Rail Operations Group
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomNarrow Gauge Steam in Nepal and Pakistan
HTC Welwyn Garden City Ludwick Way Methodist Church, 149 Ludwick Way, Welwyn Garden City, United KingdomPresenter: Geoff Warren Over 6000 km of railway of gauges at or less than 2ft 6in were built in the Indian subcontinent. Compared to those in post-independence India, the lines in Nepal and Pakistan were less easy to reach and received fewer railway enthusiast visitors. But in the early 1980s, almost all traffic was still…
The Phoenix Railway-Photographic Circle
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomThe Phoenix Railway-Photographic Circle is an organisation whose principal aim is to encourage the creation of high-quality, imaginative railway photographs of the contemporary railway scene. In this meeting we will hear about the Circle's work; how it was formed and how it operates; and the inside story behind the book, "50 Years of Phoenix", published…
Late BR Steam around Bristol
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomBristol branch · Presenter: Ian Bennett
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomThe Lynton & Barnstaple Railway – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomThe first half covers the period from pre 1898 (when the line opened) to the closure in 1935. The second half covers from 1935 up to the present day plus plans for the future
Watford Branch AGM, Followed by ‘Vivarail:designing and building low-emission trains in the UK’, by David Horton
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomWATFORD BRANCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Yet another opportunity for you to volunteer as an officer of the Committee of the RCTS Watford Branch - START 19:15 PLUS: DAVID HORTON visits for the first time with “Vivarail: designing and building low-emission trains in the UK”. Please note this is a PHYSICAL meeting. Synopsis: Since 2018, Vivarail…
The Railways of Aberdeen
SCT Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, United KingdomKeith Jones enlightens us on the varied routes that once existed in the Aberdeen area.
A Personal ‘Snapshot’ of some of Britain’s Military Railways
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomDue to our original speaker (Tony Ellershaw from the Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society) being ill, committee member Clive Pepper has stepped in to give us a presentation on Britain's Military Railways, ably assisted by Brian Ringer.
Our originally planned presentation 'Recreating LMS 10000' will be rescheduled for later in the year.Tony Ellershaw from the Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society gives us an insight into the exciting project to build a replica of pioneer diesel electric locomotive No.10000
The Ian Allan Story
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomThe HST 125 Story
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United KingdomHST Car 43308 awaits departure from Peterborough for Kings Cross 30 August 2018
An Indian Railway Tour
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThis talk will take us on two tours of Indian railways, the first in 1985, and the second in 2000. Highlights of the 1985 tour include seeing steam traction in operation on both the broad gauge and metre gauge systems. The tour in 2000 includes a superb and most eventful expedition to the Darjeeling Himalayan…