Events
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TVY – My travels from Jasper to Halifax, Saigon to Hanoi and elsewhere in 2025
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom -
From the back of the cupboard
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Lines to Midhurst, via Petworth, Petersfield & Chichester
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomThe major part of the evening will be a presentation entitled "Rails to Midhurst" which is an illustrated talk given by former Assistant County Archivist Bill Gage of West Sussex Record Office. The presentation is not a technical one and can be enjoyed by both railway enthusiasts and those interest in social history . The…
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Archive And Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day
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The Monochrome Model Railway
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomHybrid EventViews on the railway in East London and Essex from the Historic England Aerofilms Collection
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Tunnel vision : The story of the Metropolitan Railway – Colin Brading
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomColin is a railway civil engineer, retired now after a career of more than 50 years. He was born and raised close to the Metropolitan railway, and have used it for leisure and commuting purposes in the past, but it has also had a significant work-related focus for me. So, it's close to my heart!…
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AGM and My Travels in 2025, Rail 200 and More.
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomThe Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch AGM followed by a presentation by John Tigg. From a very young age, living in North West London between the West Coast Mainline and Metropolitan / Great Central route, John has had an interest in railways. Despite spending his last years before retirement travelling the country for a…
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Archive And Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day
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Westward Bound – Images from the Society’s Photographic Archive
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventDavid Jackman will take us on 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. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket. Free for RCTS members, but a £2.00 donation will be requested at the…
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Bristol Meeting – ‘My Father’s Pictures’ by David Cross
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomDerek Cross was a prolific railway photographer and his son David will be showing a selection of his father's photos including scenes at Bristol, Bath and on the Somerset & Dorset Railway.
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Cheltenham Branch
The 2025/26 meeting season has completed. We will restart on Thursday 17th September 2026.
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WFD Branch Meeting – ‘An Introduction to the RAIB’, by Keith Blackshaw’, 5th May 2026
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomKEITH BLACKSHAW, who is an Inspector of Rail Accidents, presents ‘An introduction to the RAIB’ (Rail Accident Investigation Branch). Keith has been at RAIB now for 3 years, after 21 years working on the front line of the rail industry. He started his railway career as a Customer Host for Midland Mainline in 2002, by…