CAS Weekly 10/08/15

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Modelling

Southern Railway Region modelling news: from GrahamMuz.
3mm show in Wells: sometimes words are not needed…

UK Rail

As London deals with another Tube Strike, Geoff Marshall ask what it would be like if the Tube was on strike permanently… I don’t like this alternative world.
Engineering work commences on the Victoria Line, closing part of the line for nearly a month. But why are the works so important and why do they necessitate the full closure?
Eurostar to start rolling out new Class 374’s.
New Podcast launched, UndergrndLondon dedicated to Tube commuters.
New TOC, GNWR, to rival Virgin up the West Coast.
Great Northern bunks up with Northern Rail.
Although all that Franchising might be for nothing – British Rail Comeback?
Remember the freight derailment that looked like a model? It’s going to take a while to clean up…
Woops… “Waltamstow” TfL Contractors do it again…
It turns out the Waterloo & City Line is an introvert…
First Great Western staff are to strike over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Carlisle gets a roof upgrade…
…whilst Manchester Victoria’s transformation is nearly complete.
LocoYard ponders HSTs v Pannier Tanks at the South Devon Railway.
Mid Hants Railway complete restoration of 1947 Bulleid brake coach.
Southgate Station: A wonderful study of Art-Deco design by TheBeautyOfTransport.

World Rail

Horrific scenes as trains collide passing over flooded river in India.
The Londonist put the Underground and the Tokyo Metro to battle.

From The CAS Team

Edward has been investigating the mothballed Oxcroft Coal Disposal Point.
Gallery: Nottingham Victoria’s Final Years.

Compiled by Edward Kendall & Andy Carter

CAS Weekly 04/08/15

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Modelling

Bachmann release an engineering sample of their new Wickham Trolley units.
Rare OO Gauge stock goes on auction.
ESNGBlog ponders urban railway modelling.

UK Rail

This weeks Tube Strike WILL be on as unions reject pay offer claiming it is a “re-hash of the previous deal.”

NOTE: As last time, All tube services will start winding down from 6:30pm tomorrow (Wednesday 5th) and will not re-open again until Friday morning (7th). DLR, Overground & National Rail services will not be affected.
The “Bermondsey Diveunder” Where is it? What is it for? How Will it help us?
People in Reading appear to be having difficulties with Escalators.
Arup win contract to help reinstate the Portishead Line.
Time for First Great Western HST’s is nearly up…
…whilst the new stock for Thameslink – The Class 700 – arrives in the UK for testing…
…and Abellio are to refurbish the Class 321’s.
Funding boost for Great Central Railway’s heritage centre.
LocoYard go under a Q1.
Locksands Life reminisces about Train Spotting.

From The CAS Team

Woodford Wells: Layout Update 2 is here!
Nottingham Victoria – was it right for demolition? Edward ponders…

Compiled by Edward Kendal & Andy Carter

CAS Weekly 29/07/15

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The delayed CAS Weekly has finally arrived!

Modelling

Grasslands on Converting a Class 04 into a Tramway shunter.
ESNGBlog ponder on some of The Internet’s reviews and comments at Exhibitions.

UK Rail

Sad news as the owner of Britain’s smallest railway museum, John Rathmell, dies at the age of 63.
The talks to avert the next round of Tube Strikes is going badly with fresh accusations that TfL are not maintaining their trains to proper safety standards.
The government announcent that electrification of the TransPennine Route would be shelved/delayed… yet work is continuing anyway…
Southern and GatEx join Great Northern and Thameslink to become UK’s biggest franchise… Hmm, I’d say that’s starting to look a lot like Network SouthEast.
ER20 Locos coming to the UK.
The Eurostar 373 units get an interior make-over.
On board catering. Is it dead?
Essex heritage line saved from the axe.
1970’s London Underground seriel killer – truth or urban myth?
Geoff Marshall has been inside some more Crossrail. This time Farringdon.
Preserving steam and diesel locomotives is all well and good but what about those neglected wagons?
What’s the new Hackney Overground interchange like?

From The CAS Team

An interesting report from Edward detailing the proposed Strategic Rail Freight Interchange in the East Midlands.

– Compiled by Edward Kendall & Andy Carter

CAS Weekly 20/07/15

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Modelling

Friend of mine, @RobinTheFog pays tribute to Bob Symes, broadcaster and model railway enthusiast.
A word on airbrushes.
Bachmann celebrate the Great British Summer as the release ‘The Shakespeare Express.’

UK Rail

End of the line for Network Rail?
HS2 to share tracks with HS3…. iiiiiffff the former ever gets built in the first place…
Paddington to get lick of paint.
Franchising is about to get a whole lot more complicated…
Consultation to begin on proposed Windsor rail link.
Passenger growth on The Hayes Line.
You can now go contactless with your iPhone on the Tube and other London Rail services.
First look at the new IEP (or Class 800) trains that will replace the HSTs.
150 need to know interesting facts about The London Underground.
The report on “How To Solve A Problem Like Dawlish” is due in November. It will detail options of avoiding last year’s storm related damage and shut down.
Want to buy an old railway station? Of course you do.
Help save the Colne Valley Railway.

From The CAS Team

Check out Edward’s gallery of unearthed Nottingham Stations.
And discover what connects The Headstone Viaduct with The Liver Building.
Woodford Wells construction is coming along nicely (picture above), an update is coming soon!

CAS Weekly 12/07/15

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Modelling

A word on how Hornby design their packaging.
Production Samples of the new Bachmann Class 43 warships.
You may have heard that you’ll shortly be able to pick up your groceries at London Underground stations, but what about model trains as well?
There must be something in the water, or rather the wall, as two articles surface this week on scale brickwork from grahammuz and Prince Street.
Ontario in HO continues to make the track itself the focus of a layout.

UK Rail

If you live in London you might have noticed that there was a strike, but do consider the other side of the story.
If there is another strike, The Poke have the official advice on how to survive a day without the Underground.
If stayed in the pub late to avoid the bus-rush, perhaps next time you’ll want to follow INNside Track, the blog that’s finding the best pubs near every tube station. (Or the longest Pub Crawl in London!).
The final push to complete the revamped Birmingham New Street.
Bure Valley Railway celebrates it’s 25th anniversary…
…whilst the Peterborough Society of Model Engineers are still looking for a new home for their miniature line.
Farewell to 1638.
How to make your own tube-related paraphernalia. Sort of.
The Forth Bridge becomes World Heritage Site.
Freight to return to Settle-Carlise link.
It’s London Inheritance’s turn to journey into Charing Cross’ hidden tunnels.

World Rail

Monet – The Railway Enthusiast by The Beauty Of Transport.
What’s the longest possible journey you can take on the NYC Subway?
…and if you find yourself in New York check out the Railroad Landscapes exhibition at the New York Transit Museum.

From The CAS Team

Edward explores Nottingham’s Lost Railways…
…and the History of Toton Sidings.

Compiled by Edward Kendal and Andy Carter

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