Archive & Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive & Library Open Day

Archive & Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive & Library Open Day

Archive & Library Open Day

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Archive & Library Open Day

‘Those Were the Years Those Were’ Part 2, by Michael Reade, 3rd September 2024

WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United Kingdom

Please note there is no meeting in August! 'Those Were the Years Those Were' Part 2 (With Apologies to Geoff Plumb). Michael was able, during extensive business travel by rail and road in the U.K., to capture the rail scene in colour from 1960 to the end of mainline steam in 1968. Opportunities arose during…

Varamis Rail ‘Faster, Cheaper, Greener’

MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Phil Read, Chief Executive Officer of Varamis Rail, gives a talk about The UK’s first high speed rail logistics company, providing fast, zero emission linehaul logistics services.

‘The End of Steam on British Railways 1966-67’ by Michael Smyth.

BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United Kingdom

Michael Smyth's presentation covers steam in the Leeds, Bradford, and Wakefield areas plus the North East. Featured are the last working examples of many classes eg Jubilees, B1s, 2-6-4Ts, WDs, Q6s, & J27s.

September 2024 Croydon & South London Meeting

CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United Kingdom

At present just a date for your diary... details will be added when available.

“Britain’s Military Railways” by Clive Pepper

CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Many Military sites in Britain once had, and in a few instances still have, internal railway systems. Illustrated by visits made between 1970 and 2000, this presentation provides a rare photographic record and history of such locations.

Welsh Narrow Gauge Railways : A Personal View 1990 – 2024

SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Alan Williams has been taking photos of the Welsh narrow gauge since I was a young lad, but it became a serious endeavour during the 1990s and since then I have accumulated a wealth of material, enough for a second show if the first one goes OK. It will be a personal view, not a…