WFD Branch – ‘Memories are Made of These!’, by Phil Darlaston, 1st October 2024
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United Kingdom'Memories are made of these!' - a kind of photographic reminiscence looking back over approx. 50 years at the big railway, main line steam, the maturing preservation scene and perhaps a little infrastructure and overseas thrown into the mix. Commence 19:00. Please note this is a physical meeting to be held at our usual venue at Beechen…
Scenes from the 1960s
MCN Liverpool Haig House Social Club, Woolton Road, Garston, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Trains and Travel in Thailand
our very own member David Bousfield has extensively travelled in this country and will give his usual excellent presentation,not to be missed
Work of the RAIB
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomSimon Lomax, Principal Inspector of Rail Accidents at the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, joins us to explain the work of the RAIB.
‘The View from the North’ illustrated by Steve Batty.
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomSteve Batty from Selby North Yorkshire is visiting us to present 'The View from the North'.
Railways in the Cornish Landscape – part 2. by Stephen Gay
SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United KingdomStephen makes a welcome return to the Sheffield branch, continuing his trip west on the Cornish Main Line, this time from Par to Penzance while also taking in the Cornish branch lines.
“34081 92 Squadron – from Rust to Renaissance” by Steve Lacey on behalf of the Battle of Britain Locomotive Society
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomBased on his own involvement with the locomotive, Steve Lacey describes her rescue and restoration from Barry and the complexities of keeping 34081 in working order on the Nene Valley Railway.
Mandarin Madness – Solo Travels in China
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by David Longman. What do you do if you want to photograph steam in China but don’t speak the language, can’t afford a guide or an interpreter and dislike big groups? In a moment of ‘Mandarin Madness’ you decide to go it alone of course! Dave Longman…
Stuart Underdown’s Southern Memories – Part 2
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomThe late Stuart Underdown was a Society member and an accomplished photographer, who put together a number of presentations, including this one, of his ‘Southern Memories’, of his own photographs covering the period from the early 1960s through the 1970s, together with some much older images that he had collected, and ranging from Kent to…
From West to East and Back Again
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomOn 9th October 2024, Steve Rickett will take us on a journey from Pembrokeshire to Essex, avoiding London, using secondary routes where possible and going down branch line rabbit holes and visiting lesser-known freight lines. After a relocation to Lincolnshire, we will journey westwards to North Wales, across the Pennines and with detours via some…
Scottish Branch: “To Scotland for Steam (Part 2)” by Rev’d Canon Brian Arman, RCTS President
SCT Edinburgh Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace,, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis will be the first meeting to be held by the Scottish Branch at its splendid new venue which is directly opposite Haymarket station. Brian returns to continue his illustrated story of touring Scotland in the days of steam. This time he will be involving the WCML, plus the ex-Caledonian and GSWR lines around Glasgow…