RAILDATE: the weekly newsletter of the Hursley Park Model Railway Society:
http://www.ibmhursleyclub.org.uk/ss/hpmrs/


Very best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2008!


NETWATCH

============

An excellent free downloadable calendar from the Railway Herald:
http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/2008Calendar/

============

The January 2008 edition of West Somerset Express, the unofficial online
newsletter of the West Somerset Railway, is available from:
http://trainsferriesbuses.co.uk/westsomersetexpress.htm

============

A superb collection of photographs:
http://www.davidheyscollection.com/

And another:
http://flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/collections/72157603269832299/

And another:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barkingbill/

============

Three recent items involving former LSWR lines in Devon, spotted by Ralph
Rawlinson:

Sidmouth Jn - Sidmouth, closed pass 6.3.1967
Devon County Council is considering converting this route into a cyclepath
and walkway.

Barnstaple Jn - Torrington, closed pass 4.10.1965
Because the Bideford site is too restrictive the Bideford & Instow Railway
Group is examining the possibility of relocating further south at
Torrrington.

Barnstaple - Lynton, closed 29.3.1935
The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, which at present operates over one mile
of track between Woody Bay (Martinhoe Cross) and Killington Lane, is
preparing a bid for £30m of Euro development cash to fund the
reconstruction of eight miles of the route between Lynton to Wistalpound
(half a mile beyond Blackmoor).

Ralph also advises that the Railway Ramblers website has been updated over
Christmas.  In the Photos section, galleries 19 to 23 have been added
whilst News 2007 now includes items posted in November and December.
http://www.railwayramblers.org.uk/

============

Rail Accident Investigation Branch reports...

Train/vehicle collision on Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway on 25th
March 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/3ylm7n

Two derailments at London Waterloo:
http://tinyurl.com/2rm53z

(Spotter: Richard Buckby)

============

Guy Gorton has posted a few photographs of St Pancras, taken before
Christmas:
http://www.meadwaypark.co.uk/StPancras

============

The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway was recently featured by the local radio
station.  Three excerpts can be found here:
http://www.e-v-r.com/clip.htm

Their appeal for additional volunteers was also featured on the BBC
website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/7168307.stm

And in local newspapers:
http://www.matlockmercury.co.uk/news/Tracklaying-plea-in-Wirksworth-rail.3634406\
.jp

============

Chris Ward's Annesley Fireman website:
http://www.annesleyfireman.com

Chris's steam railway photographs:
http://christopher8062.fotopic.net/

Chris's diesel gallery:
http://chriswarddiesels.fotopic.net/

============

A website devoted to the GNR/LNWR Joint Line around Melton Mowbray:
http://www.meltonmowbray.steamrailways.com/index.php

============

County Gate a Lynton & Barnstaple 009 exhibition model railway - super
layout, super website:
http://www.009.cd2.com/index.htm

============

A petition to ask the Prime Minister to reopen the railway from Manchester
to Sheffield via the Woodhead Tunnel:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Woodhead/

One of the main threats to a possible reopening is that the National Grid
proposes to use the modern tunnel for cabling (there are cables in one of
the two Victorian tunnels at the moment).  So there is an additional
campaign for the Secretary of State for Transport to intervene and protect
this strategic route from non-rail use.  You can...

E-mail your MP asking them to sign the Early Day Motion (459).  Check
whether your MP has already signed here:
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=34592&SESSION=891

Send your MP a letter using this online form:
http://www.advocacyonline.net/eactivist/user/userC.jsp?15223&EXAMIN=1

Write to Ruth Kelly asking her to intervene immediately and protect this
route for the future.

More information is available from:
http://savethewoodheadtunnel.blogspot.com/

Coverage in the national press:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/11/transportintheuk.transportpolicy

============

A Thomas the Tank theme park:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article563997.ece

============

Good photographs and captions of the later years on the ferry service out
of Portsmouth:
http://daverowland.fotopic.net/c1356561.html

============

And finally...

Richard Buckby spotted this helpful guidance to the travelling public on
the Cross Country trains website:

Track improvements and maintenance are taking place from 00:01 on 01/01/08
to 05:00 on 03/01/08 between Aberdeen and Aberdeen.  Whilst work is taking
place, buses will replace trains between Aberdeen and Aberdeen via
Aberdeen.

And there I was planning a new year rail tour of Aberdeen...

============


IN THE NEWS

Train strikes lorry at crossing:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7171049.stm

Record passengers on London Underground:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7161528.stm

SVR reopening date (might be open from late Feb without publicity):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/7161102.stm

RMT strike ballot on First Great Western:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7161074.stm

First Great Western sell tickets for Boxing Day when no trains operating:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/england/devon/7161767.stm

Fire closes Birmingham International station Wed 2/1/08:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7167785.stm

Rugby and Liverpool Street engineering works over-run:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7167073.stm

Route reopens after railway chaos:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7169115.stm

Liverpool Street Christmas shut down:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7153570.stm

Early Day Motion about First Great Western by the MP for Stroud:
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=34687&SESSION=891

Highland sleeper problem:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7159038.stm

New loco for Derwent Valley Railway (Tasmania):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/15/2119758.htm?section=business

Level crossing accident in Tajikistan:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7159715.stm

EMAP changes (Publisher of Steam Railway and Steam World):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7156981.stm

Stagecoach bus stolen in Chichester on Christmas Day:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7160320.stm

Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps


TV and RADIO

06/01/08    Channel 4  1745-1845
             "Time Team"  Hidden mineshafts at Codnor Castle, Derbyshire

06/01/08    BBC2  1900-2000
             "Coast"  The Journey Continues 1/2

07/01/08    BBC Radio 4  1100-1130
             "Pilot"  Story of the ship's pilot

11/01/08    Five  1930-2000
             "Massive Speed"  Looks at the world's fastest machines

11/01/08    Five  2000-2100
             "Megastructures"  The Burj Al-Arab Hotel


EVENTS

For up-to-date information on many of the tours mentioned in RAILDATE (and
others) often with timings, see the Steam Tours pages at:
http://www.uksteam.info/index.shtml and also
http://railwayherald.co.uk/railtours/

All details are correct to the best of my knowledge.  No responsibility is
taken for inaccuracies or changes.

05/01/08    Marlow, Maidenhead & District MRC Exhibition
             Cox Green Community Centre, 51 Highfield Lane, Maindenhead
             1000-1700
             http://www.mmdmrc.org.uk

05/01/08    Kidderminster Railway Museum Winter Railway Photo Fair
             Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster
             Over 500,000 photographs for sale
             1000-1700
             http://www.krm.org.uk

05/01/08    Welsh Railway Research Circle and Abergavenny & Dist Steam Soc
             Exhibition The Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Rly 50 years
             after closure
             St Michael's Centre, Penypound, Abergavenny
             1200-1700 with talk between 1400 and 1600
             Related displays in the public library and shopping centre

05/01/08-   The South Wales Model Show
06/01/08    Rhonnda Fach Sports Centre, East St, Tylorstown, Rhonnda
             1100-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)

07/01/08    West Somerset Railway Taunton Group
             The Great Western Staff Association Club, Taunton Station
             Member's slides and photo competition
             Starts 1945
             http://www.wsra.org.uk

11/01/08    Purbeck Railway Circle: The Age of Steam at Home & Abroad
             Nick Lera shoes his latest DVDs
             Catholic Church hall, Rempstone Road, Swanage
             Starts 1930

12/01/08    National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield
             The Bowes Railway - Anthony Coulls, Curator, Locomotion - The
             National Railway Museum at Shildon
             Free admission
             Start at 1400 in the Conference Centre at the Museum
             Lasts 45 mins to 1 hour
             http://www.ncm.org.uk/

12/01/08-   Bognor Model Railway Exhibition
13/01/08

12/01/08-   Chiltern Model Railway Association Exhibition
13/01/08    Alban Arena, St Peter's Street, St Albans
             1000-1800 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun)

19/01/08    Astolat Model Railway Exhibition, Guildford

23/01/08    BFI Laing Film Collection Evening
             NFT Southbank, London
http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/rebuilding_britain_the_laing_film_collection

26/01/08-   Southampton Model Railway Society Exhibition
27/01/08    The Eastpoint Centre, Burgoyne Road, Thornhill, Southampton
             1030-1700 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun)
             http://smrs.hampshire.org.uk


Cheers, Howard.
editor at raildate.co.uk (spam-proofed)

Previous issues of RAILDATE are at: http://steam.to/raildate
This page includes a master catalogue of items that have appeared in
previous editions of RAILDATE.

(C) Howard Sprenger and Hursley Park Model Railway Society 2008.

The external edition of RAILDATE may be freely distributed without
permission as long as no changes whatsoever are made to the original
document distributed by the Editor.

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Groenlinks Rotterdam: Haal ov-chipkaart van de markt [2]

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* HACKER KRAAKT CODE OV-CHIPKAART *

Een mogelijk grote tegenslag voor de ov-chipkaart. Duitse hackers hebben
de geheime code van de chip gekraakt. Volgens Rop Gonggrijp,
initiatiefnemer van de actie tegen stemcomputers, is de huidige
chipkaarttechnologie niet meer te gebruiken. Dat zou een nieuwe
vertraging opleveren. Geheime code van ov-kaart ligt op straat [1],
Groenlinks Rotterdam: Haal ov-chipkaart van de markt [2]

[1] http://vedm.net/click2?l=LNRa2&m=tkjx&s=h9kE1
[2] http://vedm.net/click2?l=OXRa2&m=tkjx&s=h9kE1

In Eindhoven is het wel temerken want er rijden er een stuk minder

*English text below*

Dampfpilze am Rhein:
Regelgüterzüge mit bis zu 1600 Tonnen Last, 18. bis 23.02.2008

Abseits der Gewohnheiten des Revierdampf-Teams,

liebe Plandampferin, lieber Plandampfer,

bitten wir Sie zu einem nicht alltäglichen Plandampfereignis. Die
Unterschiede
zum "alltäglichen" Verfahren:

- Es findet kurzfristig statt, nämlich in der Woche vom 18. bis zum 23.
Februar
2008 (mo - sa vormittag).
- Es kostet 70,- Euro Solidarbeitrag, unabhängig davon, wie viele Tage Sie
teilnehmen möchten (Sie erhalten auf jeden Fall die Dampfpläne für alle
Tage).
- Es können nur Plandampfer teilnehmen, die sich bei uns bis spätestens bis
15.
Februar per E-Mail und erfolgreicher (!) Überweisung auf unser
Plandampfkonto
(s.u.) verbindlich anmelden.
- Es werden ausschließlich Plangüterzüge im Großraum Düsseldorf gefahren
(also
Plandampf pur!)
- Eingesetzt wird die 52 8154 des Eisenbahnmuseums Bayerischer Bahnhof zu
Leipzig e.V. (EMBB e.V.) mit rund 370 Last-km / Tag.
- Einfluss auf fotofreundliche Fahrzeiten (Sonnenstand usw.) haben wir nicht
(Regelzüge...)
- Die Unterlagen werden ausschließlich per E-Mail versandt.
- Die Teilnehmerunterlagen enthalten alle Dampfpläne und
Aufnahmepunkt-Highlights. Landkarten und sonstige für uns zeitaufwändige
Hilfen
sind dieses Mal leider nicht d'rin (sorry!).

Diese Einladung an Sie ergibt sich aus der Kontaktaufnahme des Lokführers
der
52.80 mit uns. Er, Alexander Schröter, hat das Projekt für die Lok seines
Vereins mit dem zuständigen EVU organisiert und alles in trockene Tücher
gewickelt, so dass Sie sich auf spektakulären Winter-Güterzugplandampf
freuen
können.

Unsere Bitte:

Unterstützen Sie diese aus unserer Sicht wertvolle und einzigartige
Initiative
als einen "Türöffer" in Sachen Güterzug-Plandampf in NRW. Das Geld dient
vollständig dem betriebsfähigen Erhalt der Lok, die Veranstaltung wird von
der
NHE bezahlt.

Hier die Anmeldedaten ( es gelten die Betriebsbedingungen des Veranstalters
Neusser Hafenbahn ):

Den Solidarbeitrag in Höhe von 70,- Euro überweisen Sie bitte auf das
nachstehende Konto ( Gegenleistung sind wie immer die Dampfumläufe ):

National:
Kreissparkasse Recklinghausen
BLZ 426 501 50
Kto-Nr. 41 46 346

International:
Kreissparkasse Recklinghausen
InternationalBankAccountNumber: DE 20 42650150 0004146346
SWIFT-BIC: WELADED1REK

Kontoinhaber: Wilfried Uhlich - Revierdampf-Team - Hirschberger Straße 36 -
45768 Marl

Bitte kündigen Sie Ihre Überweisung unbedingt per E-Mail (
  >plandampf@...< )
bei uns an und vergessen Sie bitte nicht, uns sowohl in dieser Mail als auch
auf
der Überweisung Ihre E-Mail-Adresse mitzuteilen. Sollen die
Teilnehmerunterlagen
von uns an eine andere als an Ihre Absender-Mailadresse versandt werden,
teilen
Sie uns bitte die gewünschte Empfänger-mailadresse mit. Der E-Mail-Versand
der
Teilnehmerunterlagen erfolgt spätestens am 15.02.08. Bitte stellen Sie
sicher,
dass Ihr Postkorb in dieser Zeit nicht zu voll ist.

Wir würden uns freuen, Dich / Sie vor Ort an der Strecke begrüßen zu können.
Bis
dahin,

Dein / Ihr
Revierdampf-Team und Alexander Schröter

************************************************

*English text*

Steam Clouds at the Rhine River

Scheduled freight trains, with loads up to 1600 tons, February 18 to 23 2008

Dear friends of Plandampf,
At conditions that differ from our usual practise, we invite you to a
special
Plandampf event. The differences are:
- the event is organised at short notice, and will happen from February 18
(Monday) to February 23 (Saturday noon).
- It costs 70 Euros, regardless of how many days you participate. You obtain
the
schedules for all days in any case.
- You are required to subscribe until February 15 by e-mail and successful
(!)
transfer of the participants fee to our Plandampf account (see below).
- The event features steam traction on scheduled freight trains in the
Duesseldorf area, nothing else (pure Plandampf!)
- The trains will be hauled by 52 8154 (2-10-0) from Eisenbahnmuseum
Bayerischer
Bahnhof zu Leipzig e.V. ( EMBB e.V. ), about 370 kilometers per day at
average.
- We don?t have an influence on schedules to make them perfect for
photographers
(angle of sun etc.). The  steam loco replaces a diesel and works the
everyday
diagram.
- The information brochure for participants will be distributed by E-mail
only
- The information brochure includes the schedules and some good photo
positions,
but no maps and other useful information because of the limited time for
preparations.

This invitation to Plandampf has been initiated by a contact of Alexander
Schroeter, driver of 52 8154, with the Revierdampf Team. He has arranged the
event with the local train operating company and settled all operational
issues,
so you can look forward to a spectacular winter Plandampf.

Our appeal: Please support  this unique and exciting project as a
?door-opener?
to freight Plandampf in North-Rhine Westfalia. The participant fees are
devoted
in full to the preservation of the class 52, while the Plandampf is funded
by
the local train operating company NHE.

Details for subscription:

The participant of 70 Euros should be transferred to the following bank
account
(in turn you obtain the schedules, as usual):

National:
Kreissparkasse Recklinghausen
BLZ 426 501 50
Kto-Nr. 41 46 346

international
Kreissparkasse Recklinghausen
InternationalBankAccountNumber: DE 20 42650150 0004146346
SWIFT-BIC: WELADED1REK

Owner of account: Wilfried Uhlich - Revierdampf-Team - Hirschberger Strasse
36 -
45768 Marl

Please announce your transfer by E-mail ( >plandampf@...< ) and do not
forget
to inform us with this E-mail and with the bank transfer on your E-mail
address.
If the information brochure should be mailed to a different E-mail address,
please do indicate this on your announcement. The distribution of the
information brochure by E-mail will happen on February 15 at latest. Please
make
sure that your in-box offers sufficient space at this time.

With your subscription you accept the conditions of the organiser Neusser
Hafenbahn.

We are looking forward to welcome you on location!

With best regards
Your Revierdampf-Team and Alexander Schroeter

************************************************


www.revierdampf.de

11 januari 2008 Nieuwsbrief NRC

========================================
OV-CHIP WORDT HOE DAN OOK GEKRAAKT

Informatici hebben geen vertrouwen in ov-chipkaart. "Ingebruikname van het
systeem had de prioriteit, veiligheid niet."

http://www.nrc.nl/binnenland/article890104.ece/OV-chip_wordt_hoe_dan_ook_gekraak\
t

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NETWATCH

============

Everything you want to know about track gauges:
http://parovoz.com/spravka/gauges-e.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_gauges

============

The LNER Encyclopedia:
http://www.lner.info

============

Goole Steam:
http://www.goole-steam.com/

============

A series of YouTube videos from 1966 showing Bury to Bacup:

Part 1: - Bury to Stubbins
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EwwRwXBvci0

Part 2: - Stubbins to Rawtenstall
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rBC_n78ea48

Part 3: Rawtenstall to Stacksteads
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZbxxQkj6Jg

Part 4: Stacksteads to Bacup
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RBWep9A41pw

The first 'train spotter'?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7179030.stm

Interesting article about George Jackson Churchward:
http://tinyurl.com/28vwtt

(Spotter: Richard Buckby)

============

Build Bulleid's locomotives in miniature:
http://www.bulleidlocos.org.uk/

============

Ralph Rawlinson informs me that a new BBC1 Northern Ireland documentary,
"Raising Steam", tells the story of the Downpatrick and Co Down Railway
Society's ambitions to restore part of the Belfast & County Down Railway.
It will be broadcast on BBC1 (NI) on Monday 14th January at 10.35pm.  For
those not in Northern Ireland and have Sky it is on Channel 973.

This is part of the BBC press release:

NEW DOCUMENTARY TRACKS CO DOWN'S GOLDEN AGE OF STEAM

More than 30 years after the line closed, the first train rolled into
Downpatrick station again on 4 December 1987. The return of the engine to
a ramshackle temporary platform was the culmination of years of work by a
group of enthusiastic volunteers. Today, the fully restored engines and
rolling stock attract hundreds of visitors to one of the finest examples
of its kind in Northern Ireland and the only example of a full-size
heritage railway there.  For more than a century, the railway network
served as a vital link for the communities in County Down stretching from
Queen's Quay in Belfast to Newcastle, Ardglass and Castlewellan before the
closure of much of the line from 1950 onwards.  The programme also uses
archive and never before broadcast archive and home footage to recall the
golden age of railways in Co Down. It also shows how the volunteers have
beautifully and faithfully carried out the painstaking restoration work as
well as the retrieval of the discarded rolling stock from farmers' fields
including the coach built for the royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of
York in 1897.

Also from Ralph...

Tettenhall station on the former GWR line between Kingswinford Jn and
Wolverhampton is being revamped:
http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/01/08/full-steam-ahead-on-station-revamp/

============

Gem model railways:
http://www.gemmodelrailways.co.uk/

A good supplier for 3mm scale model railways:
http://www.3smr.co.uk

Roxey Mouldings:
http://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/pricelist_4mmscaleaccessories.htm

============


IN THE NEWS

Level crossing accident involving DRS 37515 near Gleneagles (Loco en
route to Inverness for snow plough duties):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7171049.stm

WCML reopened on Friday (Rugby engineering works):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7169115.stm

Derailment at Hackney Downs, Sunday 6/1/08, Unit 315805:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7174618.stm

Attempt to derail a train near Caerphilly Saturday, 5/1/2008:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7173253.stm

Waverley route public debate:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7176469.stm

Shields Jn signalling over-run:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7176570.stm

Buxton - Matlock proposals turned down:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/3808847.stm

Beware of cloned registrations:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7178917.stm

Rail depot go-ahead follows deal (Wrexham & Shropshire Rly):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7180614.stm

Legal obstacles to Aln Valley Railway removed:
http://tinyurl.com/2zn63f

Proposed Germany - China container train service:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7180906.stm

Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps


TV and RADIO

12/01/08    BBC2  1300-1330
             "Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone"

12/01/08    BBC2  1910-2010
             "Coast"  East Anglia

14/01/08    Five  2100-2245
             "Derailed"  2002 movie - train crash, biological weapons

14/01/08    BBC1 (Northern Ireland)  2235-2315
             "Raising Steam"  See above

17/01/08    Five  1930-2000
             "How Do They Do It?"  The world's largest salt mine

18/01/08    Five  1930-2000
             "Massive Speed"  Hot rods

18/01/08    Five  2000-2100
             "Megastructures"  The Queen Mary 2


EVENTS

For up-to-date information on many of the tours mentioned in RAILDATE (and
others) often with timings, see the Steam Tours pages at:
http://www.uksteam.info/index.shtml and also
http://railwayherald.co.uk/railtours/

All details are correct to the best of my knowledge.  No responsibility is
taken for inaccuracies or changes.

12/01/08    National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield
             The Bowes Railway - Anthony Coulls, Curator, Locomotion - The
             National Railway Museum at Shildon
             Free admission
             Start at 1400 in the Conference Centre at the Museum
             Lasts 45 mins to 1 hour
             http://www.ncm.org.uk/

12/01/08-   Bognor Model Railway Exhibition
13/01/08

12/01/08-   Chiltern Model Railway Association Exhibition
13/01/08    Alban Arena, St Peter's Street, St Albans
             1000-1800 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun)

19/01/08    Astolat Model Railway Exhibition, Guildford

23/01/08    BFI Laing Film Collection Evening
             NFT Southbank, London
http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/rebuilding_britain_the_laing_film_collection

26/01/08-   Southampton Model Railway Society Exhibition
27/01/08    The Eastpoint Centre, Burgoyne Road, Thornhill, Southampton
             Due to a loss of one of the gyms part of the exhibition will
             be on the first floor - there are staircases and a small lift
             1030-1700 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun)
             http://smrs.hampshire.org.uk


Cheers, Howard.
editor at raildate.co.uk (spam-proofed)

Previous issues of RAILDATE are at: http://steam.to/raildate
This page includes a master catalogue of items that have appeared in
previous editions of RAILDATE.

(C) Howard Sprenger and Hursley Park Model Railway Society 2008.

The external edition of RAILDATE may be freely distributed without
permission as long as no changes whatsoever are made to the original
document distributed by the Editor.

Ik heb nog twee Kruidvat-dagkaarten over, te gebruiken t/m 27-1-2008 (9,95
Euro per stuk) plus 2 bijpassende overgangskaarten 2-->1 dagkaart (deze
laatste tegen leuk bod). Stuur een mailtje naar mijn privéadres bij
interesse. Dagkaarten te gebruiken op het gehele spoorwegnet, NS en andere
vervoerders. Verzending kan binnen een dag.

Patrick Meeder
patrick.meeder@...

Success is a journey, not a destination. So stop running.

Zojuist is de JANUARI-editie van "Het Openbaar Vervoer - RAILNIEUWS" online
gezet.

Deze digitale nieuwskrant kan vanaf heden GRATIS gedownload worden vanaf de
website www.hov-rn.nl

----- Original Message -----

From: nico spilt

To: langsderails@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 5:10 PM

Subject: [langsderails] "OV-chip wordt hoe dan ook gekraakt"

11 januari 2008 Nieuwsbrief NRC

========================================
OV-CHIP WORDT HOE DAN OOK GEKRAAKT

Informatici hebben geen vertrouwen in ov-chipkaart. "Ingebruikname van het
systeem had de prioriteit, veiligheid niet."

http://www.nrc.nl/binnenland/article890104.ece/OV-chip_wordt_hoe_dan_ook_gekraakt

> 2 jaar geleden kreeg ik een OV-chipkaart van mijn werkgever.
> Ben blij dat ik die heb gedoneerd aan een verzamelaar. .. ..
> Want die Nijmeegse hackers denken dat ik nu ergens in de omgeving Utrecht
> rondrijd. Haha
> Gerard van den Broek

Het team van Langs de rails besteedt binnenkort aandacht aan dit onderwerp
;-)

Lijstgenoten,

  Radio 1 besteed om 13.00u in het discussieprogramma Stand.nl aandacht aan de OV
Chipkaart.

  zie verder
  http://www.stand.nl/

  Groeten,
  Nico Lollinga

De OV-chipkaart voor enkele reizen levert ook het nodige op.
groet, rob
http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article494804.ece/Student_kraakt_vernieuwde_\
ov-chipkaart_voor_enkeltjes

Lijstgenoten,

Vanmiddag trof ik rond de klok van 1400 op spoor 1 van Gv een drietal
werktreinen van Volker aan. Respectievelijk de 203-3, 203-2 en de 203-4
stonden fris geschoren, geknipt en gewassen met schoorsteen vóór, te
pronken met een aantal werktreinen.
De recentelijk ontwikkelde werk-veilig-door-binnen-de-contouren-van-de
huif-terwijl-het nevenliggendspoor-in-bedrijf-blijft-waggons stonden
centraal, zo bevestigde de huisfotograaf van dienst.
Later deze middag zou Minister Eurlings een bezoek brengen aan de Expo.
Dus als het allemaal goed gegaan is weet hij nu alles van het
aandraaimoment van kraagbouten en op welke wijze later dit jaar in de
omgeving Ut de ES-lassen vervangen zullen kunnen gaan worden.
Het is mij niet bekend of ook de vaste-kamercommissie genodigd was.

Mooi verhaal. Vind het nog steeds een goed ID, de invoering van één
chipkaart, alleen.. . .de uitvoering.
Mijn stokpaardje: Teveel marketing; te weinig techneuten.

Twee vragen:
1. waarom hebben hackers de Hongkongse chipkaart nog niet gekraakt?
    (of misschien wel, maar dat horen we dus niet).
2. waarom ontwikkelt TLS zelf een kaart terwijl je het format zou
hebben kunnen kopen?

PS
in de Rotterdamse metro zie je nog steeds de
reclamekreten: "Binnekort alleen toegang met OV-chipkaart". Ik ga d'r
vanuit dat Pedro Peters die vóór de zomer met het schaamrood op zijn
kaken zelf gaat weghalen. Alleen zet ik daar geen krat bier op in.



--- In langsderails@yahoogroups.com, "nico spilt" <nico.spilt@...>
wrote:
>
> OV-chipkaart en poortjes
> "Gemakkelijk en veilig reizen met NS". Videofilm uit juni 2004,
waarin ons werd voorgespiegeld dat we in 2007 met de chipkaart door
heel Nederland zouden kunnen reizen. Het liep allemaal wat anders...
>
> Bekijk deze film op YouTube (4 minuten).
>

RAILDATE: the weekly newsletter of the Hursley Park Model Railway Society:
http://www.ibmhursleyclub.org.uk/ss/hpmrs/


NETWATCH

============

Meridian TV has made a series on closed railway lines in the south titled
"Along These Lines".  Screening begins on Thursday 7th February 2008 at
7.30pm on ITV1.  The lines to be featured are:

- The Meon Valley Railway
- The Somerset & Dorset Railway (within Dorset)
- Paddock Wood to Hawkhurst
- The Longmoor Military Railway
- The Test Valley Line (Romsey to Andover)
- The East Kent Railway
- Castleman's Corkscrew (Brockenhurst-Ringwood-Hamworthy)
- The Isle of Wight

If you are not in the Meridian ITV region, but have Sky, you can manually
add Meridian to your digibox:
- Bring up the Services menu and choose option 4 "System Setup", then
option 4 again "Add Channels".
- Type in the frequency "10891H", symbol rate "22.0" and FEC "5/6".
- Choose "Find Channels" and the list of channels being broadcast by that
transponder appears.
- Highlight the name and press the yellow button for all the ones you want
to add to your list.
- Press the "Select" button to save your choices - your selected channels
are now be available under the "Other Channels" option on the "Services"
menu.

You can save up to 50 channels in this way.  All regional variations are
available, for details, go to:
http://www.wildsat.com/astra.htm

============

Meanwhile, for those who were unable to watch or record "Raising Steam",
the story of the Downpatrick and Co Down Railway shown in Northern Ireland
last Monday, it is now available (presumably until 22:35 Monday 21st
January) as a streamed programme on the new BBC iPlayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/tv/
(Spotter: Ralph Rawlinson)

============

If you are thinking of visiting Leicester University Library to look at
their excellent collection of transport books, Victorian and Edwardian
periodicals and journals, it is currently undergoing a major refurbishment
which is not expected to be completed until Spring 2008.  While building
work is being carried out there is no access to the lower ground floor
which houses the large railway collection including periodicals such as
Railway Times, Railway News, Railway Gazette, The Engineer, the LMS
Magazine, the Proceedings of the Institutions of Railway Signal Engineers,
Mechanical Engineers, Civil Engineers, and Electrical Engineers, plus
original copies of Board of Trade accident reports.  These will remain out
of reach until the library reopens.  Other railway related books
previously kept on upper floors appear to have been moved to a temporary
location but are still accessible.  Access to this library by "External
Readers" (which applies to most people) is still thought to be free, but
you require a Readers Ticket.
(Spotter: Tony Overton)

============

The Neville Stead collection:
http://steamingback.fotopic.net/

============

Diesel photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7600438@N08/

============

Some details of Bisley Camp branch are on these sites:
http://www.basingstoke-canal.org.uk/brbis.htm
http://www.army.mod.uk/rlc/units/25_regt/regimental_hq/blackdown_history.htm

============

A recently-launched a Yahoo! Discussion Group about all things "Wickham".
The Group is for all Owners and all those interested in all aspects of
railway vehicles manufactured by D Wickham & Co Ltd of Ware
(Hertfordshire, UK), Wickham Rail Ltd of Suckley (Worcestershire, UK) and
Wickham Rail Cars of Goodyear (Arizona, USA):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WickhamofWare

More Wickham links:
http://www.LlangollenRailcars.com
http://roy-hennefer.fotopic.net/

============

Images of England - a "point in time" photographic library of England?s
listed buildings, recorded at the turn of the 21st century:
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk

============

The 2008 edition of Passenger Trains Over Unusual Lines (PSUL) is at:
http://www.avoe05.dsl.pipex.com/2008.htm
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)

============

An eclectic website with interesting links:
http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/

Includes this gem amongst other things:
http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/odveloc1.Html

============

Perseverance and Westward kits:
http://www.cparrish.dircon.co.uk/Loco.htm

============

Station signs for model railways:
http://www.stationsigns.co.uk/

============

Museumstoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik (English text available):
http://www.museumstoomtram.nl/

============

And finally...

The limited edition of 500 prototype Deltic models produced by Bachmann
for the National Railway Museum sold out within eight days at £140 a time!
Good news if you missed out though - a further 2500 "limited editions" are
to be produced...

============


IN THE NEWS

Sat-nav puts driver on rail line:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7193884.stm

Shrewsbury station improvements:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7191085.stm

Minor collisions Glasgow Central:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7192500.stm

Rail chaos after cabling stolen:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7184010.stm

Job vacancy at York:
http://tinyurl.com/389z3q

Save Woodhead tunnel:
http://tinyurl.com/35xydd

Possible GCR reopening...?
http://tinyurl.com/2eke3e

Polish teen hacks tram network:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/11/tram_hack/

Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Mike Morant, Richard Walker,
Nick Wheat


TV and RADIO

20/01/08    BBC1  1100-1200
             "Countryfile"  Visits Winsford rock salt mine

21/01/08    BBC2  1900-1930
             "The Great War in Colour: the Wonderful World of Albert Kahn"

24/01/08    Five  1930-2000
             "How Do They Do It?"  Demolition, big cranes and light bulbs

25/01/08    ITV1  2000-2030
             "The Great Drain Robbery"  How thieves pillage utilities

25/01/08    Five  1930-2000
             "Massive Speed"  Record-breaking trains

25/01/08    Five  2000-2100
             "Megastructures"  Dubai's world map


EVENTS

For up-to-date information on many of the tours mentioned in RAILDATE (and
others) often with timings, see the Steam Tours pages at:
http://www.uksteam.info/index.shtml and also
http://railwayherald.co.uk/railtours/

All details are correct to the best of my knowledge.  No responsibility is
taken for inaccuracies or changes.

19/01/08    Astolat Model Railway Exhibition, Guildford

23/01/08    BFI Laing Film Collection Evening
             NFT Southbank, London
http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/rebuilding_britain_the_laing_film_collection

26/01/08-   Southampton Model Railway Society Exhibition
27/01/08    The Eastpoint Centre, Burgoyne Road, Thornhill, Southampton
             Due to a loss of one of the gyms part of the exhibition will
             be on the first floor - there are staircases and a small lift
             1030-1700 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun)
             http://smrs.hampshire.org.uk

26/01/08    Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning
             Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the Railways in South Wales
             A talk: Brunel's Railways in South Wales
             Senghennydd Road, Cardiff, CF24 4AG
             1100-1300
             Admission: £12.00

02/02/08-   Alton Model Railway Group Febex 2007
03/02/08    Eggars School, Alton, Hants
             1030-1700 both days
             Free preserved bus service from station and town centre
             http://altonmrg.co.uk/febex

03/02/08    Romsey Signal Box Open Day
             Admission free (donations welcome!)
             1000-1600
             Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey
             Car park in school grounds
             http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk

02/02/08    Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning
             Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the Railways in South Wales
             A talk: Coal is King: Brunel and the Coal Industry
             Senghennydd Road, Cardiff, CF24 4AG
             1100-1300
             Admission: £12.00

04/02/08    West Somerset Railway Taunton Group
             The Great Western Staff Association Club, Taunton Station
             WSR - My Perspective with Ian Coleby
             Starts 1945
             http://www.wsra.org.uk


Cheers, Howard.
editor at raildate.co.uk (spam-proofed)

Previous issues of RAILDATE are at: http://steam.to/raildate
This page includes a master catalogue of items that have appeared in
previous editions of RAILDATE.

(C) Howard Sprenger and Hursley Park Model Railway Society 2008.

The external edition of RAILDATE may be freely distributed without
permission as long as no changes whatsoever are made to the original
document distributed by the Editor.

Kan dezre spam niet van de lijst worden verannen?

Greetz Ruud

----- Original Message -----
From: "matchbazfriends" <matchbazfriends@...>
To: <langsderails@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:24 AM
Subject: [langsderails] You have received a NEW friend request!


> You have received a NEW friend request! Check this request here:
> http://matchasjfriends.googlepages.com/myfriend.htm
>
>
>
>
>
> Nieuwe meldingen en opmerkingen zijn altijd welkom. Weet je een leuke rit,
> deel die informatie dan met anderen. Tegen anonieme bijdragen is geen
> bezwaar. Namen van tipgevers maak ik nooit bekend. Voor meer informatie
> zie http://www.nicospilt.com/agenda
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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Of we dumpen Yahho, en gaan op een forum verder, zoals het gratis
www.yourbb.nl Gratis, en met een minuma aan reclame......

Ikzelf beheer bij de SGB een dergelijk (intern) forum (versie 3), en die
werkt perfect.

Ralph.


-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: langsderails@yahoogroups.com [mailto:langsderails@yahoogroups.com]
Namens R.Maijer
Verzonden: zondag 20 januari 2008 12:27
Aan: langsderails@yahoogroups.com
Onderwerp: Re: [langsderails] You have received a NEW friend request!

Kan dezre spam niet van de lijst worden verannen?

Greetz Ruud

----- Original Message -----
From: "matchbazfriends" <matchbazfriends@...>
To: <langsderails@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:24 AM
Subject: [langsderails] You have received a NEW friend request!


> You have received a NEW friend request! Check this request here:
> http://matchasjfriends.googlepages.com/myfriend.htm
>
>
>
>
>
> Nieuwe meldingen en opmerkingen zijn altijd welkom. Weet je een leuke rit,

> deel die informatie dan met anderen. Tegen anonieme bijdragen is geen
> bezwaar. Namen van tipgevers maak ik nooit bekend. Voor meer informatie
> zie http://www.nicospilt.com/agenda
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1233 - Release Date: 19-1-2008

> 18:37
>
>



Nieuwe meldingen en opmerkingen zijn altijd welkom. Weet je een leuke rit,
deel die informatie dan met anderen. Tegen anonieme bijdragen is geen
bezwaar. Namen van tipgevers maak ik nooit bekend. Voor meer informatie zie
http://www.nicospilt.com/agenda

Yahoo! Groups Links

Ik heb de instellingen van dit forum gewijzigd. Nieuwe leden kunnen pas
actief worden nadat hun aanmelding door mij is goedgekeurd. Dat zal ze
leren, die lelijke spammers!

Over spam gesproken: http://www.nicospilt.com/bulleid-pacifics.htm

Nico,
Donders vervelend dat je deze activiteit gaat/moet doen om het forum
fatsoenlijk te houden. En ...
Er van uitgaande dat je vanmorgen om 11:40 ook met je camera klaarstond
in je achtertuin om de 189 065 vast te leggen; is het wel extra balen.
groet, rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nico Spilt" <nico.spilt@...>
To: <langsderails@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 17:17
Subject: [langsderails] Re: You have received a NEW friend request!


> Ik heb de instellingen van dit forum gewijzigd. Nieuwe leden kunnen pas
> actief worden nadat hun aanmelding door mij is goedgekeurd. Dat zal ze
> leren, die lelijke spammers!
>
> Over spam gesproken: http://www.nicospilt.com/bulleid-pacifics.htm
>
>


Hallo allemaal,

Deze vorm van spam is typisch probleem bij Yahoogroups, spam-bots zoeken
naar groepen die zonder verdere restricties toegankelijk zijn voor
aanmelding. De groepen die ik zelf beheer bij Yahoogroups zijn daarom ook
allemaal restrictief toegankelijk, dat werkt overigens verder uitstekend:
sinds die instelling bij mij van kracht is krijg ik niet eens meer verzoeken
om deel te mogen nemen door spam-bots. Wellicht scheelt het dat ik ook
verlang dat nieuwe leden een korte motivatie mee moeten sturen, ook dat kun
je instellen bij Yahoogroups. Spam-bots sturen dergelijke motivaties niet
automatisch mee, zo slim zijn ze meestal niet... Jammer dat het nodig is.

Groet
IJsbrant