A London Brighton and South Coast Railway Miscellany, 1862-1923
CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United KingdomA selection of images of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway from Victorian days to the grouping, now over a hundred years ago. Views of our local railway, but not as we know it today.
Over The Mendips
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThe Somerset & Dorset Railway originally ran from Burnham-on-Sea to Wimborne, linking the Bristol and English Channels. In 1874 an extension opened from Evercreech Junction over the Mendip Hills to link with the Midland Railway at Bath which immediately became the main line. Passenger trains included through expresses from the Midlands and North to the…
HSD branch – Steam and Steel + AGM
HSD Scunthorpe The Black Beauty, Keddington Road, Scunthorpe, United KingdomSteam and Steel This meeting will also include the Branch AGM.
Railway Miscellany
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomTony Storey returns with more gems from his collection
A Tribute to John Benson
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomBranch members with longer memories will fondly remember Johns Benson and Champion trading stories and photographs, comparing notes of their service in the military, always with camera in hand to record railway scenes wherever they were. John Benson was able, during service with the RAF, and later in life to travel to some countries not…
ERTMS
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomERTMS - The European Rail Traffic Management System
AGM/Members Presentations
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomMembers and visitors slides (35mm, no digital please)
LNW Preston Fulwood Lawn Tennis Club, Watling Street Road, Preston, United KingdomKings Cross to York by Stephen Gay
NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United Kingdom
Building Britain’s Most Powerful Steam Locomotive
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomAfter the success of Tornado, the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is now working on a new build P2 class locomotive. Chris comes to tell us about the project and its progress
Tunnel Vision – The History of the Metropolitan Railway
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation. Presenter: Colin Brading. The story of the Metropolitan, the world’s first underground railway. Less than four miles long when it opened - to great acclaim - in January 1863, this ‘little acorn’ grew as a proud independent company to spread many branches and ‘the Met’ has shaped…