Over The Mendips
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThe Somerset & Dorset Railway originally ran from Burnham-on-Sea to Wimborne, linking the Bristol and English Channels. In 1874 an extension opened from Evercreech Junction over the Mendip Hills to…
HSD branch – Steam and Steel + AGM
HSD Scunthorpe The Black Beauty, Keddington Road, Scunthorpe, United KingdomSteam and Steel This meeting will also include the Branch AGM.
Railway Miscellany
SOE Eastleigh Eastleigh Railway Institute, 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomTony Storey returns with more gems from his collection
A Tribute to John Benson
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomBranch members with longer memories will fondly remember Johns Benson and Champion trading stories and photographs, comparing notes of their service in the military, always with camera in hand to…
ERTMS
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomERTMS - The European Rail Traffic Management System
AGM/Members Presentations
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomMembers and visitors slides (35mm, no digital please)
LNW Preston Fulwood Lawn Tennis Club, Watling Street Road, Preston, United KingdomKings Cross to York by Stephen Gay
NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United Kingdom
Building Britain’s Most Powerful Steam Locomotive
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomAfter the success of Tornado, the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is now working on a new build P2 class locomotive. Chris comes to tell us about the project and its…
Tunnel Vision – The History of the Metropolitan Railway
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation. Presenter: Colin Brading. The story of the Metropolitan, the world’s first underground railway. Less than four miles long when it opened -…
An A to Z guide to GCR locomotives – Bob Gellatly
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Eastleigh from Railway Junction to Railway Centre
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomThe history of the town from the opening of the Railway Station, Carriage Works and Locomotive Works. Following this there will be a look at the combining of the Carriage…