A beginner’s introduction to Walschaerts Valve Gear – Robin Gibbons
This is not as forbidding as it sounds and because of its nature, it lends itself to audience participation.
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EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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WFD Branch – Potential Outside Visit, 23rd September 2025 – Postponed to 29th October 2025 – Now CANCELLED
https://maps.app.goo.gl/YbJUqoQUhmpxgNU28 Avanti West Coast Training Academy Tatton House, Crewe Business Park, Westmere Dr, Crewe CW1 6ZDSadly, 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…
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“Freedom of Scotland 1961” Part 1 by John Sloane
Fulwood Lawn Tennis club Highgate Ave Preston PR2 8DY Highgate Ave, Preston, Lancashire -
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WFD Branch – ‘My Life on the Railways’, by Dennis Clarke, 4th November 2025
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United Kingdom'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…
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Bristol Meeting – ‘That Was The Year That Was 1966’ by Geoff Plumb.
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United Kingdom"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…
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The End of Steam 1966-68 Part 2 by Michael Smyth, Northampton Branch Meeting
NHN Northampton - Weston Favell Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United Kingdom -
Colin Boocock – Railway photography through the decades – 1980 to 2025
SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United KingdomColin makes a welcome return to Sheffield branch with more fabulous photos from his vast collection.
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From Litchurch Lane to Temple Mills via Paris – A working life on the rails.
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA 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…
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Railway people – 26 years at the NRM – Bob Gwynne
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomThis 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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26 years at the National Railway Museum – Bob Gywnne
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomDetails to follow
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Leatherhead Station: The Stationmaster’s House
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomSociety Archivist and Trustee Andy Davies comes to tell the history of the stations at Leatherhead from 1859, including the Stationmaster’s house and it’s new use as the RCTS Archive…
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“Modern Railway Signalling” by Clive Feather
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomOn 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…