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  • The Epping and Ongar Railway

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

    The Epping to Ongar Line was originally a Great Eastern Railway branch line, and later became part of the London Underground. Following closure, there were various proposals over its future, before it became a heritage railway - one of the nearest ones to us - as which it is now well established. Tonight Eddie Veckranges…

  • 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.

  • Narrow Gauge around the World

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

    Following on from his talks on the railways of South Africa and Cuba, renowned local Photographer Tony Wardrobe will be sharing what promises to be a fascinating selection of images focusing on those railways with a gauge of less than standard. Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30 start, our preloved book stall will be…

  • That Was The Year That Was – 1963

    PBR Peterborough St Luke’s Church, Mayor's Walk, Peterborough, United Kingdom

    Geoff Plumb visits us to show images of railway operations in 1963. A nostalgic record of a time of great change on our railways, this is sure to be an interesting evening.

    £3.50 – £5
  • All about the Letter ‘A’ – Mike Dodd

    Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry

    In this presentation our speaker, Mike Dodd, from the Restoration & Archiving Trust, takes us on a global tour to countries beginning with the Letter 'A' including Australia, Argentina and Austria. He will also take us to places in the UK which also begin with with the Letter 'A'.

  • AGM followed by Member’s slides/presentations

    ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

    Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall some parts of which will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting. The meeting will commence with the AGM itself  followed by member's digital images all of which will be available also via Zoom. We will show member's 35mm slides in the hall at the end of…

  • 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.

  • TVY Branch – My time inside the Wall – Memories of Swindon Works

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    Martin, who is well known to many of our RCTS Branch members, having been the host of our successful Swindon Works railway sites tour which we ran last year, comes from a long family line of Swindon railway employees. In this talk Martin will give us some of his personnel experiences of life inside Swindon…

  • Special Members Presentations (follows short AGM)

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

    Three local members present a fascinating mix of railway related images. Ardrian Willats will cover Preserved Railways from 1982-2018. Ian Mckey has many tales and pictures to show from his UK rail journeys spread far and wide. Roger Sandford will show images taken by the late Bruce Oliver, a real UK pot pourri, but also…

    Free
  • 15 in 15

    SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United Kingdom

    Members pictures and festive buffet

    £3