Work of the RAIB
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomSimon Lomax, Principal Inspector of Rail Accidents at the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, joins us to explain the work of the RAIB.
‘The View from the North’ illustrated by Steve Batty.
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomSteve Batty from Selby North Yorkshire is visiting us to present 'The View from the North'.
Railways in the Cornish Landscape – part 2. by Stephen Gay
SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United KingdomStephen makes a welcome return to the Sheffield branch, continuing his trip west on the Cornish Main Line, this time from Par to Penzance while also taking in the Cornish…
“34081 92 Squadron – from Rust to Renaissance” by Steve Lacey on behalf of the Battle of Britain Locomotive Society
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomBased on his own involvement with the locomotive, Steve Lacey describes her rescue and restoration from Barry and the complexities of keeping 34081 in working order on the Nene Valley…
Mandarin Madness – Solo Travels in China
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by David Longman. What do you do if you want to photograph steam in China but don’t speak the language, can’t afford…
Stuart Underdown’s Southern Memories – Part 2
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomThe late Stuart Underdown was a Society member and an accomplished photographer, who put together a number of presentations, including this one, of his ‘Southern Memories’, of his own photographs…
From West to East and Back Again
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomOn 9th October 2024, Steve Rickett will take us on a journey from Pembrokeshire to Essex, avoiding London, using secondary routes where possible and going down branch line rabbit holes…
Scottish Branch: “To Scotland for Steam (Part 2)” by Rev’d Canon Brian Arman, RCTS President
SCT Edinburgh Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace,, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis will be the first meeting to be held by the Scottish Branch at its splendid new venue which is directly opposite Haymarket station. Brian returns to continue his illustrated…
Farnham & District MRC Exhibition
Alderwood Leisure Centre, Tongham Road, Aldershot, GU12 4AS Alderwood Leisure Centre, Tongham Road, Aldershot,, United KingdomSurrey Branch will be attending the Farnham & District MRC Exhibition at Aldershot. We will have Society publications and second hand books for sale.
Archive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
RCTS WEN Branch Meeting : David Hunt – Diesels in the 1980s Part 2
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomThe first meeting of our 2024/25 will see David Hunt return to give us a show of his classic images from the 1980s. A tradition slide show, will see us…