HPMRS Raildate 30 Jan 04

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RAILDATE: the weekly newsletter of the Hursley Park Model Railway Society: http://steam.to/hpmrs

NICK WHEAT'S NETWATCH

If you have any burning questions you want to ask South West Trains, you can "meet the manager live online" on 9th February between 1500 and 1700. Andrew Haines, Managing Director of South West Trains will be available online to answer your questions at:

http://www.e-motionmagazine.co.uk

You can submit questions to the website now, and if you can't attend the live chat, you will be able to read a transcript of the discussion on the website afterwards.

A CD-ROM has just become available of the very scenic Penrith-Keswick trackbed with thousands of pictures taken over the last few years. The pictures are part of the Nigel Wright collection and the CD-ROM also includes pictrues from other Cumbrian railways. See:

http://www.ckp-railways.co.uk

Pictures of Long Meg mine on the Settle and Carlisle Railway. Also Lambley viaduct and Coanstone station on Haltwhistle-Alston branch:

http://www.nigelsmusic.freeserve.co.uk

Photo the class 31 31233 that has been completely painted in bright "Network Rail" yellow:

http://alanpywell.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=2545901

Plus 3 Fragonset class 47s stabled at Derby station:

http://alanpywell.fotopic.net/show_collection.php?id=52391

Class 40 Railtour - The East Lancs Envoy - pictures and videos:

http://www.magsystems.co.uk/envoy.mp4 (video of train impressively departing York at night)

http://www.daves-trains.fotopic.net/show_collection.php?offset=1&id=104219

http://mysite.freeserve.com/nedchester/240104.htm

A website with very nice pictures, mostly Devon and Cornwall in the late 1960s and early 1970s:

http://freepages.nostalgia.rootsweb.com/~cyberheritage/oldie.htm

18 new boxes added to John Tilly's gallery - Humberside area, north and south of the stream and Metropolitan/Met GC:

http://mysite.freeserve.com/Johntilly/index.html

Photos of Salop Goods Junction box interior, etc, are here:

http://ivansphotos.fotopic.net/

There is a new Yahoo discussion group dedicated to HSTs as they approach their 30th Anniversary:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSTs

Post message: HSTs@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: HSTs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

With a couple of hours to kill in London, the Editor recently visited the London Canal Museum, near Kings Cross:

http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/

IN THE NEWS

Ice glues trains to rails: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3440385.stm

Rail link tunnel breakthrough: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3432773.stm

CTRL work inquiry starts: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3429187.stm

National Express signs new train deal: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3444103.stm

Bidding starts for ECML franchise: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/3441585.stm

Investigation into train separation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3427573.stm

Cameras to prevent rail graffiti: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/3429243.stm

Track doubling in Cornwall: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3442241.stm

Rail station "disgrace" - Mayor: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/3422535.stm

New use for Aberystwyth railway station: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3420287.stm

Mock train crash tests emergency services: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3438615.stm

Full steam ahead on Colorado line: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1917042,00.html

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