Observations at Doncaster Change of Date
Doncaster Railway Station , United KingdomThat Was the Year That Was – 1967
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomAfter looking back a century, and then over the last decade, in our last two meetings, for this month's meeting we split the difference, and are taken back 55 years, to 1967, by excellent photographer (and Watford Branch chairman) Geoff Plumb. This was the penultimate year of regular standard gauge steam on British Railways, and…
RCTS Members’ Day @ Barrow Hill Roundhouse
Barrow Hill Roundhouse Campbell Drive, Chesterfield, United KingdomCelebrating 152 years of railway history for the iconic Midland Railway roundhouse and the wider railway industry it supports to this day. GWR 1500 class 0-6-0PT shunting engine 1501, the sole survivor of its class, in steam and working the Barrow Hill shuttle trains from Roundhouse Halt up the Springwell branch line. Our thanks go…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom125 Group – the Inter-City 125 in preservation
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomGary Heelas from the 125 Group gives a presentation on how the iconic Inter-City 125 is being preserved for future generations.
The Rhymney Railway
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomOn 2nd September we are pleased to welcome South Wales Branch Secretary, Peter Fortune to open our 2022/23 programme with a talk on the ‘Rhymney Railway’. Peter will be taking us on a journey down the line from it’s early days to the present time.
The ‘LMS Patriot Project’, by Colin Hall, followed by ‘Rob’s Railway Years: the 1980s’, by Rob Freeman.
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomIn place of John Day’s postponed presentation, we now have a two-part meeting. Colin Hall is the Chair of the LMS Patriot Project and will be giving us a frank first-hand presentation on the experiences and challenges faced recently and what is being done to move the project forward. The LMS-Patriot Project - Our aims…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomHeinekin Days Part by Andy Grimmett- Meeting Cancelled
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United KingdomVisit to Stafford
This replaces the previously advertised Cumbria Day Ranger which we have decided to postpone because of the current spate of last-minute cancellations.
The 10000 Locomotive Rebuild Project – Tony Ellershaw
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomBy Midland to Cambridge
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomOn September 13th we are delighted to welcome Robin Cullup to open our 2022/23 programme with a talk on the former Midland line from Kettering to Cambridge. There will be plenty of 2-4-0s in action on this favourite line!