Scenes from the 60’s in Colour
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomThis presentation centres on the railway scene from late 1965 to 1967 in the North West, although a few scenes from elsewhere do feature. The emphasis is on the variety of BR steam motive power still around at that time but occasional diesels and various steam types in industrial service also appear. All the pictures…
Incidents from a railway management career
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomCliff makes a return visit to tell us about the trials and tribulations of being a railway manager
A Railwayman Remembers
HTC Welwyn Garden City Ludwick Way Methodist Church, 149 Ludwick Way, Welwyn Garden City, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation. Presenter: Dave Cockle: The "A Railwayman Remembers" talk covers a thirty-eight-year period from 1968 to 2007 looking at Dave's railway career from unofficial signalman on the Hertford Loop to Operations Compliance Manager for the former train operating company First Capital Connect. His work was predominately in operational…
The Trent Valley Railway – Robin Mathams & Dave Barrett
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomL & Y Locos at work – Part 2
MCN Liverpool Haig House Social Club, Woolton Road, Garston, Liverpool, United KingdomDRS and Railfreight
FLL Carnforth Royal Station Hotel, Market Street, Carnforth, United KingdomThe LMS-Patriot Project
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomOur first face to face meeting of the season welcomes Colin Hall from The LMS-Patriot Project to present on how they are recreating a Patriot Class locomotive from scratch, to be named The Unknown Warrior.
AGM followed by ‘A Roger Newman Tribute’
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomAfter a short AGM Brian Arman will present 'A Tribute to Roger Newman' showing Roger's 1960-65 UK pictures.
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom‘Locomotives of the GWSR – Visitors and Residents’, by David Boot
VirtualThe content will be a montage of locomotives that have either been resident or visiting the GWSR since its inception in 1982 to the present day. There will also be surprise visitors other than locomotives that may please some of the viewers !? Please note - this is a Virtual Zoom Meeting - the registration…
FROM HERE TO THERE
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomNOEL THOMPSON From Here to There. 92233 assisted by 4137 entering the Severn Tunnel on a westbound freight In Part 1 "here" is Radyr, "there" is Crewe. Part 2 takes us from Newport to Weymouth via London (including a whistle stop tour of various London termini), thence via the LSW route to Weymouth including a…
Annual General Meeting followed by More gems from the archive – Mick Brownhill
SFD Sheffield Rutland Arms 86 Brown Street, Sheffield, United KingdomAfter our AGM Mick treats us to another selection of ColourRail slides plus some from his own collection. Recommended Donations:-  RCTS Members £3, Guests £4