A Tribute to John Benson
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomBranch members with longer memories will fondly remember Johns Benson and Champion trading stories and photographs, comparing notes of their service in the military, always with camera in hand to record railway scenes wherever they were. John Benson was able, during service with the RAF, and later in life to travel to some countries not…
ERTMS
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomERTMS - The European Rail Traffic Management System
AGM/Members Presentations
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomMembers and visitors slides (35mm, no digital please)
LNW Preston Fulwood Lawn Tennis Club, Watling Street Road, Preston, United KingdomKings Cross to York by Stephen Gay
NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United Kingdom
Building Britain’s Most Powerful Steam Locomotive
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomAfter the success of Tornado, the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is now working on a new build P2 class locomotive. Chris comes to tell us about the project and its progress
Tunnel Vision – The History of the Metropolitan Railway
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation. Presenter: Colin Brading. The story of the Metropolitan, the world’s first underground railway. Less than four miles long when it opened - to great acclaim - in January 1863, this ‘little acorn’ grew as a proud independent company to spread many branches and ‘the Met’ has shaped…
An A to Z guide to GCR locomotives – Bob Gellatly
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Eastleigh from Railway Junction to Railway Centre
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomThe history of the town from the opening of the Railway Station, Carriage Works and Locomotive Works. Following this there will be a look at the combining of the Carriage works and the Loco works in the 1960’s followed by privatisation and closure to the current operations as Arlington Fleet Services.
A 1968 Jet Search for Steam
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomThe introduction of “Pacesetter” fares for under-26-year-olds in 1968 made international air travel much more affordable, and Frank Stamford - our regular Australian attendee - took advantage of them to make a fifteen-week round the world trip in search of steam, visiting Indonesia, the British Isles, Western Europe (from Portugal to West Germany), and South…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
Branch AGM, followed by ‘The Story of the Travelling Post Office’ by Roland Gillott
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomThe Watford Branch AGM will commence at 18:45 (please note this is earlier than our usual start time) and we hope to conclude that by 19:00. This will be followed by Roland Gillott's presentation on 'The Story of the Travelling Post Office'. This includes the inception of the TPO service in 1838 and its continuation…