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Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
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FeaturedThe Barbados Trailway Project [Commonwealth Heritage Forum event]
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomWednesday 22 November, 6pm GMT, Dr Tara Inniss: ‘The Barbados Trailway Project: 21st Century Transformation of a Colonial Era Railway in the Caribbean’, chaired by Rachel Tranter The Barbados Railway was operational from 1881-1937. Like many colonial era railways established throughout Britain's empire in the nineteenth century it was fraught with funding and infrastructural challenges from the…
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The Coming of the Railway to Southampton
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomThe talk will cover the idea of building the London & Southampton Railway and its subsequent construction with a link to Portsmouth (Gosport), the proposal and subsequent extensions from Woking through Guilford to Havant and the rival fighting with the LB&SCR from the east. It also covers subsequent extensions westwards including Castleman’s Corkscrew.
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The Brecon & Cambrian Lines in the Sixties
SWL Swansea Dyfatty Community Centre, Chapel Street, Dyfatty, Swansea, United KingdomJohn Davies will give us a photographic tour of these historic lines, including the lines through Talyllyn Junction shown in Sid Rickard's image of 46518 bringing in the 1325 train from Brecon to Moat Lane Junction on 2 May 1959
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Branch AGM followed by members and visitors digital images (no slides please)
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The Great Train Robbery
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomIan Boskett visits to tell the story of the most famous crime to occur on the railways, in this sixtieth anniversary year. Please note that this presentation will be in person only at Cox Green Community Centre. The meeting will not be available to join online.
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Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
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An A-Z of Switzerland
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation Presenter: Steve Ollive In the second of three parts describing the Railways of Switzerland, Steve will cover the railways from D to M inclusive, starting with the Dolder Bahn in Zurich and ending with the Transport Montreux-Vevey-Riviera now part of the MOB organisation. As with part one,…
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Railways at the dawn of Nationalisation – Robin Mathams
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FeaturedRefurbishment of the old Railway Bridges at Rail Corridor Singapore [Commonwealth Heritage Forum event]
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomWednesday 29 November, 1pm GMT, Wong Kia Fu: ‘Refurbishment of the old Railway Bridges at Rail Corridor Singapore', chaired by Kelvin Ang In 2011, the former Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) railway line ceased operations at the Tanjong Pager and Bukit Timah stations and the land was returned to Singapore. This presented an extraordinary opportunity to reimagine how…
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FeaturedNarrow Gauge in the British Isles
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomJames Waite is well known as an enthusiast for narrow gauge railways, and has explored them all around the world, but tonight he is staying close to home, and confining himself to the British Isles, but covering both well and lesser known lines. For this virtual event, you require a ticket, via the ‘Buy Zoom…
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Steam in Southern Africa Through 26 Years
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomLong time branch member Roger Griffiths presents images of Steam Trains taken on numerous visits to South Africa.
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