Archive & Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive & Library Open Day

Varamis Rail ‘Faster, Cheaper, Greener’

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

Phil Read, Chief Executive Officer of Varamis Rail, gives a talk about The UK’s first high speed rail logistics company, providing fast, zero emission linehaul logistics services.

‘The End of Steam on British Railways 1966-67’ by Michael Smyth.

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

Michael Smyth's presentation covers steam in the Leeds, Bradford, and Wakefield areas plus the North East. Featured are the last working examples of many classes eg Jubilees, B1s, 2-6-4Ts, WDs,…

Pictures from the Harold Clements Collection, Part 1

CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United Kingdom

Bryan Cross comes to present a selection of monochrome images, all scanned directly from the Harold Clements collection of original Lantern slides, Glass plates and large format negatives. These were…

“Britain’s Military Railways” by Clive Pepper

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

Many Military sites in Britain once had, and in a few instances still have, internal railway systems. Illustrated by visits made between 1970 and 2000, this presentation provides a rare…

A Driver’s Eye View – 48 Years on the Railway

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

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Andy Grimmett. In his own words - My presentation looks mainly at the engineering side of my life on the railway,…

Welsh Narrow Gauge Railways : A Personal View 1990 – 2024

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

Alan Williams has been taking photos of the Welsh narrow gauge since I was a young lad, but it became a serious endeavour during the 1990s and since then I…

Archive & Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive & Library Open Day