The Last Years of Steam 1966-1967
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Michael Smyth. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Railways 1952-53, from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley collection
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventRailways 1952-53 is a presentation of photographs from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley Archive of over 2000 photographs taken by Percy Moseley between 1911 and the 1970s. This presentation will cover the years 1952 and 1953 - a period when British Railways was getting into its stride as an organisation, but in many ways…
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“A Trip Around a Virtual M25 in the 1960s, 70s and 80s” by David Cross
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomWe are delighted to welcome David Cross back to the Cambridge Branch on February 10th, when he will present a selection of his late father Derek Cross's slides from the outer suburbs of London, following the geography of the current M25 motorway. All images are in colour and the excellence of Derek's photography combined with…
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Running the Route – the last three years
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomFor our February meeting, the RCTS South Wales Branch is proud to present an insight into the running of a modern railway as Nick Millington (Network Rail Route Director, Wales and Borders Route) gives us an insight into all aspects of keeping the trains moving. As always, our preloved book stall will be open for…
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Every picture tells a story
PBR Peterborough St Luke’s Church, Mayor's Walk, Peterborough, United Kingdom£3.50 – £5 -
Peterborough to Beijing, the Story of a Journey
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomNick Garnham will tell us about an epic journey the first step of which is to board a train at Peterborough. It describes the journey, all by rail, from Peterborough to Beijing in 2019. The trains, the food, the people, and on train life are all illustrated, as are many of the stations and locomotives…
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TVY Branch – Didcot to Birmingham Snow Hill – featuring the historic slides of Tommy Tomalin
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomBrian Sullivan returns to give us a further selection of historic scanned slides taken by Tommy Tomalin, this time covering the route from Didcot through to Snow Hill station in Birmingham. There are stops at various stations along the route to see the railway operations.
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AGM + a Local Favourite Returns with a Show
HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United Kingdom -
Lance King in Ulster, 1957-1970, The NCC in Action
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomThe 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 mainline steam in these islands. Using the slides of the late Lance King, I will take you on a trip along the lines still open…
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WRD – Steam to Scarborough
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United Kingdomwith Colin Smith
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NEA Branch – Producing the RO and a Few of his Travels
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United Kingdompresented by Railway Observer Managing Editor, Mike Robinson
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CHM Branch – 50 Years of the High Speed Train
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomAlex Wood comes to Cheltenham to review what is probably the most iconic train which rode the rails of the UK.