30850 Lord Nelson: its restoration & operation
CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United KingdomNeil Kearns comes to tell us the story of 30850 Lord Nelson: preserved as part of the National Collection, in 1997 it was overhauled by the Eastleigh Railway Preservation Society and subsequently operated on the mainline, before moving to the Watercress Line, where it is currently awaiting a return to service.
The Ivatt Diesel (10000) Replica Project by Tony Ellershaw
NHN Roade Roade Village Hall, Bailey Brooks Lane, Roade, Northampton, United KingdomTony Ellershaw from the Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Project will give an insight into the project to build a replica of the LMS pioneer DE 10000. This is a joint meeting with the RCTS Milton Keynes Branch.
Recreating LMS 10000
NHN Roade Roade Village Hall, Bailey Brooks Lane, Roade, Northampton, United KingdomJoint meeting with the RCTS Northampton Branch. Tony Ellershaw from the Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society gives us an insight into the exciting project to build a replica of pioneer diesel electric locomotive No.10000.
Wakefield to Leeds via Huddersfield Barnsley & Castleford
A welcome return for the popular duo - Phil & Enid Vincent.
By Diesel Hydraulics around the Western Region
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomJoe Turner spent most of his career working for British Rail Western Region. In this slide show Joe presents WR diesel hydraulics in their various liveries from the late 1950’s through to the later years of the 1970’s, and on into preservation. As well as the well known Westerns, Warships, and Hymeks, Joe also shows…
Archive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom“Steam from the Lineside”
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomSteve Bigley will present an illustrated talk on steam charters
Change of date: Is it ‘A Clear Road Ahead for the Railways’
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomOur local transport expert, Fraser Pithie, turns his attention to the national scene and asks the question "Is it "A Clear Road Ahead" for the Railways. Change of date: The meeting has been deferred by a week from its original date of 19th September owing to the Funeral of The late Queen Elizabeth taking place…
Australia 2020
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomStuart made a visit to Australia shortly before everything changed. Join us for a flavour from Down Under
Archive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomIvatt Atlantic Passenger Locomotives of the GNR – Bob Bramson
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
The Selsey Tramway
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomSelsey at the southern tip of the Manhood peninsula has only ever had one rather difficult road to gain access to and from Chichester. In the late 1800's the idea of a rail link was seen as a futuristic transport improvement. The committee set up to carry out the project appointed the young H.F.Stevens as…