The Broad Gauge – Swindon to the West of England

Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry

After his previous visits taking us from Paddington to Swindon and Swindon to West Wales our president, Brian Arman, will take us from Swindon to the West of England.

40 Years of Preserving Deltics

ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall also available via Zoom as a Hybrid The 'Deltics' changed the image of East Coast Main Line in the 1960's and became perhaps the most iconic of the BR Modernisation diesel locomotives. Fortunately a number of these imposing giants survived into preservation, largely due to the efforts of the…

Archive & Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive & Library Open Day

The Railways of Iran

Tim visited Iran in 2017 with the Farrail group and shares his photos of trains in the magnificent mountains and wonderful deserts of that country. He also presents an overview of the country's largely locomotive-hauled railway passenger and freight operations and its ever expanding railway infrastructure, together with some insights into the country itself and…

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Archive & Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive & Library Open Day

Travels Around Ukraine by Steam

HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Michael Smyth. Pictures from three trips to the Ukraine in 1993, 1999 and 2002. These illustrate Russian designed steam locomotives at work and explains the American influence of the 1930s. More importantly it aims to give an insight into the history, geography and normal life, in…