Gresley and the A4s
Our annual joint meeting with the Marlow & District Railway Society This is the story of the man, the locomotive, and the Class of A4s with special reference to the 100th Gresley Pacific No 4498/7/60007. David McIntosh is the Education Officer for the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust and will update on the return to…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom
A Ninth Colorail Journey
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom
Visit & Guided Tour of Volks Electric Railway, Brighton (Postponed due to National Rail strike)
The management of the Volks Electric have agreed to an escorted visit and tour of the Railway by RCTS members. You must book in advance if you wish to join this tour. Details available from the Chichester Branch Chairman - chichesterchair@rcts.org.uk NOTE: Due to the National Rail Strike on 21 June this visit has been postponed.…
Observation Day at Westbury (Cancelled due to Rail Strike)
Westbury Station , United KingdomObservation afternoon and evening at Westbury Station (Cancelled due to Rail Strike)
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom
Visit to Mangapps Railway Museum
Mangapps Railway Museum Southminster RoadEssex, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, United KingdomThis is a joint visit with the South East Essex Railway Society (SEERs) who are allowing South Essex RCTS members to join their visit to Mangapps. The cost is £12 with Fish and Chips available at an extra charge (must be pre-ordered). To book, please contact Adrian Houghton by email ( a.houghton245@btinternet.com) stating you are…
‘Twixt War and Grouping
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA selection of images of Britain's Railways between 1919 and 1922 - the period between the Armistice and the Grouping, now a century ago - drawn from the Ken Nunn collection (of the LCGB/NRM), and presented by Jeremy Harrison.
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom
That Was the Year That Was – 1974, by Geoff Plumb
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomGeoff Plumb, Watford Branch Chairman, presents another in the series ‘That Was the Year That Was’, this time covering 1974, with a look behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany and Poland, also West Germany and a smattering of the UK.
Three Decades of Changes on the Footplate
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomLee Davies, currently a driver with Cross-Country, recalls the ups and downs of changes in the footplate grade over the last three decades.