The Kettering to Cambridge branch line by Robin Cullup, joint meeting of the Northampton and Milton Keynes branches
NHN Roade Roade Village Hall, Bailey Brooks Lane, Roade, Northampton, United KingdomThis is a joint meeting with the Milton Keynes branch; the venue is Roade Village Hall.
Midland Main Line Electrification – Matt Parkin
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomMatt Parkin (Contractors Engineering Manager for the MMLE Electrification from Kettering to Wigston) from SPL Powerlines UK (SPL) will present a lecture about the challenges and innovation for new electrification schemes
1125 & DEMU’s 0ver the Alps (Watercress Line)
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomThe talk covers the development of the Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) by the Southern Region, the link between them and the Mid Hants route (1957 to 1973), and the history of our (Watercress Line) own unit 1125 which worked some of the services on the last day of BR operation.
Great Little Steam Railways of Wales
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA personal view of Steam on the Great Little Railways of Wales in the present century. Railways featured include the Welsh Highland, Festiniog, Talyllyn, Corris, Vale of Rheidol and Welshpool & Llanfair. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket. Free for RCTS members, but a £2.00 donation will be requested at the checkout.…
The Doncaster Rover
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Stephen Gay. Travelling from Frickley to Finningly, Mexborough to Moorends and Bentley, Bessacarr to Bawtry. This is a railway journey which criss-crosses the Doncaster borough. Using Stephen’s slides taken over the last 40 years, the presentation will also look at waterways and historic buildings. We will…
SOUTH WALES BRANCH OUTDOOR EVENT – WALKING OLD RAILWAY LINES
Potters Public House 22-24 Upper Dock St, Newport, Gwent, United KingdomOn Wednesday 1st October Ian Reese will be leading a walk along the west bank of the River Usk and into the Pillgwenlly area of Newport to show us the almost entirely disappeared railway scene of years gone by. There were many railway lines crowding the west bank, bringing coal down from the valleys for…
The Last Days of Steam on Merseyside and in the North West (The Ted Baxendale Collection) by Philip Parker
MCN Liverpool Haig House Social Club, Woolton Road, Garston, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes Branch Meeting – ‘West Midlands Trains – Our Challenges & Opportunities for the Future’
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomGeoff Grant, Stakeholder Manager for West Midlands Trains, gives an overview of the key priorities facing the company in terms of their fleet, customer experience, accessibility and innovation.
Bristol Meeting – ‘The Advanced Passenger Train’ by Kit Spackman
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomKit Spackman, who was the Tilt System Development Engineer on the APT-E programme, will explain the fascinating story of the whole APT Programme.
Archive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day Cancelled due to us STILL awaiting completion of the interior works by GTR.
WFD Branch – ‘The Forgotten Standard’, by Ian Crowder, 7th October 2025
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomIAN CROWDER - “The Forgotten Standard”. Ian Crowder is Marketing Director of Toddington Standard Locomotive Ltd (TSLL), owners of Standard Class 4 2-6-0 No. 76077 and which is nearing the end of its restoration for use on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway. In this two-part lavishly-illustrated presentation, he firstly describes the development of the Standard…
Transforming The Transport for Wales Fleet
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomA talk by Andrew Gainsbury with photography by Jeremy Segrott