25 Years of Derek Cross Diesels 1959 to 1984
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomPhysical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall which will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting. David Cross will present some more of his father's slides which this time will feature diesels photographed in England between the years 1959 and 1984. Derek was a prolific photographer in the sixties and seventies but unlike many…
Archive And Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day
The Western Locomotive Association
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomPaul Finch the Vice Chairman & Publicity Officer of the Western Locomotive Association, gives us his presentation covering the highs and lows of preserving and operating three Western Class 52 diesel hydraulic locomotives, for more than four decades.
HSD branch – Steve Jordan – A local photographer with a varied show
HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United KingdomSteve Jordan - A local photographer with a varied show.
Tracks in the Mist (Wooton Tramway/ Brill Branch and the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.)
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomNorth East Branch – The Waverley Route
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United KingdomThe iconic Waverley Route - from Edinburgh to Carlisle via Galashiels and Hawick is the subject for Dennis Lovett. The Northern section of the route from Edinburgh to Tweedbank is, happily, resurrected as The Borders Railway, opening as such in September 2015.
CHM Branch – South Western England
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomMichael Clemens comes to us with some cine film and stills of the good old days of the Midland and South Western Junction Railway and the Somerset and Dorset, so something for everyone. The films and slides were taken by much respected railway film maker and photographer Jim Clemens and Michael has transferred them onto…
The Rail Industry and Political Intervention – 1923 to 1973
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomThe Rail Industry and Political Intervention - 1923 to 1973 Note that the talk title has been changed from "The Post War years to Railway 200 with a glimpse to the future". Stuart Palmer Lifelong railwayman and former Managing Director of South West Trains
“Railway Mixture” by David Alred
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United Kingdom
Gems of the HC Casserley Archive
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomThe famous railway photographer from years gone by. Robert Freeman will remind us of some of his superb pictures
A Visit to Pakistan, 1990
CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United KingdomBack in 1990, Jeremy Harrison undertook a visit to Pakistan, to see and photograph its railways. While the main emphasis of his trip was the then surviving steam - on broad, metre and narrow gauges - he also took the opportunity to photograph all aspects of the contemporary railway scene.
AGM and German Steam
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomThe Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch AGM followed by a presentation by George Howe. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.