Branch AGM + The Son of a Rail Enthusiast
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Event. The branch AGM - followed by a presentation given by Richard Cole, son of David Cole who was the founder of the branch and a Vice President of the RCTS. Richard will be looking through some of his dad’s slides and explaining how his passion for railways influenced…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
The Great Train Robbery 1963 : The Story
The in-depth story of the planning and execution of the Great Train Robbery bu Ian Boskett
The John Wells Collection – Part 2 – Presented by Bryan Acford
Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, CoventryOn Monday 26th September 2022 our guest speakers, Chris Berridge and Bryan Acford presented Part 1 of the John Wells Collection. Since that date we have sadly lost our Branch Member, Chris Berridge. Part 2 of the excellent John Wells Collection will be presented by his colleague, Bryan Acford. This black and white collection was…
Colour Rail – 11th Journey : 1964
MCN Bromborough The Bromborough Suite. The Merebrook, Greenfields Avenue, Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, United KingdomAGM and Members Slides
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomPhysical/Hybrid meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall with the AGM portion and Digital Images available on Zoom
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
A London Brighton and South Coast Railway Miscellany, 1862-1923
CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United KingdomA selection of images of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway from Victorian days to the grouping, now over a hundred years ago. Views of our local railway, but not as we know it today.
Over The Mendips
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThe Somerset & Dorset Railway originally ran from Burnham-on-Sea to Wimborne, linking the Bristol and English Channels. In 1874 an extension opened from Evercreech Junction over the Mendip Hills to link with the Midland Railway at Bath which immediately became the main line. Passenger trains included through expresses from the Midlands and North to the…
HSD branch – Steam and Steel + AGM
HSD Scunthorpe The Black Beauty, Keddington Road, Scunthorpe, United KingdomSteam and Steel This meeting will also include the Branch AGM.
Railway Miscellany
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomTony Storey returns with more gems from his collection
A Tribute to John Benson
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomBranch members with longer memories will fondly remember Johns Benson and Champion trading stories and photographs, comparing notes of their service in the military, always with camera in hand to record railway scenes wherever they were. John Benson was able, during service with the RAF, and later in life to travel to some countries not…