HS2 obsolete before it comes into use? Where to go for free over the Bank Holiday?
The first tram over a new bridge in Nottingham..
Safety factors in transporting oil by rail in the USA and Canada...a clean up of the act is the writer's view...
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Headlines
UK
Will technology outpace the High Speed Two (HS2) rail project?(techradar.pro)
Rail fares, the third payroll tax..(an opinion..) (FT.com)
Edinburgh Waverley Station: Two new platforms to replace taxi ranks.(BBC News)
Edinburgh Waverley
Day trips: Keeping the costs down for families.(BBC News)
Visit the National Railway Museum, York.........FREE ENTRY!
Trains disrupted as Kemble to Swindon redoubling work ends.(BBC News)
Is Bristol's transport system working? Transport chief Peter Mann says we're making progress.(The Bristol Post)
MP calls for better rail services serving resort.(Blackpool Gazette)
First tram goes over Nottingham's new railway station bridge(Railway Gazette)
International
Algeria:Algerian National Railways awards EUR 200 million contract to Alstom.(Mena Rail Post)
Ireland:Union blames Government and Irish Rail for train strike.(Irish Times)
USA: As oil shipments rise, rail industry in desperate need of clean-up.(Financial Post)
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NETWATCH Former stations and crossing keeper's cottages for salehttp://tinyurl.com/ol5jptf
Derby's biggest model railway - open every weekend and Bank Holidayhttp://www.famoustrains.org.
Union of South Africa 60009 alongside the A55, 27th Julyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?
(Spotter: Richard Buckby) Model Bus Zone - click on "Fleet Focus" for lists of models for particular fleetshttp://modelbuszone.co.uk/
(Spotter: Ted Millward) Aviation in Maltahttp://www.aviationinmalta.
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth) ============
IN THE NEWS
Regulated rail fares to increase by 3.5% in 2015http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Huge investment in railwayshttp://www.itv.com/news/story/
UK Govt blocks inclusion of British Rail monopoly to Freedom of Information lawhttp://tinyurl.com/p3qhjrl
59003 returning to UK – purchased by GBRfhttp://www.globalrailnews.com/
Cambridge-Oxford rail link could cut congestion on London lineshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
http://tinyurl.com/molxjc8
Level Crossing warning for GNGE joint line improvementshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
RAIB report into fatal footpath crossing at Attenboroughhttp://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_
Solihull A45 bridge to be replacedhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
East Lancashire's faster train service delayed by another six monthshttp://tinyurl.com/m4lsg2d
Changing Tracks railway line towers over Stanwick Lakeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Central Line Tube passengers hit by ASLEF strikehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
New row for Borders Railwayhttp://tinyurl.com/my68lxg
Borders to Edinburgh railway: Opening date sethttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Steam trains will disrupt journeys on Borders linehttp://tinyurl.com/ljwttqe
Edinburgh Waverley station to get 2 new platformshttp://tinyurl.com/prvbejb
ScotRail and Virgin ‘trusted’ by passengershttp://www.scotsman.com/news/
Train service to resume between Harlech and Pwllhelihttp://tinyurl.com/ltaxfwv
Canadian Lancaster pilots swoops into Lincolnshire railway after spotting it from the airhttp://tinyurl.com/mqxbw3c
Whitby platform 2 reopenedhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
34092 City of Wells back in servicehttp://trev11.zenfolio.com/
Longleat Adventure Park train crash leaves six hurthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Video of Jacobite workings last weekhttp://www.
Hornby to begin move from Margate to new base near Canterbury in the next few dayshttp://www.kentonline.co.uk/
Fatality at Raheny station (Dublin)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
NS profits rise, punctuality improveshttp://www.dutchnews.nl/news/
RhB derailment in Graubunden canton - official summaryhttps://www.rhb.ch/en/current-
Photos of the recovery operationhttp://www.srf.ch/news/
CP Freight traffic increasehttp://www.globalrailnews.com/
Lac-Mégantic report condemns Transport Canadahttp://tinyurl.com/km4vkmj
Lac-Mégantic runaway train and,derailment investigation summaryhttp://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/
Singapore reveals route for Eastern Region Linehttp://tinyurl.com/mgldrsb
Alstom LRVs enter service in Nottinghamhttp://www.railjournal.com/
Light rail arrives at Dallas-Fort Worth Airporthttp://tinyurl.com/kld27pz
3 Dallas trolley cars spared from scrapyardhttp://tinyurl.com/mdcwzoh
Guernsey bus service improvementshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Complaints about Western Greyhound buseshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Bradford company rebuilds Citroen 2CV French classichttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Motorway screens bid to stop rubbernecking by motoristshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Coach crashes down ditch on motorwayhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Falkirk Wheel visitor numbershttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
BAE Systems ends shipbuilding in Portsmouthhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
New high speed ferry to be based at Poolehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Commodore Clipper returning to servicehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Environmental upgrades to Brittany Ferries shipshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Petition over civilian use of Marchwood Military Porthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Floating hotel boat for Leith docks beside Royal Yacht Britanniahttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Which? survey: Smaller airports earn passenger praisehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Monarch Airways to close East Midlands routes in April 2015http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Doncaster Airport emergency landinghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Two Lancaster flypast at Headcornhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Two Lancasters programmehttp://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/
http://www.warplane.com/
Proposal to upgrade air traffic control at Hawarden, Chesterhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Flying a vintage WWII German planehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth ============
TV and RADIO
23/08/14 ITV 1555-1820 "Murder on the Orient Express" 1974 feature film2
4/08/14 Channel 4 1900-2000 "How Britain Worked" 1/6 Overhauling a steam engine on the SVR
24/08/14 BBC2 2100-2200 "James May's Cars of the People" 3/3
24/08/14 Yesterday 2200-2300 "Locomotion" with Dan Snow
24/08/14 Yesterday 2300-0000 "Timeshift" Why Britain built so many steam locos between 1948 & 1960
25/08/14 BBC2 1730-1800 "Great British Railway Journeys" Brighton to Crystal Palace
26/08/14 BBC2 1645-1715 "Great British Railway Journeys" London Necropolis Railway
26/08/14 Channel 5 1900-2000 "Lost at Sea: Air France 447"
26/08/14 BBC4 1930-2000 "Great British Railway Journeys" Euston to Buckinghamshire2
6/08/14 Channel 4 2100-2200 "Worst Place to be a Pilot" 2/4
26/08/14 BBC4 2100-2200 "Everyday Miracles: the Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners"
27/08/14 BBC2 1645-1715 "Great British Railway Journeys" Enfield to Cambridge
27/08/14 BBC4 1930-2000 "Great British Railway Journeys" Wolverton
27/08/14 BBC4 2300-0000 "Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain" 2/3 A Scottish warship canal
28/08/14 BBC2 1645-1715 "Great British Railway Journeys" The Fens and Kings Lynn
28/08/14 Channel 5 1900-2000 "The Railway: First Great Western" Fly-on-the-wall 2/8
28/08/14 BBC4 2310-0010 "Everyday Miracles: the Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners" 29/07/14 Channel 5 1900-2000 "On the Yorkshire Buses" East Yorkshire Motor Services 8/8 29/07/14 Channel 5 2000-2100 "Marston's Brewery: One Ale of a Job!" Behind the scenes 1/3http://about.channel5.com/
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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 Foxfield Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic25/08/14 http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.
22/08/14 "Out and About with Booth & Fisher Buses" by Andy Firth Coal Aston Methodist Church, Eckington Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3AWhttp://www.coalastonmethodist.
22/08/14- Southampton Maritime Festival23/08/14 Ocean Terminal, Southampton Dockshttp://www.
23/08/14- Great Central Railway: Family Fun Weekend25/08/14 http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
23/08/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: August Bank Holiday Open Days25/08/14 http://www.e-v-r.com
23/08/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Late Summer Bank Holiday Blues & Twos Weekend25/08/14 http://www.sandtoft.org
23/08/14- Corris Railway: Model Railway Exhibition25/08/14 Y Plas, Machynlleth, SY20 8ERhttp://www.corris.co.uk
24/08/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Open Dayhttp://wdsme.co.uk/
24/08/14- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal25/08/14 Engine in motion 1200-1700http://www.middleton-leawood.
29/08/14- North Norfolk Railway: Grand Autumn Steam Gala31/08/14 http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/
29/08/14- Llangollen Railway: Along Western Lines31/08/14 http://www.llangollen-railway.
30/08/14- Great Central Railway: Diesel Gala31/08/14 http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
01/09/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF Members Evening 1930 for a 1945 starthttp://www.hias.org.uk
01/09/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch) The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG "Sprinting along the Dearne" and “This was the 21:00 to Kettering”Slideshows by Martin Bromley Starts at 1930 For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcomehttp://www.peakrail.co.uk/
05/09/14- Mid-Hants Railway: Diesel Gala07/09/14 http://www.watercressline.co.
05/09/14- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Steam Gala & Real Ale Festival07/09/14 http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
06/09/14 Hope Construction Materials: Cement Works Open Day Celebrating the site’s 85th birthdayhttp://tinyurl.com/q723abf
06/09/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Model Weekend07/09/14 http://www.rhts.co.uk
06/09/14- The Battlefield Line: Shackerstone Family Festival07/09/14 http://www.battlefieldline.co.
06/09/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Festival Open Days07/09/14 http://www.e-v-r.com
06/09/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Model Weekend & Trolleydays07/09/14 http://www.sandtoft.org
07/09/14 Twyford Waterworks: Emergency Vehicles Open Dayhttp://www.twyfordwaterworks.
07/09/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Open Dayhttp://wdsme.co.uk/
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