Varamis Rail ‘Faster, Cheaper, Greener’
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomPhil 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 KingdomMichael 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,…
Railways Around Cambridge by David Scudamore.
Greenfinch Hall,Greenfinch Avenue Ipswich IP2 0SQObservations at Tamworth & Water Orton
Please note change of venue from the planned Heart of Wales Rover.
Afternoon Observation Meeting – Cardiff Central Station
Cardiff Station Central Square,, Cardiff, Wales, United KingdomPictures from the Harold Clements Collection, Part 1
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomBryan 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 KingdomMany 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 KingdomA 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 KingdomAlan 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 KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
Images from Glass Plate Negatives – David Postle – Kidderminster Railway Museum
Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, CoventryOur good friend, David Postle, from the Kidderminster Railway Museum will be presenting a selection of images scanned from original glass plate negatives. These images from the Museum's archive have…