Name: Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch – A Broad-Gauge Journey : Paddington to Swindon
Start: 2026-11-10T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-10T16:30:00+00:00
Location: HTC Hitchin

October 2026
National Zoom Meeting – ‘World Steam’ Tour of Java, 1973

Featured Thu 29th October @ 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

Virtual Event

RCTS National Meeting - virtual

Geoff Plumb participated in the ‘World Steam’ tour to Java, plus a bit of Singapore and Malaysia, which took place over three weeks in July and August 1973. This tour covered most of the island, featuring a wealth of Mallets of various sizes, steam tram engines, 0-4-0 and 2-4-0 tender engines, 2-12-2Ts and some sugar…
Freedom of Scotland 1961

Fri 30th October @ 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Fulwood Lawn Tennis club Highgate Ave Preston PR2 8DY Highgate Ave, Preston, Lancashire
RCTS South Wales/De Cymru at the Cardiff Model Railway Show

Sat 31st October @ 8:00 AM - Sun 1st November @ 5:00 PM

Sophia Gardens Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Hybrid Event

For it’s 38th Edition, the Cardiff Model Railway Show returns to the home of Welsh Cricket at Sophia Gardens. Members of the RCTS South Wales/De Cymru branch will be in attendance, along with our well stocked preloved book stall. Why not pop along, say hello and pick up that vital addition to your library that…

£10.00
November 2026
WFD Branch Meeting – ‘My Travels in 2024’, by Harry Nethercoat, 3rd November 2026

Tue 3rd November @ 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

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

Indoor Event

There is a change of speaker for our November meeting - Jeremy Harrison is no longer available for that date and our own Harry Nethercoat has stepped up to the plate to present 'My Travels in 2024'. This will be his first full-length presentation for his home branch, though he has already done quite a…
Rail Reflections in the Early Digital Years, Jul 2006 to Dec 2010 by Doug Birmingham

Wed 4th November @ 1:30 PM - 3:45 PM

MCN Liverpool Cheshire Lines Sports & Recreation Club, Southmead Road, Allerton, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Indoor Event
Overhead line history construction and design

Wed 4th November @ 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

station hotel carnforth carnforth, United Kingdom
‘Eurostar – 30 Years & Counting’

Thu 5th November @ 7:15 PM - 9:30 PM

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

Indoor Event

A presentation by Chris McCandless-Stone, Fleet Performance Manager, Eurostar. A look at what 30 years of Eurostar has done for connecting the UK with Mainland Europe before embarking on a high-speed journey into the future.
Bristol Meeting – ‘That Was The Year That Was 1967’ by Geoff Plumb.

Fri 6th November @ 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Bristol, Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road North, Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom

‘That Was the Year That Was – 1967’. Geoff takes us through another year of dashing around the country in pursuit of the remaining steam traction, in action and otherwise. Kicking off with a couple of ex-GWR Pannier Tanks, LT and industrial, then visiting Woodham’s Barry scrapyard, continuing to scenes around Leeds. There are views…
Archive And Library Open Day

Sat 7th November @ 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom

Library & Archive Open Days

Archive And Library Open Day
West Midlands Day Ranger

Tue 10th November

Branch Outdoor Event or Visit
Sheffield Branch – Austria’s astonishing steam locomotives

Tue 10th November @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Indoor Event

Colin Boocock makes a welcome return to Sheffield branch with a fascinating show of contrasts illustrating the weird, the wonderful and the downright ugly in terms of Austria’s steam locomotives, using photos dating back to 1958.
Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch – A Broad-Gauge Journey : Paddington to Swindon

Tue 10th November @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Brian Arman, RCTS President. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.

October 2026

November 2026