On Shed July 2012 Edition

On Shed July 2012 Edition

"Preserving the steam locomotive legacy..and more..on film"

July 2012 Edition

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Caledonian 0-6-0 no 828 with a short freight between Llangollen and Glyndyfrdwy  21-04-12
(C) Rob Walton


Contents:Welcome, and site news...
Steam Tube Video Highlights
Steam Tube Photo Highlights
Railfest 2012- An Appreciation (TFC)
Tornado- The Story Continues
On This Day - July in Years Gone By....
UK Heritage Lines News
New Build News(VSLC & V499 Project)
From Christian Wolmar....
Around The World in 80 Railways. No. 24. Kalka Shimla Railway


Contents:Welcome, and site news...
Welcome to this July 2012 edition of  "On Shed"- Steam Tubes monthly magazine.
And a special welcome to our new members, bringing toal membership to 1,064.
We hope you like what you find here, and that you will feel free to add to our growiing archive of steam photos and videos from wherever you are in the world!
Steam Tube is The Home of Steam on the Net!

This last month has been especially noteworthy, what with Railfest 2012, and the Diamond Jubilee with 6201 Princess Elizabeth getting an understated (in the regular press, anyway) starring role in starting off the river pageant in appalling weather. Take a look through the images on show here and on Steam Tube.

As ever, we thank all those contributors who have made Steam Tube what it is- The Home of Steam on the Net!

The summer holidays (!!) and the Olympics may well be something of a distraction over the next few weeks..but keep dropping in to Steam Tube to keep up with whats happening at heritage lines up and down the country (UK)...and elsewhere around the world..and mainline steam action too.

And if the latest railway news is your particular interest, then The Railway Chronicle  is for you!

In addition, Steam Tube is available on  Facebook  and Twitter

So, lets get going.................

Steam Tube Video Highlights (4,176 in Steam Tube Library)









On Board The Citadel Express-with LMS 46233 on 26th May 2012(Stephen G Thompson)

 

Steam Tube Photo Highlights (21,864 in Steam Tube Library)







Railfest 2012- An Appreciation (TFC)

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Tornado- The Story Continues



On This Day - July in Years Gone By....

01/07/1904        The GWR introduces the London Paddington to Penzance expresswhich becomes known as the Cornish Riviera Express.

01/07/1908       Public inauguration of Midland Railways Lancaster-Morecambe-Heysham electrification system.

03/07/38          “Mallard” Gresley A4…set new world record speed of 126 mph over 300 yards near Peterborough,(Driver Duddington, Fireman Bray from Doncaster) Over 5 miles maintained an average of 120 mph.

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04/07/1881       Darjeeling Himalayan Railway opened throughout to Darjeeling.

05/07/1931      Bournemouth Belle  all Pullman service introduced.

05/07/32          The first main-line electric express runs from London Bridge station to Three Bridges in Sussex

05/07/37          UK: The “Coronation Scot” breaks record  from London to Edinburgh.

06/07/1978      1978: Eleven die in sleeper train inferno .Eleven people have been killed and seventeen injured in a blaze on the Penzance-to-Paddington sleeper train.

Early reports suggest that the fire was started by a discarded cigarette or an electrical fault near one of the top bunks in a second-class compartment.

An attendant pulled the emergency cord on the 2130 from Penzance and the train stopped, half a mile from its next scheduled halt at Taunton, Somerset at 0248 BST (0148 GMT).

08/07/59          British Rail given the go ahead to raise fares by 50%

15/07/07          Munich: Experimental train reported to average 81 mph and reaching 98mph maximum

15/07/1913       Opening of the Bern-Lotschberg-Simplon railway in Switzerland, including the 14.6 km (9 mi) Lotschberg Tunnel.

16/07/1927       Opening of Romney,Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. (8.25 mi (13 km) of 15 in (381 mm) guage.

19/07/1931       Sudbury Town Station on the Piccadilly line opens as rebuilt by Charles Holden, the first of his iconic modern designs for the network

19/07/00          Paris Metropolitain (or metro underground system) opens.

19/07/1926      Atlantic Coast Express introduced. Leaves Waterloo at 11am for Devon and Cornwall destinations.

20/07/1874      The Somerset and Dorset Railway opened their northern extension from Evercreech Junction to Bath , to a junction with the Midland Railway half a mile from Bath station.

21/07/1904       The Trans-Siberian Railway is completed

28/07/1914        Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits announces that due to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria this day at Sarajevo, the Orient Express will terminate in Bucharest and not go on to Constantinople.

On Shed July 2012 Edition