Archive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomNetwork Rail and Govia Thameslink (GTR) have now undertaken additional works which, we hope, will cure the damp problems at the Stationmaster’s House. GTR’s contractors are rectifying the damp areas internally so we are moving some shelving and dust covering all other shelves while that work is undertaken. It is not therefore practical ot open…
That Was The Year That Was 1972
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Geoff Plumb. Geoff Plumb returns with another of his popular “That Was the Year That Was” series of presentations. With his usual excellent standard of railway photography, this time it’s the turn of 1972 and we can expect the presentation to include more of Geoff’s many…
Archive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomNetwork Rail and Govia Thameslink (GTR) have now undertaken additional works which, we hope, will cure the damp problems at the Stationmaster’s House. GTR’s contractors are rectifying the damp areas internally so we are moving some shelving and dust covering all other shelves while that work is undertaken. It is not therefore practical ot open…
Russian & Ukraine Steam
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomIan Wright's presentation will consist of a slide show of two charters that he took part in - to Russia and Belarus in 1992 and the Ukraine in 2003.
Two Decades Ago … A Further Selection
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA further look back at what I was photographing in the first decade of this century, now some twenty years ago – so near or so far? A varied mix of steam, diesel and electric, on main, preserved and narrow gauge lines, at home and abroad. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket.…
WFD Branch – Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Visit, 1st June 2025
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomSunday 1st June 2025 - A visit to The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway. Five days after the end of the Annual Steam Gala, we visit this Heritage Railway where we will travel over all of the line, getting off at most of the stations. We will visit the steam shed and diesel shed at Toddington,…
Archive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomNetwork Rail and Govia Thameslink (GTR) have now undertaken additional works which, we hope, will cure the damp problems at the Stationmaster’s House. GTR’s contractors are rectifying the damp areas internally so we are moving some shelving and dust covering all other shelves while that work is undertaken. It is not therefore practical ot open…
WFD Branch – ‘The Southern End of the WCML, 1930s to Present Day’, by Rob Freeman, 3rd June 2025
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomROB FREEMAN - 'The Southern End of the WCML 1930s to Present Day'. From the 1930s to the present, featuring the work of local photographers such as H C Casserley for the steam era and my own work for the modern era, where I will be concentrating on the more unusual of my sightings. Further…
Milton Keynes Branch Meeting – British Railway Disasters – Hixon and Ladbroke Grove
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomFraser Pithie presents on two significant accidents in the history of Britain’s railways - Hixon (6th January1968) and Ladbroke Grove (5th October 1999).
A 12th Colour Rail Journey
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Paul Chancellor. Our twelfth Colour-Rail Journey will be the last and in a change for those preceding it , it tells about the life of a trainspotter from those first experiences to the twist and turns that led to a keen interest in railway photography ,…
The Fourth Rowland Pittard Memorial Lecture: An evening of images from the collection of Bob Masterman
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomFor the fourth annual Rowland Pittard Memorial Lecture, The RCTS South Wales branch is delighted to welcome Robert Masterman back to The Old Church Rooms in Radyr. Bob is widely regarded as one of the foremost railway photographers of his, or any, generation and is perhaps best known for his work documenting the ever evolving…