Belgium – Trains, Trams and Beer
Peter Holden will talk to us about the pleasures of travel in Belgium
Peter Holden will talk to us about the pleasures of travel in Belgium
Unwanted by BR, passed over by preservationists and narrowly evading the cutting torch, 80150 is steam's great survivor and is battling its way back from the brink with a great story to tell.
A presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight’s is the first of three parts, starting with a few images from before the Great Boer War (as it was known at the time), and then featuring Eastern…
A presentation by Chris McCandless-Stone, Fleet Performance Manager, Eurostar. A look at what 30 years of Eurostar has done for connecting the UK with Mainland Europe before embarking on a high-speed journey into the future.
‘That Was the Year That Was – 1967’. Geoff takes us through another year of dashing around the country in pursuit of the remaining steam traction, in action and otherwise. Kicking off with a couple of ex-GWR Pannier Tanks, LT and industrial, then visiting Woodham’s Barry scrapyard, continuing to scenes around Leeds. There are views…
Archive And Library Open Day
Colin Boocock makes a welcome return to Sheffield branch with a fascinating show of contrasts illustrating the weird, the wonderful and the downright ugly in terms of Austria’s steam locomotives, using photos dating back to 1958.
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Brian Arman. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.