A review over the years – steam, diesels and electrics, with the odd deviation along the way
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A review over the years – steam, diesels and electrics, with the odd deviation along the way
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The Spa Valley Railway is now well established as one of our nearest heritage railways, and today Brian Halford returns to tell us of its latest developments.
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Chris Wright. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.
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This is not as forbidding as it sounds and because of its nature, it lends itself to audience participation. |
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Sadly, this visit has had to be cancelled, but we may try again at some time during 2026 - watch this space! A visit has been organised to the Avanti West Coast Training Academy in Crewe for Wednesday 29th October 2025, from 15:00 to 17:00 hours, to see the facilities there. As well as the… |
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'My life on the railways, from Willesden and Wembley, to North Pole and Temple Mills.' This will be a presentation of how I got interested in the railways at a young age and went on to have a 41-year career on British Rail and Eurostar. There are plenty of pictures in the presentation. Please note… |
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"Geoff Plumb - ‘That Was the Year That Was – 1966’. Geoff goes back almost sixty years to 1966 with travels around the UK in chronological order. Included are Ffestiniog Railway working parties, several visits to Crewe Works, RCTS railtours for the last day of the Somerset & Dorset, Longmoor Military Railway tours, scenes on… |
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A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Hugh Driscoll. (This replaces the previously advertised presentation) Hugh will be describing his railway career, from his initial training at Derby Carriage Works through varied BR engineering training scheme placements, then on to working in depots for BR, Intercity and Eurostar in a variety of roles.…
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This talk introduces who Bob is, the railway history he has worked on and the (mostly) railway people he has met through work.
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Colin makes a welcome return to Sheffield branch with more fabulous photos from his vast collection. |
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Sam Savage visits us to talk about the 2021 remodelling of the throat of London Kings Cross station - when Kings Cross was uncrossed. Learn about how this major civil engineering project was delivered at one of London's busiest stations
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This illustrated presentation contains examples of all known images that have been taken of this line. Our speaker, Gordon Casely, would be pleased to learn of any other photographs that might exist. Please advise the Branch Secretary if you think you can assist ahead of the meeting. |
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Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall which will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting. Jim grew up in Stepney Green and his love of railways started when his father took him to Kings Cross to 'watch the trains'. He remembers seeing A3 Pacifics ‘Pretty Polly’ and ‘Blair Athol’. The latter painted in… |
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The presentation explores the fluctuating history of the North London line and includes a photographic journey from Richmond to the former Terminus of Broad Street. |
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David Aldred visits to bring us a presentation on the charming mid-Wales line to Barmouth.
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David Foat brings us news of the Campaign to reopen the missing link from Skipton to Colne. |
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A long-time tram and trolleybus follower, Graham will show us images of just some of the tram systems in the UK and overseas, taken through time.
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A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Rob Freeman. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00 presentation start. |
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"Although freight traffic today generally means stone and containers (of which we will see plenty) we will also see some of the flows of coal which existed until the last few years. Geographical coverage is from Hampshire (a surprising modern day freight "hotspot") and South Wales to the West Highlands of Scotland" |
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