‘A Broad Gauge Journey from Paddington to the West – Part 1’, by Brian Arman

WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United Kingdom

The Society’s President, the Reverend Canon Brian Arman, visits the Watford Branch for the first time to present the first of his acclaimed series of talks on the Great Western Railway, ‘A Broad Gauge Journey from Paddington to the West – Part 1’. We look forward to seeing Brian, branch members, visitors and guests –…

The Rowland Pitttard Memorial Lecture

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

The Broad Gauge Part 3 Brian Arman

The Broad Gauge Part III

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

by Brian Arman This is the Rowland Pittard Memorial Lecture and before Brian's talk there will be a short appreciation of Rowland's life and his massive contribution to the RCTS right up to his death in early 2020.

East West Rail Project Update

MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

A member of the East West Rail Project team will give us an update on the exciting scheme to reinstate the much lamented link between Oxford and Cambridge, via Bletchley and Bedford. Please note that the date of the meeting has been moved from the previously advertised date of 2nd June 2022.

Passenger Services Across the UK During the Past Decades

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

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Paul Chancellor. Paul is the proprietor of Colour-Rail and author of rail related books and articles. He promises us a talk ranging from the “Elizabethan” to some remote Scottish branch lines. Doors open at 7:00pm

Northern Excursions

WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United Kingdom

Gresley and the A4s

MHD Bourne End Bourne End Community Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End, United Kingdom

Our annual joint meeting with the Marlow & District Railway Society This is the story of the man, the locomotive, and the Class of A4s with special reference to the 100th Gresley Pacific No 4498/7/60007. David McIntosh is the Education Officer for the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust and will update on the return to…