The news today includes an MBE for Tina Hughes, for services to railway safety....and a warning from the mayor of Liverpool to fight for HS2...or lose it forever.
Internationally, India and Thailand cope with the demands of high speed rail..whilst California plans its funding for same.
Some news from the heritage railways section...the Gloucester Warwicks Railway and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway prepare for more visitors to their special events.
Can you arrange to visit Peter's Railway? Or take a trip on the Welsh Highland Railway(video)?
Or perhaps take a trip with Christian Wolmar along the Trans Siberian Railway?
Included today is a listing of scheduled mainline steam excursions...
...and finally, the start of a series of photos featuring railway activity in those countries currently involved in FIFA Football World Cup!
Click on the links for more details....
Headlines
(UK)Queen's Birthday Honours:Tina Hughes, appointed an MBE for services to railway safety.(BBC News).
(UK)Fight for the HS2 train line or lose it forever, warns Liverpool mayor (Liverpool Echo)
(India) Railways gears up for high-speed trains.(Business Standard)
(Thailand)High-speed trains given stay of execution.(Bangkok Post)
(USA)California poised to fund high-speed rail, public pre-K in new budget.(Reuters)
(USA) Gov. Jerry Brown’s Bullet Train to Take 25% of Cap-and-Trade Revenue.(Breitbart)
Heritage
(UK)
GWR - Gloucestershire's mainline heritage railway - Thomas and friends to take over the railway!
Timetable | North Yorkshire Moors Railway :: A steam train adventure through the stunning Yorkshire Moors
The Welsh Highland Railway 2014.(Festshopman on YouTube)
Peter's Railway 2014 Summer Timetable
Perrygrove Railway 28th, 29th June Charity 24 hour steam train drive!
Talyllyn Railway Garden Railway Weekend 5th & 6th July Come and join Chris and Bongo for this fun Garden Railway weekend and find out more about Peter and Grandpa’s garden railway. Ride on the Talyllyn too!
A delayed arrival at Yewston Station - Holiday at Lunan BayIn addition to all this activity, Chris has found time to write a new book, even if it is running a bit late!! We are delighted to announce the summer publication of the latest book in the paperback series, “Holiday at Lunan Bay”. This will be available to pre-order from our website shortly.
Mainline Steam Schedule
Railway Herald - Railtours
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Monday 16th June 2014
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Tuesday 17th June 2014
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Wednesday 18th June 2014
The Fellsman (Statesman Rail)
- WCRC Pool Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Long Preston (pu) - Settle - Appleby - Carlisle (break) and return
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Thursday 19th June 2014
The Three Peaks Challenge; Day 1 (Private Charter)
- DRS Class 47 x 2 London Euston - Watford Junction - Milton Keynes central - Northampton - Rugby - Nuneaton - Stafford - Crewe
- DRS Class 37 x 2 Crewe - Chester -Llandudno Junction - Bangor (ECS to Holyhead)
The Swanage Belle (Railway Touring Company)
- 34067 London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Winchfield (water) - Basingstoke (pu) - Worting Junction - Poole - Wareham - Corfe Castle - Swanage
- WCRC Class 47 Swanage - Corfe Castle - Southampton
- 34067 Southampton Central - Romsey - Salisbury - Andover - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - Staines (sd) - London Victoria (sd)
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Friday 20th June 2014
The Three Peaks Challenge: Day 2 (Private Charter)
- DRS Class 37 x 2 (ECS ex-Holyhead) Bangor (pu) - Llandudno Junction - Chester - Helsby - Warrington Bank Quay - Preston - Carnforth - Ulverston - Ravenglass (ECS to Sellafield -r -Barrow In Furness)
- DRS Class 37 x 2 (ECS ex-Barrow in Furness) Ravenglass (pu) - Workington - carlisle - Beattock - Carstairs - Rutherglen - Glasgow central Low level - Hyndland - Helensburgh Upper - Crianlarich - Rannoch - Fort William
Saltburn Tours: Return Of The Clansman: Day 1 (To Be Confirmed)
- WCRC tbc Saltburn (pu) - Middlesbrough (pu) - Inverness
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Saturday 21st June 2014
The Dorset Coast Express (Compass Tours)
- DRS Class 47/57 Hereford (pu) - Ledbury (pu) - Great Malvern (pu) - Worcester Foregate Street (pu) - Droitwich Spa (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Rowley regis (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Bournemouth (sd) - Weymouth (break/rev) & return
York, NYMR & Scarborough (NENTA Traintours)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Dereham (MNR) (pu) - Norwich (pu) - Wymondham (pu) - Attleborough (pu) - Thetford (pu) - Brandon (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Doncaster - York - Malton - Scarborough and return
Esk Valley (North Yorkshire Moors Railway)
- NYMR steam Whitby (pu) - Grosmont (pu) - Glaisdale (pu) - Battersby & return (TWICE)
The Scenic Settler (Pathfinder Tours)
- diesel tbc Eastleigh (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) -
- FLR Class 70 Crewe - Blackburn - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
- FLR Class 70 Carlisle (pu) - Shap - Preston - Crewe (sd) -
- diesel tbc Crewe - Stafford (sd) - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Birmingham International (sd) - Coventry (sd) - Leamington Spa (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Oxford (sd) - Didcot Parkway (sd) - Basingstoke (sd) - Eastleigh
The Three Peaks Challenge: Day 3 (Private Charter)
- DRS Class 37 x 2 Fort Williamu - Rannoch - Crianlarich - Helensburgh Upper - Hyndland - Glasgow Central Low Level - Rutherglen - Carstairs - Beattock - Carlisle - Preston - Crewe
- DRS Class 47 x 2 Crewe - Stafford - Nuneaton - Rugby - Northampton - Milton Keynes Central - Watford Junction - London Euston
Cumbrian Mountain Express (Railway Touring Company)
- 60009 Newcastle (pu) - Durham (pu) - Darlington (pu) - Northallerton - York (pu) - Leeds - Skipton - Settle Jn - Ribblehead - Appleby - Carlisle (break) - Brampton - Hexham - Newcastle (sd)
- WCRC Class 47 Newcastle - Durham (sd) - Darlington (sd) - Northallerton - York (sd)
Chester & North Wales (SRPS Railtours)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Glenrothes with Thornton (pu) - Kirkcaldy (pu) - Dalgety Bay (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Kirknewton (pu) - Lockerbie (pu) - Chester (sd) - Llandudno Junction (sd) - Bangor (sd) - Holyhead (break/rev) & return
The Snowdonia Statesman (Statesman Rail)
- WCRC 47/57 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Filton Abbey wood (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Yate (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Droitwich Spa (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Rowley Regis (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Crewe - Chester - Llandudno Junction (rev) - Blaenau Ffestiniog (break/rev) & return
Romney Marsh Lunchtime Special (Steam Dreams)
- 70013 London Victoria (pu) - East Croydon (pu) - Purley (pu) - Redhill (pu) - Edenbridge (pu) - Tonbridge (pu) - Ashford - Appledore - Hastings - Battle - Tonbridge (sd) - Edenbridge (sd) - Redhill (sd) - Purley (sd) - East Croydon (sd) - London Victoria
White Cliffs Evening Special (Steam Dreams)
- 70013 London Victoria (pu) - Bromley South (pu) - Otford (pu) - West Malling (pu) - Folkestone - Dover - West Malling (sd) - Otford (sd) - Bromley South (sd) - London Victoria
The Wandering Javelin (UK Railtours)
- Class 395 EMU St. Pancras International (pu) - Ebbesfleet - HS1 - Ashford International (pu) - Folkestone Central - Deal - Minster - Canterbury West - Ashford International - Maidstone East - swanley - Catford Loop - London Victoria (break/rev) - Catford Loop - Swanley - Fawkham Junction - Southfleet Junction - HS1 - Ashford International - Folkestone Central - Dover Priory - Canterbury East - Faversham (break) - Rochester - Strood (rev) - Medway Valley Line - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Grove park - London Bridge - London Charing Cross (rev) - London Cannon Street (rev) - London Bridge - Grove Park - Orpington - Sevenoaks - Tonbridge - Ashford International - HS1 - St. Pancras International
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Sunday 22nd June 2014
Saltburn Tours: Day 2 (To Be Confirmed)
- WCRC tbc Inverness (pu) - Kyle of Lochalsh (break/rev) - Inverness
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Christian Wolmar
Christian Wolmar To The Edge of the World Hay Festival 27th May 2014 Part 1
To the Edge of the World (Atlantic Books, 2013)
The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian stretches nearly 6,000 miles between Moscow and Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast and was the most ambitious railway project in the nineteenth century. A journey on the railway evokes a romantic roam through the Russian steppes, but also reminds travellers of the vastness of our world and hints at the hardships that were endured in its construction. Read more >>
The World Cup
It would be very difficult to ignore the effect of the football World Cup on the world's population.
So, a selection of images from participating nations....
Brazil: A beautiful site at São João del-Rei loco depot. (C) John Gaydon.
Mexico. Mexico steam railway museum (C) Bob Stranger on www.steamtu.be.
The Netherlands: Zuid Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij (the Netherlands)(C)Marc Petit on www.steamtu.be
Chile: Climbing Cumbre Pass.
Ivory Coast:The Golwé was a type of articulated steam locomotive manufactured in France for use in its West African colonies.(Lloyd Penfold on www.steamtu.be)
Italy:Italian Steam Engine FS 685 089, Vatican City, 21/5/2011. Valerio Varriale on www.steamtu.be
Costa Rica: Steam locomotive F.C. al P. no 1 Maria Cecilia in San Jose.Nils Öberg - Own work on Wikipedia
"Genf" at Lucerne.The oldest preserved Swiss steamer from 1858.(Roni on www.steamtu.be)
Ecuador: Baldwin 2-8-0 of the G&Q Line.( - Own work. On Wikipedia)
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