A Railway Quiz

IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United Kingdom

The quiz is based on the images from the Glen Richard`s collection.

A Railway Quiz

IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United Kingdom

This will be a quiz based on images from the Glen Richard`s Collection.

Archive and Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive and Library Open Day

The Bridge is Down! – New Investigation into the Tay Bridge Disaster

HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United Kingdom

A Presentation by Dr Rudi Newman, Transport Historian and Author When the Tay Bridge collapsed in 1879, commemorated by poet William McGonagall, the confidence of the Victorian Age was shattered. Seen as a triumph of engineering, its destruction with the loss of a train and all souls aboard revealed fatal deficiencies in design and construction…

East Coast Main Line from London to York

SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Three generations of EC traction at York : a Wikicommons image Stephen returns for his sixth visit to the branch with his own special take on this iconic line, including his unique blend of images and commentary.

Diverted! Swinton to Chesterfield via Rotherham, Barnsley & Sheffield

SFD Sheffield 60-68 Trippet Lane, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Branch members Phil Lockwood and Enid Vincent take us on the fourth and final leg of their convoluted journey from Doncaster to Chesterfield illustrated with slides, mainly of freight trains, taken between1976 and 2021. Tonight’s route: Swinton to Sheffield by the Midland & GC routes - Meadowhall to Barnsley - Sheffield to Chesterfield via Dronfield.…

The LMS 10000 Project

WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United Kingdom

North Staffordshire Railway (Part 1)

TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

This presentation is an amalgam of a talk that the late “Tommy” Tomalin put together many years ago entitled “North from Uttoxeter” plus various other images from a variety of sources to fill in the gaps.  Tommy’s slides have now been converted into a digital format.  This presentation also includes some pictures of the Cromford and…