12 events found.
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HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United Kingdom
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Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United Kingdom£3 -
NEA Branch – Jack Armstrong’s Darlington
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United Kingdompresented by Dave Dunn
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CHM Branch – Along Cambrian Lines to Barmouth in the 1960s
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomDavid Aldred visits to bring us a presentation on the charming mid-Wales line to Barmouth.
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South Western Railway
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomSouth Western Railway By Alex Foulds, Major Projects Director, South Western Railway
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WRD – SELRAP
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomDavid Foat brings us news of the Campaign to reopen the missing link from Skipton to Colne.
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WEN Geoff Hudson : The Class 50 Story – The British Rail Years
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomOur second meeting of our 2025/26 welcomes Geoff Hudson former Area Fleet Manager, Laira Depot, Plymouth 1989 - 1996 Class 50’s or D400’s as built were the last batch of first-generation diesel locomotives introduced by British Rail under the Modernisation Plan which saw the demise of steam and the transition to diesel traction. Constructed between…
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Trams at Home and Abroad
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomHybrid EventA long-time tram and trolleybus follower, Graham will show us images of just some of the tram systems in the UK and overseas, taken through time.
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The Changing Scene on the WCML Southern Section, 1930s to the present day.
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Rob Freeman. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00 presentation start.
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East Coast Main Line disasters – Adrian Gray
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomAdrian Gray is a historian who has been writing about railways and local history since his teenage years. This talk was inspired by his regular trips to London for work, travelling from Retford to King’s Cross. The talk will look at some significant fatal accidents and how they gradually contributed to improved safety since the…
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Rail Freight Trains Around The UK
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom"Although freight traffic today generally means stone and containers (of which we will see plenty) we will also see some of the flows of coal which existed until the last few years. Geographical coverage is from Hampshire (a surprising modern day freight "hotspot") and South Wales to the West Highlands of Scotland"
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German Railways in Transition
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventA presentation by excellent photographer Peter Robins, which, starting with Rheine - Emden steam in 1975, looks at both DB and DR over the years and their transition from steam to diesel and electric traction. Some Plandampf and narrow gauge images are also included. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket. Free for…