Geoff Plumb. That was the year that was: 1962.
SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United KingdomStaveley Iron Works near Chesterfield had its own internal rail system, but hired in motive power from the Midland Railway. It apparently had a 100 year contract, which rather outlasted…
A Caledonian Collection
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Roger Pidgeon. In the photo - Caledonian express locomotive No 78 at the West Walls engine shed, just north of Carlisle…
Funicular Railways – David Hanger
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomA return visit by David who will present Funicular Railways - This talk covers the history of cable haulage of tramways and railways before looking at each of the funicular…
“Cambridge Area Railways Yesterday and Today (Part 4)” by David Scudamore
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomOn Tuesday 8th April 2025 we welcome local railway historian and photographer David Scudamore for the fourth in his highly popular and erudite series on railways around Cambridge. The talk will…
Czechoslovak Railways
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomJeremy Harrison shows us images of Czechoslovak Railways (ČSD) from his visits to the country with the LCGB in 1989, for their celebration of 150 Years of Railways in the…
Archive And Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day
TThe Railway Photographic Record of John Wiltshire and Derek Chaplin : Gloucestershire and the Somerset & Dorset 1959-1975
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomPresented by Peter Brabham
CHM Branch – Annual Business Meeting and members’ entertain
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomTime for our own members to unearth those images gathering dust on their computer file directories and show us what they have been up to in the past 12 months…
AGM and Members’ Presentations
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomRCTS WEN Branch Meeting Bernard Mills – Title to be confirmed
Our final meeting of the 2024/25 season sees the welcome return of our friend Bernard Mills. It will be an evening of classic Mills entertainment, with a varied selection of…
Narrow Gauge Railways in Saxony – Dave Coxon
Dave Coxon worked for the railway for 50 years starting at Derby Locomotive Works and finishing at Derby Litchurch Lane Works. During his long career he worked for the Research…