Changing Trains in the 1980’s
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
CHM Branch – An 11th Colour-Rail journey – 1964 – an interesting year
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomFor the first meeting of our 2024/25 season we welcome Paul Chancellor back to present the 11th iteration of his 'A Colour-Rail Journey. This will focus on 1964 - an interesting year. The gloom hanging over the country's railway system following publication of the report The Reshaping of Britain's Railways had yet to completely descend,…
SRY Branch – Railwayman – Man and Boy
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomRailwayman - Man and Boy By Jim Lester who was a Passed Driver on steam who fired on Sir Winston Churchill's funeral train and drove the last steam trains from Waterloo.
How We Built The Watercress Line
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomThe early preservation years and the Alton extension 1973 - 85
Through Kirton Tunnel – Sheffield to Cleethorpes
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Stephen Gay. Our annual presentation from Stephen. Expect to hear the story behind each of the photos. Also expect to hear his poetry. Doors open 13:30
Archive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
‘On and off the footplate’ by Bill Davies
NHN Roade Roade Village Hall, Bailey Brooks Lane, Roade, Northampton, United Kingdom
Watercress Line Film Unit
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomFrom 'History' to 'How it works', the Watercress Films Unit only formally came into existence a few years ago. Since creation Will and his team have boosted the railway's publicity on youtube with followers regularly tuning in to find out more about the Watercress Line. In this talk Will takes us through the creation of…
“A West Riding Roundabout”
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United Kingdom
Steam in Romania and Elsewhere
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA two part presentation, by two of our German stalwarts. In the first half, Helmut Dahlhaus will show photos by his late brother Hans Dieter Dahlhaus of steam on Căile Ferate Române (Romanian Railways) between 1968 and 1980, to be followed from some his own images of steam in Czechoslovakia. For a more powerful express…
Members Weekend 2024
The Royal Maritime Hotel 75-80 Queen Street, Portsmouth, United KingdomMembers Weekend 2024 based in Portsmouth. Including the RCTS Officers Conference on Sunday 29th September. Full details are to be found at https://rcts.org.uk/members-weekend-2024-news/ The Harbour & Spinnaker Tower