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. …
Eurostar: Where do we go from here
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomA speed look at what 30 years of Eurostar has done for connecting the UK with Mainland Europe before embarking on a high speed journey into the future. There will also be a small celebration to mark this milestone meeting for the branch.
China steam in the enthusiast era – Robin Gibbons
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomIn a change to the advertised programme Robin will present his talk It is an augmented slide show with plenty of images but with a lot of information. It covers mainly the enthusiast era (roughly 1976 - 2012) but with a little bit of more historic information to put things in context.
Remembering my Lines
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Colin Brading. 'Remembering My Lines' is a personal 'photographic potpourri' of many and varied railway themes. On a wide-ranging journey, Colin will share favourite scenes, places and images that span from his early years with notebooks on platforms to the present-day, reflecting a life-long passion for…
Railways Remembered in North East England
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomRecently published by Crécy is Railways Remembered: North East England. This full colour volume covers the area from the Scottish Border to the Tees, and inland to the North Pennines. All facets of railway operations are covered: steam, diesel and electric; town and country; freight and passenger; BR and industry. One of the co-authors, Charles…
Railways before (and during) the War – that’s the Great War! (Part 3)
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA further presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight’s is the final part, featuring Welsh railways, ventures to Belgium and France, and then a wider look at British railways in 1914 and 1915, when it was…
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Fulwood Lawn Tennis club Highgate Ave Preston PR2 8DY Highgate Ave, Preston, LancashireArchive And Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day
WFD Branch – ‘War and Peace’, by Simon Colbeck, 4th March 2025
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomSIMON COLBECK - WAR AND PEACE The railways of Bosnia and Sweden. Preserved and real steam in both countries, with plenty of archive images to add to the interest. Further details may be available nearer the date. Please note this is a physical meeting, doors open from 18:30 for 19:00 commencement of proceedings.