“A West Riding Roundabout”
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United Kingdom
Steam in Romania and Elsewhere
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA two part presentation, by two of our German stalwarts. In the first half, Helmut Dahlhaus will show photos by his late brother Hans Dieter Dahlhaus of steam on Căile Ferate Române (Romanian Railways) between 1968 and 1980, to be followed from some his own images of steam in Czechoslovakia. For a more powerful express…
Members Weekend 2024
The Royal Maritime Hotel 75-80 Queen Street, Portsmouth, United KingdomMembers Weekend 2024 based in Portsmouth. Including the RCTS Officers Conference on Sunday 29th September. Full details are to be found at https://rcts.org.uk/members-weekend-2024-news/ The Harbour & Spinnaker Tower
Archive & Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive & Library Open Day
WFD Branch – ‘Memories are Made of These!’, by Phil Darlaston, 1st October 2024
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United Kingdom'Memories are made of these!' - a kind of photographic reminiscence looking back over approx. 50 years at the big railway, main line steam, the maturing preservation scene and perhaps a little infrastructure and overseas thrown into the mix. Commence 19:00. Please note this is a physical meeting to be held at our usual venue at Beechen…
Scenes from the 1960s
MCN Liverpool Haig House Social Club, Woolton Road, Garston, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Trains and Travel in Thailand
our very own member David Bousfield has extensively travelled in this country and will give his usual excellent presentation,not to be missed
Work of the RAIB
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomSimon Lomax, Principal Inspector of Rail Accidents at the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, joins us to explain the work of the RAIB.
‘The View from the North’ illustrated by Steve Batty.
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomSteve Batty from Selby North Yorkshire is visiting us to present 'The View from the North'.
Railways in the Cornish Landscape – part 2. by Stephen Gay
SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United KingdomStephen makes a welcome return to the Sheffield branch, continuing his trip west on the Cornish Main Line, this time from Par to Penzance while also taking in the Cornish branch lines.
“34081 92 Squadron – from Rust to Renaissance” by Steve Lacey on behalf of the Battle of Britain Locomotive Society
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomBased on his own involvement with the locomotive, Steve Lacey describes her rescue and restoration from Barry and the complexities of keeping 34081 in working order on the Nene Valley Railway.