The History of the Mansfield to Worksop Railway
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomDenis Hill will take a brief look at how different railways had already reached Mansfield and Worksop but had not joined the two together. We look at the fight to make that connection and to see just what it provided and how it boosted the local economy.
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
Irish Narrow Gauge
SWL Swansea Dyfatty Community Centre, Chapel Street, Dyfatty, Swansea, United KingdomBranch Sales Officer and Fixture Secretary Nigel Wassell relaunches our Swansea programme with a series of images capturing the variety of narrow gauge in Ireland. Outside the Foyle Valley Railway Museum, Londonderry The locomotive in the image is a 3ft narrow gauge locomotive built for the County Donegal Joint Railways Committee (CDJRC) in 1907 by…
An American Rail Rover
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomJohn's talk will look at railway operations across the USA from the East Coast across to Chicago, the Mid-West to the rocky mountains. North to the Canadian border and south through the Sierra Nevada's, the high desert to the Californian Tehachapi range to San Francisco and through the Cajon mountains towards Los Angeles. Featuring long…
The World beyond our Shores – Part 1
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomTony Bowles of The Restoration & Archiving Trust returns with what promises to be another excellent prestation from their collections, featuring the work of the late Gerald Dixon, taken between 1960 & 1976 in chronological order. It starts in Australia & ends in Argentina via parts of Europe, Africa & Asia, in some cases returning…
Mike Green Funeral
Test Valley Crematorium Ridge Ln,, Romsey, Hampshire, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
‘London Underground Then & Now. As it was and as it is’, by Brian Hardy
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomBRIAN HARDY: Brian returns to present: ‘London Underground Then & Now. As it was and as it is’. This is a physical event, doors open at the venue from around 18:30 for a 19:00 start, there will be a midway break for refreshments and we aim to finish around 21:30.
SCT Branch AGM followed by Member’s Slide/Digital Presentations
SCT Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, United KingdomBranch AGM followed by Member’s Slide/Digital Presentations
The Superb Years : 1950s – 1960s : Part 2
MCN Liverpool Haig House Social Club, Woolton Road, Garston, Liverpool, United KingdomTaking place despite the rail strike since Merseyrail is expected to be running services.
Cathedrals of Steam
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomChristian Wolmar, transport writer, broadcaster and author of numerous books, traces the development of the major London stations, providing unique insights into their history, with many entertaining anecdotes, and celebrates the recent transformation of several of these stations into wonderful blends of the old and the new.
An Audience with Professional Photographer – Jack Boskett
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomTop railway photographer Jack Boskett will be presenting a selection of his superb images.