Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch Visit to Epping Signalling Museum
Epping Signalling Museum Station Road, Epping, United KingdomAn opportunity to visit the Epping Signalling Museum. This museum opened a very short while before the start of the Covid-19 restrictions and has therefore only been going properly again for just over a year. Situated alongside live running Central Line trains on the approach to Epping station is this unique LONDON TRANSPORT signal cabin.…
British Steam 1962-1970 – Tony Bowles
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomArchivist of the Restoration and Archiving Trust based at Toddington, Tony Bowles presents UK images taken by himself between 1962 and 1970. Also included are pictures taken in Northern Ireland.
The New Essex Lines of the GER
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomNathaniel has be interested in railways for all of his life. From early days of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' he has been hooked on railways and their history. He became a station adopter at Battlesbridge station in 2003. His railway career started with National Express East Anglia as a train dispatcher at Southend Victoria -…
The Bluebell Railway
CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United KingdomAn illustrated presentation on our local preserved railway by excellent photographer, and Bluebell Railway loco driver, Ian Wright. His role on the railway, over many years, has let him know what to photograph, and where to go for the best images.
Swindon Works – The Final Years
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomWhen Harry Roberts was appointed as Swindon Works Manager in the early 1970's many feared that this may be the end of Swindon Works. However Harry was impressed with the capacity and skills available in the works, and set about finding new work for the works to undertake. This included building small cabin cruiser boats, overhauling Bristol…
HSD branch – 40 years of change in Lincolnshire
HSD Scunthorpe The Black Beauty, Keddington Road, Scunthorpe, United Kingdom40 years of change in Lincolnshire
The Development of Eastleigh
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
NEA York to Edinburgh
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United Kingdom
Fun with Southern Steam in the 1960s
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomWe are looking forward to the weather playing nicely for Malcolm Garner to come with a digital presentation on his time chasing steam around the Southern Region in the 1960s. Malcolm was due to come in December last year, but heavy snow put that plan in the bin!
How we built the Watercress Line: the Preservation Venture 1973-1985 – HYBRID Meeting
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomHow we built the Watercress Line: the Preservation Venture 1973-1985 This event will be held in person at Woking and online via Zoom.