Railways Remembered – North East England

Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

Recently 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 Kingdom

Archive and Library Open Day

Western Enterprise

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

Significant 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…

Leatherhead Station & Stationmasters House

SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United Kingdom

RCTS Archive & Library Officer Andy Davies illustrates the importance of this facility

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East Anglia in the 2020s

HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation. Presenter: Iain Scotchman. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30.

That 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 Kingdom

As 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.…