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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260908T193000
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Branch - "The North Eastern Railway and the Beginnings of the East Coast Main Line" by Ray Schofield
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/cambridge-branch-the-north-eastern-railway-and-the-beginnings-of-the-east-coast-main-line-by-ray-schofield/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,CBR Cambridge,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T220000
DTSTAMP:20260307T180556Z
CREATED:20250617T164833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T180556Z
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SUMMARY:"Rail Days in Humberside and North Lincolnshire" by Dick Crane
DESCRIPTION:Humberside and North Lincolnshire are often overlooked as major locations of interesting rail activity. We set this straight at our May meeting as Dick Crane closes the 25/26 season with a look at the past and present rail scene in this part of the network.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/rail-days-in-humberside-and-north-lincolnshire-by-dick-crane/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260414T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260414T220000
DTSTAMP:20260307T180041Z
CREATED:20250617T164636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T180041Z
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SUMMARY:"The Soham Disaster" by Richard Munns
DESCRIPTION:Following his highly successful talk on the railways of March in last year’s programme\, local railway historian Richard Munns pays another very welcome visit to the Branch to take us through the infamous accident at Soham on June 2nd 1944.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-soham-disaster-by-richard-munns/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T220000
DTSTAMP:20260122T073044Z
CREATED:20250617T164216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T073044Z
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SUMMARY:"1972 – That Was The Year That Was" by Geoff Plumb
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Geoff Plumb again for more of his many days out around and about\, including UK scenes in Brighton\, Bristol and the London area\, among others. West Germany features quite strongly\, and the main event sees a visit to South Africa\, Swaziland and Mozambique for a feast of steam\, in repose and in action! A great evening not to be missed!
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/1972-that-was-the-year-that-was-by-geoff-plumb/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260210T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260210T220000
DTSTAMP:20260122T073142Z
CREATED:20260121T220724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T073142Z
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SUMMARY:"A Trip Around a Virtual M25 in the 1960s\, 70s and 80s" by David Cross
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome David Cross back to the Cambridge Branch on February 10th\, when he will present a selection of his late father Derek Cross’s slides from the outer suburbs of London\, following the geography of the current M25 motorway. \nAll images are in colour and the excellence of Derek’s photography combined with the commentary from David will give a memorable evening encompassing everyone’s railway allegiances!
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/a-trip-around-a-virtual-m25-in-the-1960s-70s-and-80s-by-david-cross/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260113T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260113T220000
DTSTAMP:20260105T184113Z
CREATED:20250617T163419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T184113Z
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SUMMARY:"Bilston and Wolverhampton from Steam Days to Tramway" by Michael Smyth
DESCRIPTION:Wolverhampton was served by two mainlines\, the ex GWR route from Paddington and the ex LMS route from Euston.  BR’s investment in the 1960s was focused entirely on the ex LMS route\, and once the full electric service to Euston began in March 1967 the GWR route to Birmingham went into terminal decline and closed on the 4th March 1972. However\, Snow Hill station was re-opened in 1987 and the former GWR trackbed to Wolverhampton has been converted into a tram route\, which opened in 1999. \nThis presentation starts in the early 1960s when steam was still predominant on both routes\,  through the years of transition to diesel and electric traction\, and the many years of change from the 1970s through to the present day.  It also illustrates how the area\, especially around Bilston\, Wolverhampton\, was once a heartland of manufacturing industry all of which has now vanished.  A presentation created by two of our members Mike Page and Michael Smyth\, both of who once worked at same large factory in Bilston.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/bilston-and-wolverhampton-from-steam-days-to-tramway-by-mike-page-and-michael-smyth/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251209T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251209T220000
DTSTAMP:20251201T185844Z
CREATED:20250617T163050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T185844Z
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SUMMARY:AGM and Members' Photographs
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 9thDecember is our AGM\, followed my Members’ Photographs. \nThe Agenda for the AGM can be found here and the Chairman’s Report is here.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/agm-and-members-photographs/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T220000
DTSTAMP:20251108T194603Z
CREATED:20250617T162836Z
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SUMMARY:"Modern Railway Signalling" by Clive Feather
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday November 11th 2025 we are delighted to welcome Clive Feather who will take us through some of the marvels of modern railway signalling and its development over several decades. This is sure to be a fantastic evening\, that will give many insights into an aspect of railway operation that can be quite difficult to see at first hand in power boxes and regional operating centres.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/modern-railway-signalling-by-clive-feather/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T220000
DTSTAMP:20250902T194954Z
CREATED:20250617T162700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T194954Z
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SUMMARY:"Cross-London Freights and Steam Specials 2005 to 2025" by Tony Roberts
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 14th October we welcome Tony Roberts who will give a presentation on the different routes taken by freight trains and steam specials to cross London. This will be a video presentation\, focusing on important junctions\, and is guaranteed to expand everyone’s knowledge of the capital’s rail network!
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/cross-london-freights-and-steam-specials-2005-to-2025-by-tony-roberts/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250909T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250909T220000
DTSTAMP:20250902T195253Z
CREATED:20250617T162218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T195253Z
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SUMMARY:"The North Eastern Railway and the Beginnings of the East Coast Mainline" by Raymond Schofield
DESCRIPTION:Our 2025/26 season opens with a much-anticipated visit from Raymond Schofield who will take us through the history of the East Coast Main Line. The North-East of England was at the forefront of railway growth\, starting some 300 years ago with colliery lines delivering coal to staithes on the Tyne and Tees. Early passenger lines followed and by 1840 York\, the ‘Gateway to the North’\, was connected to London. Shortly after\, in 1847\, the first Scottish trains came this way. In his talk\, Ray will look at some of the significant early lines and how they slotted into that 1847 route to the North. He will then follow the many changes through to the East Coast Main Line we know today\, using his own pictures and purchased images. The presentation is primarily steam-age\, but the pioneering North Eastern electrification developments are also included\, along with the occasional early diesel.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-north-eastern-railway-and-the-beginnings-of-the-east-coast-mainline-by-raymond-schofield/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T220000
DTSTAMP:20250226T202934Z
CREATED:20240706T074530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T202934Z
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SUMMARY:"Roger Harrison’s East Anglian Railways" by Dave Pearce
DESCRIPTION:For our final meeting of the 2024/25 season\, we are delighted to welcome Dave Pearce who will be presenting ‘Roger Harrison’s East Anglian Railways’. \nRoger Harrison was an avid and loyal member of the Norfolk Railway Society from its inception in 1955 until he passed away in 2010. He was extraordinarily generous to the Society in his will\, not only with a sizeable donation to Society funds\, but also in making a bequest of his LNER photos and negatives to the club’s archive. In 2012 David and his friend and fellow member\, Richard Adderson\, were asked to compile a book of Roger’s images\, funded by his bequest\, so that all the then members could benefit from Roger’s generosity. The show is a slightly abridged version of the book\, but\, nonetheless\, illustrates Roger’s eye for detail alongside his ability to capture and record the general scene up to the end of GE steam in 1962. He was\, in some ways\, fairly parochial in his coverage of East Anglia\, favouring a few locations and ignoring many\, so it was quite a challenge to create a logical narrative from his somewhat disparate range of images. Nonetheless\, the book was well received by the membership and considered to be a worthy tribute to Roger and the memories evoked by his pictures. \nDavid was born in Suffolk\, brought up in the East Midlands\, went to college in the North East\, and spent his working life as an itinerant teacher in Norfolk and Suffolk\, ending up dealing with permanently excluded pupils in Norfolk for the local authority. He took early retirement in 2011 but returned to part-time work in late 2015. \nHe has always had an interest in railways\, and photography became equally as absorbing in 1962 when he was given his first camera. Since then\, via various cameras\, and an embrace of digital photography\, he has accumulated a substantial catalogue of his own images. He has also always taken an interest in images from other photographers\, particularly those with a shared affinity for locations\, aesthetics\, and a healthy disregard for convention. This additional collection has become something of an indulgence (wife would say obsession!)\, aided and abetted\, initially\, by a collection of negatives left in his care\, then by ‘negatives sent on approval’ but\, ultimately\, by the internet! \nDavid is also presently Chairman of the ‘Bittern Line Community Rail Partnership’ and Co-Chair of Community Rail Norfolk and belongs to two railway photographic circles\, together with umpteen railway societies. He has produced several books and articles\, especially on the former Great Central London extension. He has four sons\, none of whom has the remotest interest in railways or photography!
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/topic-to-be-confirmed-speaker-dave-pearce/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250408T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250408T220000
DTSTAMP:20250322T132956Z
CREATED:20240706T074349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250322T132956Z
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SUMMARY:“Cambridge Area Railways Yesterday and Today (Part 4)” by David Scudamore
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 8th April 2025 we welcome local railway historian and photographer David Scudamore for the fourth in his highly popular and erudite series on railways around Cambridge. The talk will look at many aspects of the railways from opening to the present day\, ranging from locomotives and trains to railway infrastructure. Starting in Cambridge\, after a brief look at the new Cambridge South station area\, we head along the LNW Varsity line to Oxford as far as Sandy. We then move to Ely where we finished Part 1 and will look at the line to March and the vast Whitemoor marshalling yards.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/cambridge-area-railways-yesterday-and-today-part-4-by-david-scudamore/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250311T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250311T220000
DTSTAMP:20250119T162554Z
CREATED:20240706T074013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250119T162554Z
UID:10002708-1741721400-1741730400@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:"A wee look around Scotland" by Robin Mathams
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/a-wee-look-at-scotland-in-the-1960s-and-1970s-by-robin-mathams/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T220000
DTSTAMP:20250119T162855Z
CREATED:20240706T073803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250119T162855Z
UID:10002707-1739302200-1739311200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:"Trains in Saudi Arabia\, Israel and Jordan" by Iain Scotchman
DESCRIPTION:We are certain of a fantastic evening on Tuesday\, February 11th as our guest speaker\, Iain Scotchman\, guides us round the railway networks of Saudi Arabia\, Israel and Jordan. These networks are rarely visited by enthusiasts\, but Iain has toured all three and provides a fascinating insight into their respective operations.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/trains-in-saudi-arabia-israel-and-jordan-by-iain-scotchman/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,CBR Cambridge
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