Railtours and Specials-The last forty years by John Day.
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United KingdomOwing to our booked speaker being unavailable John will present the above from his extensive collection.
The Great Eastern Railway: ‘Rarely other than Idiosynchratic’
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomFollowing the openings, in successive years, of the significant London main line stations at London Bridge, Euston and then Paddington, there followed a minor station in Mile End as the terminus of a railway planned to link the capital to Norwich via Colchester and Ipswich. Another early railway was to use the same terminus, but…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
North Staffordshire Railways (Part 2)
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomPart II of the North Staffs talk covers the line from Derby to Uttoxeter and then onwards to Stoke. We then continue to Kidsgrove via the Harecastle diversions, and then run via Alsager to Crewe.
Back to where it all started (Southampton to Weybridge)
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomAn Other Evening with Jim Sedgwick
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United Kingdom(Change of speaker) Jim's photos are superb and often of unusual locations taken in the 1950's to early 1960's.
Eurostar – Signalling High Speed Connections Across Europe
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomEurostar - Signalling High Speed Connections Across Europe
“NYMR 1969 – 2022” – David Birtle
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomRailways in the Cambridge Area Part 2 by David Scudamore
NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United KingdomRCTS member David Scudamore continues with Part 2 of his look at railways in the Cambridge area
The 1968 Hixon level crossing disaster
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomPrepare to be shocked tonight when you see the attitude to safety in the 1960s compared with today
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom"The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow". The first half of Mike's talk covers the period from pre 1898 (when the line opened) to the closure in 1935. The second half covers from 1935 up to the present day plus plans for the future.
That Was The Year That Was – 1974, by Geoff Plumb
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomGeoff Plumb (Watford Branch Chairman) returns to present another of his popular ‘That Was The Year That Was’ series, this time covering 1974. While, following the end of steam in Britain, it includes just a smattering of the UK, he did travel abroad, to Europe, visiting West Germany where steam was still very much active,…