Cheltenham Branch – Going Down Under
Branch stalwart Stewart Blencowe brings a presentation of his travels to Australia
Branch stalwart Stewart Blencowe brings a presentation of his travels to Australia
Society President Canon Brian Arman brings us the story of the Great Western Railway's top link locomotives - all built in Swindon, of course.
Stewart Jolly travels up the M5 to bring us views of former Midland Railway areas in the BR blue era. The presentation covers locations in Yorkshire and the East Midlands, mainly in the 1980s with a few images from the early 1990s, all ‘modern traction’ as it was at the time.
Tom Ingall is our presenter for this evening's topic of the Reunification of the Great Central Railway. The older GCR heritage railway runs between Leicester and Loughborough, and the more recent GCR(N) runs between Loughborough Junction (just to the north of the Midland Main Line) and Ruddington. The two elements are tantalisingly close to each…