Archive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
Transforming the West Highland Line
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomFormer Society Chairman and British Rail Business Manager Highland Callum MacLeod joins us to tell of the challenges that faced the West Highland Line in the early 1980s, and the changes, upgrades and transformation that followed in meeting and overcoming these through that decade. These included the introduction of RETB signalling and DMUs, together with…
Archive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
‘Those Were the Years Those Were’ Part 2, by Michael Reade, 3rd September 2024
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomPlease note there is no meeting in August! 'Those Were the Years Those Were' Part 2 (With Apologies to Geoff Plumb). Michael was able, during extensive business travel by rail and road in the U.K., to capture the rail scene in colour from 1960 to the end of mainline steam in 1968. Opportunities arose during…
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, Q6s, & J27s.
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 Kingdom
Pictures 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 taken by Harold Clements, his Father and Grandfather. This presentation starts with images around Luton - from MR days in the 1880s to BR(M) in…
“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 photographic record and history of such locations.
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, showing some of the areas l had to work at, plus a look at some of the various vehicles and equipment used, relative to the…