Branch Meetings – in person only

Name: WFD Branch Meeting – ‘From the Back of the Cupboard’, by Steve Batty, 3rd March 2026
Start: 2026-03-03T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-03T21:30:00+00:00
Location: WFD Watford

February 2026
AGM + a Local Favourite Returns with a Show

Tue 17th February @ 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United Kingdom
Lance King in Ulster, 1957-1970, The NCC in Action

Thu 19th February @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

The NCC ("Northern Counties Committee") was the Irish arm of the LMS (and the MR before that). The talk is mainly 1958 - 1970 when the NCC ran the last…
WRD – Steam to Scarborough

Thu 19th February @ 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United Kingdom

with Colin Smith
NEA Branch – Producing the RO and a Few of his Travels

Thu 19th February @ 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United Kingdom

presented by Railway Observer Managing Editor, Mike Robinson
CHM Branch – 50 Years of the High Speed Train

Thu 19th February @ 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Alex Wood comes to Cheltenham to review what is probably the most iconic train which rode the rails of the UK.
Locomotive & Coach Liveries, Part 3

Fri 20th February @ 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

SCT Edinburgh Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace,, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Note change of date for this meeting. Stuart Malcolm returns to delve into his Locomotive and Coach Livery archive, this time covering the last thirty years which has seen an…
Toil and Triumph – an appreciation of the Settle and Carlisle Railway

Featured Mon 23rd February @ 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM RCTS Windsor & Maidenhead Branch Meetings

MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United Kingdom

Hybrid Event

An expert on the S&C, Colin will trace its origins, construction and eventual history

£2
Monorails of the 19th Century – Adrian Garner

Tue 24th February @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Adrian Garner started modelling monorails in the 1960's and his research on monorails both within the UK and internationally has been collated into his two books on monorails covering the period to…
Appalachian Wanderings

Tue 24th February @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Tony Field. Details to follow. Doors open at 13:30 for 14:00 start.
Stratford Upon Avon to Cheltenham 1904 -1979

Wed 25th February @ 7:15 PM - 9:30 PM

Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

Virtual Event

'Although Cheltenham opened in 1847 and Stratford in 1859, it was nearly another 50 years before the 20 mile gap between Honeybourne & Cheltenham was filled. This show covers the…
“Modern Railways unconventional views” by Nigel Capelle

Fri 27th February @ 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Fulwood Lawn Tennis club Highgate Ave Preston PR2 8DY Highgate Ave, Preston, Lancashire
March 2026
WFD Branch Meeting – ‘From the Back of the Cupboard’, by Steve Batty, 3rd March 2026

Tue 3rd March @ 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United Kingdom

Steve Batty heads south again to present 'From the Back of the Cupboard', because it's made up of B&W shots he has always ignored before when putting a show together,…

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