Railways Remembered – North East England
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomRecently published by Crécy is Railways Remembered: North East England. This full colour volume covers the area from the Scottish Border to the Tees, and inland to the North Pennines. All facets of railway operations are covered: steam, diesel and electric; town and country; freight and passenger; BR and industry. One of the co-authors, Charles…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
Western Enterprise
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomSignificant investment over recent years has radically changed the face of the Great Western, a railway so rich in history that parts have been considered worthy of UNESCO World Heritage status. Setting the scene with a brief look at today's railway, this talk ranges widely across the route, blending aspects of the speaker's fifty-year western…
HSD branch – As I see it
HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United KingdomAs I see it
Leatherhead Station & Stationmasters House
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomRCTS Archive & Library Officer Andy Davies illustrates the importance of this facility
Multiple units around the UK. by James Sutcliffe
LNW Preston Fulwood Lawn Tennis Club, Watling Street Road, Preston, United KingdomSouth Western Railway update
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomWe welcome Steve Tyler, Performance and Planning Director of South Western Railway to give an update on the latest developments with one of our busiest train operators
East Anglia in the 2020s
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation. Presenter: Iain Scotchman. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30.
An historic account of electric traction systems – Dave Saunders
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomThat was the year that was – 1962
'Geoff was born in Sheffield in 1949, into a railway-mad family, starting his railway enthusiasm at the age of around 18 months. After some early attempts with the family Box Brownie camera in the 1950s, he was given his first ‘proper’ camera for his thirteenth birthday in March 1962, this eventually leading to his career…
Croydon & South London Branch Lunch
Toby Carvery, Redhill 2 Redstone Hill, Redhill, Surrey, United KingdomAs a change from having a Branch Christmas Dinner at the Porter and Sorter in Croydon, this season we have decided to have a Branch Lunch, at the Redhill Toby Carvery, which is very close to Redhill Station. Table is booked for 13:15; meet in the bar area from 12:15 for a pre lunch drink.…
A Southern Miscellany, from the RCTS Photographic Archive
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomDavid Jackman will present "A Southern Miscellany", as seen through the lens of photographers who have passed their images to the Society's Photographic Archive, featuring a potpourri of photographs from the 1950s onwards (mainly from the 60s and 70s), including a wide selection of steam, diesel and electric motive power across the region, from the…