‘Railways and Me – Full Circle’ – by John Dyer.
VirtualThis will be a fairly wide-ranging personal perspective which might be described as ‘Bidston, Birkenhead and Beyond’. It starts with my interest in steam railways as a youth and railways generally, which was kindled locally on Merseyside where I was born and bred, and gradually expanding to other locations further afield. There are lots of…
24 Hours a Day on the Railways
FLL Carnforth Royal Station Hotel, Market Street, Carnforth, United Kingdom
Northampton Gateway
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomFor our first meeting of the year, George Collinson, Sponsor for Network Rail North West & Central Region gives an insight into the development of Northampton Gateway via our online ‘Zoom’ meeting.
To Scotland for Steam
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomBristol Branch Chairman Brian Arman will be taking us on a journey over the border in search of steam.
CANCELLED – Archive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomThis Archive & Library open day is CANCELLED. As the RMT are on strike, it is unlikely that visitors will be able to come to Leatherhead by train. If anyone wishes to visit the Archive and Library on a non-strike day over Christmas and the New Year, please contact archive@rcts.org.uk to arrange a convenient day.
Roaming around London with a Camera by Geoff Brockett.
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United KingdomLNWR Webb Compounds – Peter Davis
VirtualThis is a virtual meeting - Click the link below to register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83794682682?pwd=SFVUNUt2VFV1TTBBb2pwSzJmUXZVdz09 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Western Canada Wanderings
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomCambridge Branch Secretary Tony Field will share more of his excellent North American images with us on January 10th, this time focusing on the railways of Western Canada. An evening not to be missed with lots of locomotives, long trains and tall mountains.
Railways at the Dawn of Nationalisation
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA presentation (via Zoom) of photographs from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley Archive of over 2000 photographs taken by Percy Moseley between 1911 and the 1970s. This presentation will cover the years from 1946 to 1949 - the time of Nationalisation, when the Big Four became British Railways - and will be made by…
Siemens-ECML Signalling Project
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation. Presented by Sarah Ponting (Siemens). The decision to re-signal the southern end of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) has been well publicised. It is to be part of the Digital Railway initiative, although ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) and its ETCS component (European Train Control…
The Brecon & Merthyr Railway
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomA History of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway and a journey along the routes