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  • WEN Geoff Hudson : The Class 50 Story – The British Rail Years

    WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United Kingdom

    Our second meeting of our 2025/26 welcomes Geoff Hudson former Area Fleet Manager, Laira Depot, Plymouth 1989 - 1996 Class 50’s or D400’s as built were the last batch of first-generation diesel locomotives introduced by British Rail under the Modernisation Plan which saw the demise of steam and the transition to diesel traction. Constructed between…

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  • East Coast Main Line disasters – Adrian Gray

    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Adrian Gray is a historian who has been writing about railways and local history since his teenage years. This talk was inspired by his regular trips to London for work, travelling from Retford to King’s Cross. The talk will look at some significant fatal accidents and how they gradually contributed to improved safety since the…

  • Rail Freight Trains Around The UK

    CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

    "Although freight traffic today generally means stone and containers (of which we will see plenty) we will also see some of the flows of coal which existed until the last few years. Geographical coverage is from Hampshire (a surprising modern day freight "hotspot") and South Wales to the West Highlands of Scotland" 

  • Archive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED

    RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

    Archive And Library Open Day- CANCELLED Cancelled due to ongoing interior works by Govia Thameslink Railway.

  • WFD Branch – ‘Members’ Presentations’, plus Lizzie’s Mince Pies and Sausage Rolls! 2nd December 2025

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

    Another chance for Watford Branch members to show off your prowess with a camera (but don’t worry about the quality, feel the width!) – stills or videos, film or digital *. Please bring along some 35mm slides or image files on a memory stick or DVD disc and we’ll endeavour to treat everyone to your…

  • FLL – Branch AGM followed by a video presentation

    FLL Carnforth Royal Station Hotel, Market Street, Carnforth, United Kingdom

    After our Branch AGM Colin Kennington will show us some videos taken in Germany, Manchester and diversions over the Settle and Carlisle.

  • Archive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED

    RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

    Archive And Library Open Day- CANCELLED Cancelled due to ongoing interior works by Govia Thameslink Railway.