This is a strictly RCTS Members only visit to the Freightliner facility at Crewe Basford Hall. Please email outdoorvisits@rcts.org.uk if you would like to take part (numbers will be limited). Payment for the visit will be taken cash only on the day.
'Railways at a Junction, by Fraser Pithie. Further details will be added nearer the date. Please note this is a physical meeting, doors open from 18:30 for a 19:00 start, with a half-time break for refreshments, and we aim to finish around 21:30. Members, visitors and guests all welcome.
For our October meeting, Andrew Gainsbury, the Transport for Wales Rolling Stock Strategy Manager, will be giving what promises to be a very interesting talk on the challenges and opportunities in creating a fleet suitable for the 21st Century. All ably illustrated with photography from Jeremy Segrott.
Archive And Library Open Day
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City presentation by Liz Gibson. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
Dave Coxon will talk to us about how the BR Research & Development Division undertook a study into modelling the pantograph and Overhead Line and how this resulted in a high speed pantograph used around the World.
Last summer Robert Pritchard used an All Line Rover and a combination of local tickets to visit the ten least used stations in the country. Using what has been described as “meticulous planning and often exhausting execution” he tells the story of visiting the ten very different stations, along with the other interesting things he…
