"Railways of the Great War - with Michael Portillo" has come to the end of its 5 part run..but will be on BBC iPlayer for a while yet...or get the DVD available 11th August 2014.
The definitive volume that traces the use of railways - and their part in winning and/or losing wars -is Christian Wolmar's "Engines of War" (2012)...also included in this edition is a 15 minute slide presentation by the author, and a link to obtaining a copy of the book.
Elsewhere, the talk is of high speed railways... China's growing expertise and influence...the challenges facing the proposed line from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore..and Jeddah metro opening in 2022...
And next week's published UK mainline steam programme courtesy "The Railway Herald."
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Stoke railway station hosts WW1 memorial service.(BBC News)
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo (BBC iPlayer)
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo - 5. Railways and Remembrance
Michael Portillo examines the role of the railways in World War I. He reveals how even after the war had ended, the work of the railways was not over.
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Monday 11th August 2014
Prudential RideLondon (Private Charter)
- 86259 London Kings Cross (pu) - York (sd) - Newcastle upon Tyne (sd) - Edinburgh Waverley (& ECS to Carnforth)
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 12th August 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
The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)
- WCRC Steam pool York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Castleford (pu) - York (pu) - Scarborough
- WCRC Steam Pool Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York
Wednesday 13th August 2014
The Dorset Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)
- 34046 or 34067 or 70000 London Victoria (pu) - Barnes Bridge - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Winchfield (water) - Basingstoke (pu) - Worting Junction - Winchester - Southampton - Bournemouth (sd) - Weymouth and return
- 34046 or 34067 or 70000 Weymouth - Upwey Bank - Dorchester South (detach banker) - Bournemouth - Basingstoke (sd/water) - Woking (sd) - London Waterloo (sd)
Cancelled
The Fellsman (Statesman Rail)
- WCRC Steam 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
The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)
- WCRC Steam pool York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Castleford (pu) - York (pu) - Scarborough
- WCRC Steam Pool Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York
Thursday 14th August 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
The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)
- WCRC Steam pool York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Castleford (pu) - York (pu) - Scarborough
- WCRC Steam Pool Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York
Friday 15th August 2014
The Scarborough Flyer (Railway Touring Company)
- 60009 Crewe (pu) - Wilmslow (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Mirfield - Wakefield Kirkgate - Castleford - York (sd) - Malton - Scarborough (sd) and return
Cancelled
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 16th August 2014
The Heart Of Wales Scenic Rambler (Compass Tours)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Grantham (pu) - Bottesford (pu) - Bingham (pu) - Radcliffe (pu) - Netherfield (pu) - Nottingham (pu) - Tutbury & Hatton (pu) - Uttoxeter (pu) - Blythe Bridge (pu) - Stoke on Trent (pu) - Crewe - Shrewsbury - Craven Arms - Knighton - Llandrindod Wells - Llandovery - Hendy Junction - Swansea District Line - Port Talbot - Bridgend - Cardiff
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Cardiff - Newport - Abergavenney - Hereford - Shrewsbury - Crewe - Stoke on Trent (sd) - Blythe Bridge (sd) - Uttoxeter (sd) - Tutbury & Hatton (sd) - Nottingham (sd) - Netherfield (sd) - Radcliffe (sd) - Bingham (sd) - Bottesford (sd) - Grantham
Cumbrian Mountain Express (Railway Touring Company)
- WCR 47 Crewe (pu) - Runcorn (pu) - Liverpool Lime Street
- tbc Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Broad Green (pu) - St Helens Central (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Hellifield - Settle - Appleby - Carlisle
- 46233 Carlisle - Penrith - Shap - Carnforth - Preston (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - St Helens Central (sd) - Broad Green (sd) - Liverpool Lime Street (sd)
- WCR 47 Liverpool Lime Street - Runcorn (sd) - Crewe (sd)
The Sussex Coast Statesman (Statesman Rail)
- WCRC 47/57 Doncaster (pu) - Retford (pu) - Newark (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Whittlesea (pu) - March (pu) - Ely (pu) - Waterbeach (pu) - Cambridge (pu) - Royston (pu) - Hitchin (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Eastbourne (break/rev) & return
West Somerset Railway (Steam Dreams)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Southend Central (pu) - Upminster (pu) - West Hampstead (pu) - Slough (pu) - Twyford (pu) - Bishops Lydeard (sd) - Minehead (break/rev) & return
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
Sunday 17th August 2014
Weymouth Seaside Express (Railway Touring Company)
- 5029 or 34046 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Keynsham (pu) - Bath (pu) - Trowbridge (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Weymouth and return
The Waverley (Railway Touring Company)
- 44932 or 45699 or 46115 York (pu) - Church Fenton - Leeds (pu) - Shipley (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Settle - Appleby - Carlisle and return
The North Wales Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)
- 45305 Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Broad Green (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Frodsham (pu) - Chester (pu) - Rhyl - Llandudno Junction - Llandudno
- WCR 47 Llandudno - Llandudno Junction
- 45305 Llandudno Junction - Conwy - Bangor - Holyhead (break) and return
- WCR 47 Llandudno Junction - Llandudno
- 45305 Llandudno - Llandudno Junction - Rhyl - Chester (sd) - Frodsham (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Broad Green (sd) - Liverpool Lime Street (sd)
Plockton & Kyle Of Lochalsh (SRPS Railtours)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Aberdeen (pu) - Dyce (pu) - Inverurie (pu) - Huntly (pu) - Keith (pu) - Elgin (pu) - Plockton (sd) - Kyle of Lochalsh (break/rev) & return
Postponed Additional Tour Information
26/6: now operating on 5th October
Added 08:46 on Thursday 26th June 2014Torbay Express (Torbay Express Ltd)
- To be confirmed Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Weston-super-Mare (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St Davids - Dawlish - Paignton - Kingswear and return
Shakespeare Express (Vintage Trains)
- 4965 or 5043 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley-in-Arden - Stratford-upon-Avon (break) - Hatton - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill (sd) (two trips)
The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)
- To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William
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