‘Members’ Presentations’, plus Lizzie’s Mince Pies and Sausage Rolls!
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomAnother chance for Watford Branch members to show off your prowess with a camera (but don’t worry about the quality, feel the width!) – stills or videos, film or digital. Please bring along some 35mm slides or image files on a memory stick or DVD disc and we’ll endeavour to treat everyone to your photographic…
SCT Glasgow Suburban Electrification
SCT Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, United KingdomGlasgow Suburban Electrification The talk describes the origins of Glasgow’s ’Blue Trains’. The scale and complexity of the project(s) will be described, including initial teething problems causing total withdrawal of the fleet, the talk concluding with an explanation of how the Class 303 at Bo’ness was modified to operate with Blue Star fitted locomotives
Steam in North Wales since 2010
MCN Liverpool Haig House Social Club, Woolton Road, Garston, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Leeds Engines of Empire [Commonwealth Heritage Forum event]
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomWednesday 6 December, 6pm GMT: John McGoldrick, ‘Leeds Engines of Empire’, chaired by Rowenna Malone The city of Leeds is perhaps not as well-known as it should be as an industrial powerhouse. A major engine of the city’s prosperity was the railway locomotive building sector. Exports to former British and other colonies filled company order books…
agm and quiz for the machell trophy
royal station hotel carnforthour annual agm (brief) will be followed by the stephen machell trophy quiz
Milton Keynes Branch Annual General Meeting
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomAGM and member’s presentations. Further details to be confirmed nearer to the date.
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
RCTS West of England Branch Meeting Hydraulic Delights by Steve Crowther
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomWest of England Branch December Meeting will feature Steve Crowther who will be entertaining us with a miscellany of Hydraulic Delights, from his extensive collection of images.
AGM:Followed by images from the 60s and 70s Midlands and South Yorkshire by Keith Partlow.
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Wrexham & Shropshire – a Photographic Retrospective
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomGeoff Plumb gives us a comprehensive look at this short-lived open access operator which nevertheless made a great impact in terms of quality travel. Photographic coverage, with privileged access, from the first crew training turns to the last public run and final empty stock working from Wrexham to Wembley Depot. For this virtual event, you…
HSD branch – Hull to Whitby a scenic journey
HSD Hull The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, United KingdomHull to Whitby a scenic journey
Sheffield Branch Christmas Social
SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United KingdomOur traditional pre-Christmas social: Sheffield branch committee members will present a variety of photos, some seasonal, plus at least one quiz!