Members Images + AGM
Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry
The Monochrome Model Railway
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomPhysical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall which will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting. Railway photographers often have their step-ladders in the boot of their car to allow them to get a few feet higher in search of the ideal image. Tonight's presentation promises a more lofty view still. This presentation takes…
Archive And Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day
Remembering my lines
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomColin Brading gives us a very wide-ranging presentation: starting from his early railway interests and lineside haunts to the highlights of a diverse engineering career spanning fifty years, ‘Remembering My Lines’ is an illustrated medley of memories and experiences seasoned with many of the presenter’s own favourites. On this journey ‘from anorak to hi-vis’ we…
HSD branch – A further look at Colour-rail
HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United KingdomPaul Chancellor - “A further look at Colour-rail”
An A-Z of Swiss Railways Part 1
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United Kingdom
The Effect of World War II on Britain’s Railways
"Industrial and Railway historian Richard Marks explores the impact of World War Two upon Britain's railways. Find out the important role that Britain's four railway companies had in achieving victory in World War Two. Discover the war work that was undertaken in the railway company works across the country and the impact of Luftwaffe operations…
North East Branch – Steam and Diesel in the Northern Fells
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United KingdomIan Pilkington travels across The Pennines to bring us images of steam and diesel hard at work across the northern fells of England.
CHM Branch – Royal Funeral Trains
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomIt is famously said that when HM Queen Victoria travelled to/from Windsor by train, the driver was instructed to "proceed at no more pace than the horses would reach". Until, that is, the occasion of her funeral when there was a bit of time pressure, so the Great Western crew got a bit of a…
Surrey Branch – Rail Scenes In Germany, Berlin – Brandenburg
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomUnfortunately the previously advertsed speaker, Neil Drury, is unable to attend our meeting. Steve Ollive has steped in at very short notice to give us his presrentaion on Rail Scenes In Germany, Berlin - Brandenburg.
“Swiss Railways” by Peter Mann
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomIn Edinburgh: “Modern Traction Miscellany” by Ian McInnes
SCT Edinburgh Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace,, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis presentation will examine a variety of diesel and electric locomotives/trains from the BR blue era through to privatisation. Ian will cover a wide range of locations, mainly across England but also a few from Scotland, Wales, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and even some from California. Note that this is a Saturday afternoon meeting. …