CSL Branch: The Route of the ‘Conti’, from Birkenhead to Margate, then and now
Ken Owen will describe and illustrate the route of the Conti - the through train that linked Birkenhead and Margate - then and now. An opportunity to look at the…
Ken Owen will describe and illustrate the route of the Conti - the through train that linked Birkenhead and Margate - then and now. An opportunity to look at the…
Peter Holden will talk to us about the pleasures of travel in Belgium
Unwanted by BR, passed over by preservationists and narrowly evading the cutting torch, 80150 is steam's great survivor and is battling its way back from the brink with a great…
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…
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…
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…
‘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.…
Archive And Library Open Day
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,…