From the Back of the Cupboard
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United Kingdom
The Anniversary Tour
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomIn 2018 Steve Ollive from Maidenhead and five friends embarked on an expensive expedition to Europe. All had a very good reason for being part of this great event. The tour began with the British Pullman and the Venice Simplon Orient Express, and concluded with Eurostar. Come and see what the tour was all about.…
Steam Memories 2
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United Kingdom“Walks with my Dog along Disused Railways” by Stephen Gay
NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United KingdomAn unusual look at railways but should be very interesting
The Wrexham & Shropshire Railway
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMerseyside, Cheshire & North Wales branch · Presenter: Geoff Plumb
Eastleigh from Railway Junction to Railway Centre
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThe presentation will cover the development of Eastleigh from its initial location as a junction for the line to Gosport intended to serve Portsmouth to the present day. We will look at the establishment of the Railway Workshops and the Running Shed leading up to the present railway facilities.
Harwich for the Continent – The Rail Ferries
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomComing from Ipswich Chris has had a lifelong interest in all things Transport. He is a local historian, presenter and canal artist, and has been presenting for over 20 years. An ex seaman, Chris actually worked on most of the ships discussed within his presentation. Chris is the current chair of the trustees of the…
Southern Coaches – Part 1, The Maunsell Era
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomWhile locomotives - especially of the steam variety - took the glory, the coaches that they hauled were just as important. Mike King comes to tell of those introduced by the Southern Railway between the grouping of 1923 and the late 1930s, under the supervision of Richard Maunsell, its first Chief Mechanical Engineer.
East Coast Main Line – Kings Cross to York
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomStephen Gay will talk to us about the ECML through the years
Ninth Colour-Rail Journey
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomThe presentation features passengers services across the country from the 1930s to the present day.
Office of Rail and Road
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomSurrey Branch March Meeting
Jeff Mimnagh’s End of BR Steam
LNW Preston Fulwood Lawn Tennis Club, Watling Street Road, Preston, United KingdomA selection of images by the late Jeff Mimnagh covering the end of BR steam