
Cathedrals Explorer : Day 6 (Steam Dreams)
- 44871 and 45407 Fort William - Rannoch - Crianlarich (rev) - Oban and return
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Thursday 15th May 2014
Cathedrals Explorer : Day 7 (Steam Dreams)
- 44871 or 45407 Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig and return
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Friday 16th May 2014
Cathedrals Explorer : Day 8 (Steam Dreams)
- 44871 and 45407 Fort William - Rannoch - Crianlarich - Millerhill
- 60009 Millerhill - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Newcastle - Durham
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Saturday 17th May 2014
The Cumbrian Moorlander (Compass Tours)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Grantham (pu) - Bottesford (pu) - Bingham (pu) - Radcliffe (pu) - Netherfield (pu) - Nottingham (pu) - Langley Mill (pu) - Alfreton (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Carlisle
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Carlisle (pu) - Appleby - S&C - Hellifield - Chesterfield (sd) - Alfreton (sd) - Langley Mill (sd) - Nottingham (sd) - Netherfield (sd) - Radcliffe (sd) - Bingham (sd) - Bottesford (sd) - Grantham
The Spring Scenic Settler (Pathfinder Tours)
- DRS Class 47 (Pair) Swindon (pu) - Kemble (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Stonehouse (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Ashchurch (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Droitwich Spa (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Stourbridge junction (pu) - Crewe - Blackburn - Hellifield - S&C - Appleby - Carlisle
- DRS Class 47 (Pair) Carlisle (pu) - Penrith - Shap - Lancaster - Preston - Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe - Stafford - Stourbridge Junction (sd) - Kidderminster (sd) - Droitwich Spa (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (sd) - Ashchurch (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Stonehouse (sd) - Stroud (sd) - Kemble (sd) - Swindon
Welsh Borders (Railway Touring Company)
- 34046 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Gloucester (pu) - Standish Junction - Stoud - Swindon - Didcot - Oxford - Charlbury - Ascott-under-Wychwood - Moreton-in-Marsh - Evesham - Worcester Shrub Hill - Ledbury - Hereford - Abergavenny - Maindee Juncion - Chepstow - Gloucester (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (sd)
The Golden Arrow Statesman (Statesman Rail)
- WCRC 47/57 Birmingham International (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Bicester North (pu) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (pu) - Princes Risbvorough (pu) - High Wycombe (pu) - Gerrards Cross (pu) - Ealing Broadway (pu) - West London
- 34067 West London - Ashford International - Canterbury West (break) - Dover - Folkestone - Ashford International - West London
- WCRC 47/57 West London - Ealing Broadway (sd) - Gerrards Cross (sd) - High Wycombe (sd) - Princes Risborough (sd) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (sd) - Bicester North (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Leamington Spa (sd) - Coventry (sd) - Birmingham International
Cathedrals Explorer : Day 9 (Steam Dreams)
- 60009 Durham - York - Peterborough - North London Line - London Victoria
The Lorna Doone (UK Railtours)
- SWT Class 159 London Waterloo (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Westbury (rev) - Castle Cary - Taunton - Bishops Lydeard (sd) - Minehead (break/rev) & return
Scarborough Steam Trip (West Coast Railway Company)
- WCRC Steam Skegness (pu) - Wainfleet (pu) - Heckington (pu) - Boston (pu) - Sleaford (pu) - Lincoln - Gainsborough Lea Road - Doncaster - York - Malton - Scarborough
- WCRC Class 47 & 57 Scarborough - Filey - Bridlington - Brough - Doncaster - Gainsborough Lea Road - Lincoln - Sleaford (sd) - Boston (sd) - Heckington (sd) - Wainfleet (sd) - Skegness (sd)
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NETWATCH
Rabies and four other things the Channel Tunnel did not deliver
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Inside the Eurotunnel service tunnel on its 20th anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
London's derelict stations and railways
http://uk.weather.com/story/
Building steam locomotives in the 1930s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
North Yorkshire Moors Railway Spring Gala 2nd May
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Kings Cross Canal Tunnels
http://www.therailengineer.
Future of passenger rolling stock
http://www.therailengineer.
Rebuilding Conisborough Tunnel
http://www.therailengineer.
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Retronaut - the photographic time-machine
http://www.retronaut.com/
Five Titanic myths spread by films
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
In 1938, Dutch photographer, Willem van de Poll, travelled on the "Flying Scotsman" and the
streamlined "Coronation", accompanied by model, Doreen Sinclair. His photographs can be seen
here (you can select an English language version).
http://retours.eu/en/17-
Other albums of his work, and that of other photographers, many of which feature other railway
photographs, are available from the main page.
http://retours.eu/
(Spotter: Kees Wielemaker)
Xingyang Brickworks Railway clay train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Wilfred Potter's Ford 302 V8 Powered 1954 Sunbeam-Talbot Alpine
http://www.britishv8.org/
Timelapse video of Costa Concordia
http://www.kielmonitor.de/
Super Constellation trailer
http://vimeo.com/76275010
The ten most unbelievable airplane junkyards in the world
http://jalopnik.com/the-ten-
FlightAware - live flight tracking
http://uk.flightaware.com/
Latest participation details for IWM Duxford D-Day Anniversary Air Showhttp://tinyurl.com/mu7pa8s
First-person view of Felix Baumgartner’s space jump
http://www.flixxy.com/first-
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Labour should reform the railways, prospective MPs say
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Government must work with us to keep our railways on track, not seek a return to
nationalisation
http://tinyurl.com/pm4arzo
London mainline railway station workers to strike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Tube strike to go ahead with no further talks planned
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Strike suspended
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Plaque unveiled at former Southampton Terminus station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Network Rail and Chiltern Railways platform extension work commences
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Derby train firm could be put up for sale
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.
Future of Derby's Friar Gate Bridge in doubt
http://tinyurl.com/msa5omj
70-tonne 'ribs' of £44m Victoria Station revamp are lifted into place
http://www.
Bridge to be built over death rail crossingh
ttp://www.chad.co.uk/news/
Malton rail level crossing crash victim, 77, dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
http://tinyurl.com/oynug3y
Dauntsey railway bridge prepared for demolition
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Highlands told to look at glass-roofed trains
http://www.scotsman.com/news/
Clan Line volunteer recruitment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Locomotion No. 1 replica marks Tanfield Railway anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Newcastle and North Shields Railway set to celebrate 175th anniversary
http://tinyurl.com/mcfd5yu
Bala Lake Railway bid to extend line to town
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
'Largest' model railway with miniature worlds opens in Wroxham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
http://tinyurl.com/mploovf
Volunteer steals nearly $100,000 from railroad, allegedly
http://tinyurl.com/k8gws5l
Restoration project for C&O 1309
http://www.
Perry County business lets off steam
http://www.abc27.com/story/
The Hambaweheli Express
http://www.railwaysafrica.com/
Chinese experts 'in discussions' over building high-speed Beijing-US railway
http://tinyurl.com/ko8pwz3
http://tinyurl.com/leckr7t
Nigerian Coastal Railway framework agreement signed
http://tinyurl.com/kzjv2eq
Fatal accident at Prestwich, Manchester Tramlink
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Lorry plunges from motorway bridge near Goole in flames
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Poole bus service cuts 'will hit elderly', says Age UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
'Greener' freight key to more sustainable global trade
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
National Motor Museum completes toy car record
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Toxic algae shuts Basingstoke Canal stretch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Cruise liner marks 10 years at sea in Southampton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Was the Lusitania carrying munitions in 1915? Newly released documents raise questions
http://tinyurl.com/kl4qyqx
Cruise firm Cunard scraps 10,000 balloon release plans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Heathrow Airport congestion charge proposed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Manston Airport closed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Air traffic chaos in Western USA caused by U2 spy plane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Drone technology used in aircraft safety checks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Human power flying club to maintain UK summer meet tradition with June-July Lasham event
http://tinyurl.com/mjtxcuz
71 more jobs go as copper firm closes
http://www.leek-news.co.uk/71-
Southsea's South Parade Pier 'music venue' plans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Jim O'Brien, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
10/05/14 BBC Radio 4 0607-0630
"Open Country" Brooklands racetrack
11/05/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"For the Love of Cars" 4/6 The Mini
12/05/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Classic Car Rescue" 4/8 A camper van
12/05/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Surrey
12/05/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Groundbreakers: the Man who Shrank the World" First transatlantic cable
13/05/14 BBC Radio 4 1630-1700
"Great Lives" Isambard Kingdom Brunel
13/05/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Waterloo to Canary Wharf
14/05/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Enfield to Cambridge
14/05/14 BBC2 2110-2200
"Coast Australia" 1/8 The Kimberley
16/05/14 BBC Radio 4 2300-2330
"Great Lives" Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
Until Priest's House Museum, Wimborne, Dorset, UK
30/06/14 Lost Tracks - Remembering East Dorset's Railways
Exhibition to mark 50 years since East Dorset's last scheduled passenger trains
http://www.priest-house.co.uk/
08/05/14- Swanage Railway: Diesel Gala & Beer Festival
11/05/14
http://www.swanagerailway.co.
09/05/14- Great Central Railway: Swithland Gala
10/05/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
10/05/14 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway and Trent Barton: Big Bus and Train Bash
Wirksworth station
http://www.trentbarton.co.uk/
10/05/14 Railway Film Show
St Mary's Church Hall, Thornhill Road, Ponteland, Newcastle, NE20 9PZ
Archive films (BTF films shown with the permission of the BFI)
Admission free, retiring collection, doughnuts at the interval
1500 and 1930
http://ponthistsoc.blogspot.
http://www.pontelandstmary.co.
10/05/14 Pathfinder Tours: charity special train visiting lines in the Carlisle area
Passenger and freight-only lines
http://tinyurl.com/n6y8ac6
10/05/14 Nation Train Day in the USA
http://www.nationaltrainday.
10/05/14- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Steam & Diesel Gala Weekend
11/05/14
http://www.rhdr.org.uk/
10/05/14- Derby Model Railway Exhibition
11/05/14 Moorway Sports Centre, Moorway Lane, Derby, DE24 9HY
1000-1700 both days
http://www.mmrg.org.uk/
11/05/14 Derby 175 - The Midland Railway
Quad, The Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AS
Historic films celebrating Derby's 175 years of railway heritage
Presented by Rob Foxon
Starts 1430
Tickets: £6.50, Box Office: 01332 290606
12/05/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“The Motor Industry”
by John Murden
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
12/05/14 North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society
St Thomas’s Church Centre, Chatsworth Road, Brampton, Chesterfield, S40 3AW
“The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway”
by Martin Smith
Starts 1930, £2 admission for non-members
http://www.nedias.co.uk
13/05/14 Great Western Society (Bristol Group)
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG.
Vintage Colour Slides with Philip Lovell
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/
14/05/14 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"Steam on the Main Line 2013" by Karl Jauncey and Dave Richards
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
A donation of £1.00 (members) or £2.00 (non-members) is requested
http://www.rcts.org.uk/
15/05/14 Monmouthshire Railway Society
Lecture Theatre A10, Newport Riverside City Campus
"Chile, Argentina & South Brazil - 1974" by Peter Gray
Starts at 1915 prompt, admission for non-members is £3.00
http://mrsoc.org.uk/
16/05/14- Nene Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
18/05/14
http://www.nvr.org.uk/
17/05/14 South Devon Railway Trust: Museums at Night
The Ashburton branch comes back to life
Starts 1930 at Buckfastleigh station
Adult: £3.00, Child: £2.00, Family: £8.00
No need to book – just turn up on the evening
http://www.culture24.org.uk/
17/05/14- Great Central Railway: Classic & Vintage Vehicle Festival
18/05/14 Real Ale Train, Saturday only
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
18/05/14 Mid-Hants Railway: Watercress Festival
http://www.watercressline.co.
19/05/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"The Berks & Wilts Canal" by Brian Stovold
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
19/05/14 Friends of the Cromford Canal: Talk
"The Fossdyke - a watery tale of mystery and intrigue" by Ian Morgan
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
19/05/14 Peak Rail Sheffield Branch
Central Library Theatre (by The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
“Railways Remembered” a film show by Rob Foxon
1900 for a 1930 start
£6.50 on the door or £5.75 in advance
http://peakrail.co.uk/
23/05/14 WC&P Railway Group
St Andrew’s Church Centre, Old Church Road, Clevedon, BS21 7UF
“Chronicling the WC&PR - Part 2” by Christopher Redwood
Starts 19:30
Visitors are welcome - cost £2 (refunded if you join)
http://www.wcprgroup.org.uk/
24/05/14- Dean Forest Railway: A Day Out with Thomas
26/05/14
http://www.dfr.co.uk
24/05/14- Gloucester Warwickshire Railway: Festival of Steam
26/05/14
http://www.gwsr.com
24/05/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Carnival Open Days
26/05/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
25/05/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Superheroes & Villains
26/05/14
http://www.rhts.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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