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  • The Doncaster Rover

    HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Stephen Gay. Travelling from Frickley to Finningly, Mexborough to Moorends and Bentley, Bessacarr to Bawtry. This is a railway journey which criss-crosses the Doncaster borough. Using Stephen’s slides taken over the last 40 years, the presentation will also look at waterways and historic buildings. We will…

  • SOUTH WALES BRANCH OUTDOOR EVENT – WALKING OLD RAILWAY LINES

    Potters Public House 22-24 Upper Dock St, Newport, Gwent, United Kingdom

    On Wednesday 1st October Ian Reese will be leading a walk along the west bank of the River Usk and into the Pillgwenlly area of Newport to show us the almost entirely disappeared railway scene of years gone by. There were many railway lines crowding the west bank, bringing coal down from the valleys for…

  • Archive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED

    RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

    Archive And Library Open Day Cancelled due to us STILL awaiting completion of the interior works by GTR.

  • WFD Branch – ‘The Forgotten Standard’, by Ian Crowder, 7th October 2025

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

    IAN CROWDER - “The Forgotten Standard”. Ian Crowder is Marketing Director of Toddington Standard Locomotive Ltd (TSLL), owners of Standard Class 4 2-6-0 No. 76077 and which is nearing the end of its restoration for use on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.  In this two-part lavishly-illustrated presentation, he firstly describes the development of the Standard…

  • Transforming The Transport for Wales Fleet

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    A talk by Andrew Gainsbury with photography by Jeremy Segrott

  • Archive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED

    RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

    Archive And Library Open Day Cancelled due to us STILL awaiting completion of the interior works by GTR.

  • Scottish Rails in Camera – 1964-2025

    SCT Edinburgh Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace,, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Our original speaker, Norman Turnbull, has had to withdraw for health reasons but, in his place, we are delighted to welcome Mike Robinson, a Society Trustee and Managing Editor of The Railway Observer, who will be presenting a selection of his wonderful images, depicting Scotland's railways over several decades.

  • InterCity 125 High Speed Trains – an enthusiast’s perspective

    PBR Peterborough St Luke’s Church, Mayor's Walk, Peterborough, United Kingdom

    Society Secretary Richard Morris visits us to look at the operations of the InterCity 125, or High Speed Train, from the point of view of the enthusiast. Expect lots of variety of liveries and locations in Richard's new presentation.

    £3.50 – £5