British Rail in the early 1980s – The Swansong of Corporate Identity
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomMervyn joined British Rail after university in September 1973 as a Traffic Management Trainee based in the Doncaster Divisional Management Office. His first two roles after training were Traffic Assistant at Shirebrook and then shift manager of freight operations on Tees-side based in Tees Yard. He moved south in 1979, becoming Area Passenger and Parcels…
WW1 & WW2 Cross Channel Train Ferries and Associated Railways
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThe presentation will initially look at how Cross Channel Train Ferries were first introduced during WW1 to move Railway Equipment to France. We will the look at the use in WW2 following commercial introduction of the Harwich Zeebrugge and Dover Calais Train Ferries between the wars. There will also be coverage of British railway activity…
HSD branch – Yorkshire diesels Part 1 1985-96
HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United KingdomYorkshire diesels Part 1 1985-96
Grumpies, Goggles, Vectrons and more
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
“Along the Trackside” – Presenter Steve Batty
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomPlease note this is an afternoon meeting
NEA Railway Roundabout + Branch AGM
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United Kingdom19:00 start, but preceded by BRANCH AGM at 18.30 hrs Members Only at the AGM
76077
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomIan presents a fascinating look at the development of the Standard class 4 2-6-0s and 76077 in particular.  The engine spent almost all of its short life allocated to Sutton Oak depot and Ian explores the engine’s time there, before transferring to Springs Branch when the shed closed.  Six months later in December 1967, 76077…
South Western Railway Update
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomSouth Western Railway Update This event will be held in person at Woking.
Currently Free
NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United KingdomAn opportunity for Members to put a show together of a selection from photos taken by some of past Members in the Branch’s collection
East Anglia in Transition (1980s to date)
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomJohn returns to the branch to present his observations of the East Anglian railway scene over the last forty years.
Irish Surprises – Colin Boocock
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomColin relates tales of his visits to Ireland