My 49 Year Railway Career

BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United Kingdom

A first visit to the branch by career railwayman Dennis Flood.

Archive and Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive and Library Open Day

The Route of ‘The Canadian’ and its Branches, by John Day

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

Please note: There is no meeting scheduled for August as the branch takes a summer break!   JOHN DAY, from the Ipswich Branch, pays another visit, the last one being…

The Midland Main Line Electrification Upgrade’

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

Gavin Crook (Network Rail Principal Programme Sponsor) and Duncan Cale (Infrastructure Interface Lead East Midlands Railway) will outline the development of the route over recent years, including the introduction of…

“Railways to the Coast” by Tony Kirby

CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United Kingdom

The earliest railways to the coast were built for freight rather than passenger traffic but companies soon realised there was a potentially lucrative passenger market.  This talk examines both aspects…

The Last Four Years of Steam

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

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by George Howe. An introduction by George: 1964 saw me making a change from black and white prints, to colour slides. This…

The Vale of Rheidol & Welshpool & Llanfair Railways

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

  Dave Waldron returns to the branch to provide us with an evening of his memories of two of the iconic narrow gauge lines in Wales, the Vale of Rheidol…

Archive and Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive and Library Open Day

British Steam 1962-1970 – Tony Bowles

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

Archivist of the Restoration and Archiving Trust based at Toddington, Tony Bowles presents UK images taken by himself between 1962 and 1970. Also included are pictures taken in Northern Ireland.