The Bridge is Down! – New Investigation into the Tay Bridge Disaster
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA 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…
Southern Steam 1897-1967 on Film
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomA selection of videos from Screen Archive South East and West Sussex Record Office, with their kind permission, depicting Southern Steam, ranging from the arrival of an LBSCR Stroudley 'Gladstone' at Hove in 1897 to the departure of Bulleid Pacifics from Waterloo in 1967, on main lines and country byways. Screen Archive South East is…
East Coast Main Line from London to York
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomThree 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 KingdomBranch 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
British Rail 1966 to 1978 – From Steam to InterCity 125
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom
North Staffordshire Railway (Part 1)
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThis 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…
Roaming around London with a Camera
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomPresenter: Geoff Brockett A look at the wide variety of train operations in Greater London with photos taken over the last two or three years.
“Colorado Adventure”
SOE Eastleigh Eastleigh Railway Institute, 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomSolent branch · Presenter: David Brace
Quest for World Steam – Slides from the late Dave Whitfield’s Collection
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United Kingdom
South Western Railway
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomSurrey branch · Presenter: Andrew Ardley & David Wilby
Looking Back
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomPlease note this is a change to the advertised presentation.