SCT Locomotive & Coach liveries Part 2
SCT Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, United KingdomLocomotive & Coach liveries Part 2 A further selection from Stuart’s archive.
Railways and the Raj [Commonwealth Heritage Forum event]
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomWednesday 8 November, 6pm GMT: Christian Wolmar, ‘Railways and the Raj’, chaired by Pat Green India joined the railway age late: the first line was not completed until 1853 but, by 1929, 41,000 miles of track served the country. However, the creation of this vast network was not intended to modernise India for the sake of…
In Days of Plenty on the Zafra
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomRegular visitor Tony Wardrobe makes a welcome return as a presenter with a series of images of railways in Cuba.
Tolworth Showtrain
Tolworth Recreation Centre Fullers Way North, Tolworth, KT6 7LQ. Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey, United KingdomSurrey Branch will be attending Tolworth Showtrain, the exhibition organised by the Hampton Court Model Railway Society. Assistance with manning our sales stand will be appreciated.
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
RCTS West of England Branch Meeting Bernard Mills “Waterloo to the West Country – In the Diesel Era”
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomOur November Meeting will feature the return of an old friend of the Branch, Bernard Mills. Bernard will be entertaining us with another of his excellent talks. Based on his forthcoming book for Platform 5 Bernard will be taking us on a journey to the West using his extensive collection of images, which will give…
Tolworth Showtrain
Tolworth Recreation Centre Fullers Way North, Tolworth, KT6 7LQ. Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey, United KingdomSurrey Branch will be attending Tolworth Showtrain, the exhibition organised by the Hampton Court Model Railway Society. Assistance with manning our sales stand will be appreciated.
A Life in Railways by Colin Fisher
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Keeping the Corporate Memory Alive on GB Rail
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomThe railway has been learning from accidents and incident since its inception, but in a fluid industry - where staff retire, move on or move in from elsewhere - there is a very real concern that lessons learnt in the more recent past will be forgotten. Author, RCTS member and Operational Feedback Lead at the…
The Waverley Route – Dennis Lovett
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomStarting at Edinburgh Waverley we follow the route all the way to Carlisle covering all the major stations, infrastructure and depots on both the original line and the reopened Borders Railway which currently terminates at Tweedbank.
Railways in a Cornish landscape part 1 by Steve Gay
SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United KingdomIn part 1 Steve will be covering the branches and main line heading west from the Gunnislake branch to the Newquay branch
A Tenth Colour-Rail Journey
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomTen photographers take us on a journey all around Great Britain, and down through the years from 1955 to the present day, covering all the regions and all forms of motive power, conducted by Paul Chancellor: Mr Colour-Rail (and Society Strategic Planning Officer). The ten photographers, some well known such Roger Siviter and John Spencer-Gilks,…