Hydrogen Trains
David Shirres will talk to us about hydrogen trains via a Zoom meeting To meet climate emission targets the world has to wean itself off petroleum. To do so it has been estimated that hydrogen will account for 5 to 15% of the world’s energy supply by 2050. In his presentation David will explain why…
The Prince of Wales, a Brand-New Steam Locomotive for the 21st Century
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomBritain's most powerful steam locomotive. A presentation by Rob Morland The first Gresley class P2 No. 2001 Cock o' the North was completed in 1934 by the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) at its Doncaster works. It was the most powerful express passenger steam locomotive ever built for a British railway. Designed by Sir…
The North Notts and Lincs Community Rail Partnership
SFD Sheffield 60-68 Trippet Lane, Sheffield, United KingdomKate Myers and Barry Coward of the NNLCRP will speak about the partnership’s successes and ambitions for the future. Community rail consists of grassroots partnerships that engage with communities and help people maximise the benefits their railways offer. They also promote social inclusion and sustainable travel. They work to improve train services and stations as…
Euston to Carlisle in Steam Days 1958 to 1961
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomDavid Cross will visit us again to show some more of his father's slides of workings in the west Coast Main Line
The story of Wormit and the Tay Bridge Disaster
SCT Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, United KingdomNew information comes to light on the disaster and its causes, and various accidents at Wormit.
Peter Doel : Wandering around the North East over the Years.
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomFor our February meeting we welcome back Peter Doel for another talk with lots of photographic delights. Pete who is an excellent photographer will be taking us on a tour of the North East from the 1960s to the 1980s. Pete spent many hours recording the rail scene in the North East on trips visiting…
A Photographer’s Gallery
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United KingdomContinuing the T’Ebay series
That Was The Year That Was – 1964
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomGeoff Plumb returns with the next installment of his highly enjoyable series, bringing Colour Photos from his schoolboy travels during 1964, including several RCTS tours with Stanier, Bulleid and Gresley Pacifics in England and Scotland. Also featuring are shed scenes and industrials around the London area and parts of Yorkshire; holidays in the Cambrian Coast…
Northern Travels
HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United KingdomSteve Batty returns.
A Little History of the Cadeby Light Railway
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMany people will be aware of the Cadeby Light Railway which the Rev.Teddy Boston built around the garden of his Leicestershire rectory between 1963 and 2005. In this presentation Dave gives us a personal account of visiting the railway, and his experiences of helping to run the various railways on the Cadeby rectory site. After 2005,…
“Railway Allsorts”
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomSolent branch · Presenter: Ken Mumford