Great Train Robbery 1963

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

Ian's talk on the robbery is the result of years of research and fact finding together with his personal goal being, how on earth do you stop a express train doing 95 miles per hour in the middle of nowhere and drive it yourself ?? Ian brings a 1960’s colour light signal with him to…

Branch AGM, followed by ‘The Indian Hill Railways’, by David Brace

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

The Branch AGM will commence at 19:00 and we will get through this as quickly as we can! All present committee members are willing to continue in their posts - many thanks to them for their service over the past year. This will be followed by David Brace with a presentation on 'The Indian Hill…

Railways of Warwickshire

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

Nothing stays the same

MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Mike Corbett, former Wolverton Works Manager with a fifty-year railway career history, reflects on his railway journey via Crewe Works, Finsbury Park, Stratford, Lincoln, Norwich, Chart Leacon, Wolverton, Freightliner, Atkins Rail and the ROSCOs, together with some unusual events along the way.