Railtours and Specials (Part 2)

HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation. Presenter: John Day. Following on from the May 2023 presentation “Railtours, Specials and Unusual Workings” this second presentation, on the same theme, looks at archive material that didn’t make the cut last time plus additional new material. A lot seems to have happened in the last year…

The History of the 125 High Speed Train 1975-2023

HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Richard Morris. The Inter City 125 High Speed Trains were introduced to the Great British public in 1975 after the Advanced Passenger Train project stalled a bit. The HSTs were intended to be a stop-gap, but ended up forming the core Inter City fleet for Britain's…

A Further Western European Miscellany

HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Rob Freeman. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30