Three Years in the life of the Western Locomotive Association
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomUnquestionably the very best diesel locomotives ever to grace the railways of Great Britain were the Western Class 52 diesel hydraulics. The Western Locomotive Association is responsible for two of the class which made it to preservation (seven of the original 74 are still alive around the country) and we are delighted to welcome Peter…
Flying Scotsman: 100 years in 100 pictures
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomFlying Scotsman: 100 years in 100 pictures
“Steam & Diesel in the Northern Fells 2010 – 2016” – Presenter Ian Pilkington
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United Kingdom
Broad Gauge journey from Swindon to South Wales & Swindon to the West of England
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomHaving previously presented a journey from Paddington to Swindon, Canon Brian Arman continues from Swindon to South Wales followed by a journey from Swindon to the West of England
Sheet Stores Junction by Ian Mitchell
NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United KingdomA familiar name at Trent Junction, Ian will speak on the history of the Midland Railway’s store for the manufacture of tarpaulins for its open wagons at Long Eaton by this junction
That Was The Year That Was: 1966
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom1966 was a busy year for Geoff whilst still a schoolboy, covering a considerable amount of the country. This includes scenes on various North Wales Narrow Gauge Lines and the Cambrian Coast, holidays in the north west of England and several RCTS railtours. These include the ’Somerset & Dorset Farewell’, the ‘Longmoor Military Railtour’ (which…
All Aboard the Pines Express (Part 2)
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomPlease note that this is an afternoon Meeting Back in October 2019 Chris gave us Part 1 of this talk. We are pleased that following an extended break due to Covid Chris is now coming back to give us Part 2 of this talk. In Chris' first talk he took us on the Somerset and…
HSD branch – Through my lens
HSD Scunthorpe The Black Beauty, Keddington Road, Scunthorpe, United Kingdom40 years of change in Lincolnshire
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
The Barbados Trailway Project [Commonwealth Heritage Forum event]
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomWednesday 22 November, 6pm GMT, Dr Tara Inniss: ‘The Barbados Trailway Project: 21st Century Transformation of a Colonial Era Railway in the Caribbean’, chaired by Rachel Tranter The Barbados Railway was operational from 1881-1937. Like many colonial era railways established throughout Britain's empire in the nineteenth century it was fraught with funding and infrastructural challenges from the…
The Coming of the Railway to Southampton
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomThe talk will cover the idea of building the London & Southampton Railway and its subsequent construction with a link to Portsmouth (Gosport), the proposal and subsequent extensions from Woking through Guilford to Havant and the rival fighting with the LB&SCR from the east. It also covers subsequent extensions westwards including Castleman’s Corkscrew.
The Brecon & Cambrian Lines in the Sixties
SWL Swansea Dyfatty Community Centre, Chapel Street, Dyfatty, Swansea, United KingdomJohn Davies will give us a photographic tour of these historic lines, including the lines through Talyllyn Junction shown in Sid Rickard's image of 46518 bringing  in the 1325  train from Brecon to Moat Lane Junction on 2 May 1959