The Deltics – Worthy Successors to the A4s ?
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Michael Smyth. The Deltics and the A4s have a common background in that both were the result of developments of Germany diesel engine technology in the 1930s. This talk explains how this came about and then continues with the story of Deltics in mainline service to…
BRANCH SOCIAL MEETING
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomTHE ANNUAL BRANCH SOCIAL WITH MEMBERS' PICTURES AND SLIDES AND THE TRADITIONAL QUIZ, WITH REFRESHMENTS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT WITH, AND MEET YOUR FELLOW ENTHUSIASTS
Visit to the Northampton & Lamport Railway
Northampton & Lamport Railway Pitsford & Brampton Station, Pitsford Road, Chapel Brampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United KingdomMILTON KEYNES BRANCH 2024 VISIT Sunday 14th July 2024 Northampton & Lamport Railway Itinerary ·         Travel by own transport to Pitsford & Brampton Station – meet on the platform               10:00 ·         Travel by train to new station at Boughton – visit to signal box ex Betley Road ·         Return to Pitsford & Brampton station by…
Colchester in the Age of Steam
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomPhysical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall also available via Zoom as a Hybrid Colchester is a major railway junction in Essex with much to interest the railway enthusiast. This talk will cover the period up to September 1962 when steam operation ceased through the town. The railway infrastructure in the town included three stations, all…
Observation Afternoon and Evening – Banbury Station
Banbury Station“Steam Day Rails in the South Pennines” – Presenter Steve Armitage
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
Observation Day – Cardiff & the Valleys
Cardiff Station Central Square,, Cardiff, Wales, United KingdomObservation of railway activity at Cardiff & the Valleys We shall be catching 1F06 Portsmouth to Cardiff and return on 1D91 Â Cardiff to Portsmouth. We shall use an Explore Cardiff and the Valleys day rover.
Archive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
That Was The Year That Was – 1973
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomGeoff Plumb (Watford Branch Chairman) returns to present another of his popular ‘That Was The Year That Was’ series, this time taking us through 1973 (is that really over half a century ago?). We start the year with East to West cross-border German steam around Bebra in January, moving on to Austria for snowy scenes…
Another Western European Miscellany
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Rob Freeman. I will be showing a variety of themes from various countries from my collection of modern traction photos that I have been taking for the last 40 years or so. There will be scenes from France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria and Switzerland.…
Archive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day