Thia month's talk come from Ray Viney, who will be looking back back at the railway history of a town that was once the hub of three routes with two stations but is now completely disconnected from the National Network, Monmouth. Doors open at 7 for a 7:30 start and our preloved bookstall will be…
Join Harry Nethercoat from our Watford branch as he looks back on his journeys in 2025, stretching from Cornwall, up to Scotland - with stops in-between including; London, Cardiff, and closer to home. Expect all traction types on the mainline and in preservation
Steam locomotive driver & fireman Chris Smith, presents a slide show from his collection featuring the high quality railway photographs of Bill Potter. The show focuses on Steam and Diesel Hydraulic traction.
Steve Montgomery of Exerail fame will be giving a presentation of colour and black/white images captured by Dave Nicholas when living in the Bristol Area. Mainly steam and with extensive records to back up the narrative it promises to be an evening of nostalgia of a by-gone era from an excellent photographer
Archive And Library Open Day
Phil Lindsey takes us on a journey along the Midland Main Line from St Pancras to Ratcliffe on Soar, with the main focus being the Northamptonshire and Leicestershire sections. The presentation contains many of Phil’s own images, from the ‘Leicester Gap’ years to the modern day, but also draws on the extensive and historical Midland…
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Mike Corbett. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
Following his highly successful talk on the railways of March in last year's programme, local railway historian Richard Munns pays another very welcome visit to the Branch to take us through the infamous accident at Soham on June 2nd 1944.
David Jackman will make a photographic journey through the last hundred years of steam, diesel and electric traction starting at Paddington and heading west using photographs from the society's photographic archive
