The Vintage Trains Story – the rise to a Train Operating Company
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomJoint meeting with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Mike Corbett gives a talk on the history and development of Birmingham based ‘Vintage Trains’ to Train Operating Company status, together with the Tyseley collection of steam and diesel locomotives, including the application of modern technology to heritage stock to enable main line operation.
Railway Holidays in the West Country – Devon & Somerset by Stuart Warr
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomStuart Warr returns to continue his reminiscences of Railway Holidays in the West Country, this time visiting Devon & Somerset.
‘Those Were the Years Those Were’ Part 1, by Michael Reade (with apologies to Geoff Plumb!)
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomMichael was able, during extensive business travel by rail and road in the U.K., to capture the rail scene in colour from 1960 to the end of mainline steam in 1968. Opportunities arose during lunchtimes and summer evenings in various industrial locations, and together with a London Midland Southern Area lineside permit used in various…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
South Wales Railways in the 21st Century
Stuart Warr Stuart is a well known photographer with many images published in the Railway Observer and in his won publication, My Journey.
The Deltics-worthy successors to the A4s by Michael Smyth
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United Kingdoms
Railways in the Cambridge Area – Part 3, by David Scudamore
NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
Andy Barclay: More slides from the Alan Lovecy collection.
SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom“Midsomer Norton – Rising from the Ashes” by John Baxter
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomJohn Baxter is the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust's Secretary. He gives a 'warts and all' story of the trials and tribulations of starting a steam railway from scratch and how attempts to derail the project were dealt with to produce a small part of the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway for all…
Croydon & SL Branch AGM and Members’ Images
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomOur Annual General Meeting, to be followed by Members' Images (both digital and conventional slide projectors will be available). Your chance to speak up and show off! As our long serving Chairman Chris Meredith and Secretary Peter Wilson have both decided to step down, it is essential that people come forward to join the committee…