Oliver Bulleid and 35028 Clan Line
Oliver Bulleid was one of Britain's last great steam locomotive engineers, and arguably one of the most controversial. Perhaps his best locos were the Merchant Navy class Pacifics - capable…
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CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United Kingdom
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South Wales/De Cymru – 40 years on the footplate
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomLee Davies started working on the railway after spending 12 months on a Youth Training Scheme (YTS) and just two months in a “proper job”. Four decades later, he’s still…
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Scottish Branch, Haymarket – 35mm Gricing 1964-1972
SCT Edinburgh Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace,, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis will be the first Scottish Branch meeting in September for several years. The Railway Observer Managing Editor Mike Robinson will make a welcome return when he tells us, through…
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Thames Valley Branch – That was the year that was – 1962
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomGeoff was born in Sheffield in 1949, into a railway-mad family, starting his railway enthusiasm at the age of around 18 months. After some early attempts with the family Box…
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Humberside Branch – Lincolnshire Joint Line and its Branches
HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United Kingdompresented by Mike Wedgewood
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Solent Branch: Rail Roving Scotland
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United Kingdom -
West Riding – My Visits in the UK – North East South West
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomPresented by Chris Webster
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NEA – Railways of North Yorkshire – Part 2
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United KingdomRichard Barber returns to present the second part of his Railways of North Yorkshire series
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Cheltenham – Ashchurch to Malvern
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomLocal railway historian Ian Boskett gets our 2026/27 season off to a flying start with a presentation on the long lost Ashchurch to Malvern line. There are a few places…
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Surrey Branch – Great Victorian Engineers – Isambard Kingdom Brunel
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomGreat Victorian Engineers - Isambard Kingdom Brunel By Chris Green
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HS2 Construction – From the Air
Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, CoventryOur speaker, Richard Clifford, interested observer of HS2 (who owns a drone !) will give us a detailed presentation of this ongoing project.