Martin, who is well known to many of our RCTS Branch members, having been the host of our successful Swindon Works railway sites tour which we ran last year, comes from a long family line of Swindon railway employees. In this talk Martin will give us some of his personnel experiences of life inside Swindon…
Three local members present a fascinating mix of railway related images. Ardrian Willats will cover Preserved Railways from 1982-2018. Ian Mckey has many tales and pictures to show from his UK rail journeys spread far and wide. Roger Sandford will show images taken by the late Bruce Oliver, a real UK pot pourri, but also…
Members pictures and festive buffet
Presented by Barry Burns
RCTS President Canon Brian Arman returns with more thoughts on the final years of Swindon Works
Surrey Branch - October 2025 Meeting Railway Preservation Society of Ireland Part 2 Preceeded by the RCTS Surrey Branch AGM
Thinking caps on folks - John Holroyd hosts our Branch Christmas Railway Quiz
Christmas Buffet and members 15 minute presentations.
For our Christmas meeting, David Hunt will be entertaining us with a traditional slide show with more 1970s and 1980s nostalgia from his extensive archive. The evening promises to take us North East South and West as David entertains us with his travels on the national network with plenty of photos off the beaten track,…
Our annual review of the year that has passed, and a look at what is to come in the new year. Join us to have your say, or offer to help. There will be seasonal refreshments and time to chat. Followed by a presentation by Richard Marks - Rail 200 - The British Railway Revolution…
Having been even more disorganised than usual, this month's presentatation will just be a somewhat random selection of my (Jeremy Harrison's) images, that I feel are worth seeing. And if anyone else would like to show some of theirs, please step forward, and send an e-mail to zoom-national@rcts.org.uk, to be included in this evening's programme.…
A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Michael Smyth. This presentation covers the changing scene on the Settle and Carlisle from the 1960s to the present day. It features the slow decline in traffic towards its planned closure, refusal of closure, and subsequent resurgence of traffic through to the present day. Illustrated by…
