It is famously said that when HM Queen Victoria travelled to/from Windsor by train, the driver was instructed to "proceed at no more pace than the horses would reach". Until, that is, the occasion of her funeral when there was a bit of time pressure, so the Great Western crew got a bit of a…
Michael Clemens comes to us with some cine film and stills of the good old days of the Midland and South Western Junction Railway and the Somerset and Dorset, so something for everyone. The films and slides were taken by much respected railway film maker and photographer Jim Clemens and Michael has transferred them onto…
Time for our own members to unearth those images gathering dust on their computer file directories and show us what they have been up to in the past 12 months or so. We will endeavour to keep the business part of the meeting as brief as we can, but we do need to receive reports…
Our season opens with local railway enthusiast Ian Boskett taking a walk down memory lane. Expect many oohs and aahs as members and guests own memories are jogged.
Geoff Plumb travels from Hertfordshire to give us the first instalment of his extensive "That was the year that was" series. These presentations have something for absolutely everyone.
David Aldred visits to bring us a presentation on the charming mid-Wales line to Barmouth.
RCTS President Canon Brian Arman returns with more thoughts on the final years of Swindon Works
The railways in Holland have been getting new trains on local, regional and inter city services in recent years - not to mention Eurostar services running through from London to Amsterdam. Come along and see what Sholto has been discovering from recent trips to Holland.
Alex Wood comes to Cheltenham to review what is probably the most iconic train which rode the rails of the UK.
Mike Dodd from the Restoration and Archiving Trust at Toddington returns, this time to bring us images of the railways around our home area.
Time to review the past year and select the committee to take us into the next season. We'll try and keep the business bit brief so we can spend more time enjoying the fruits of our members research and image captures.
The 2025/26 meeting season has completed. We will restart on Thursday 17th September 2026.
