"Manchester in the 1960's" by Roger Hepworth
2025-01-16 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | WRD Shipley, Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, BD18 3HJ, United Kingdom

The History of Trams - Peter Waller
2025-01-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX, Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, Coventry, CV3 5JX

York to Edinburgh on the ECML by Stephen Gay, Northampton Branch Meeting
2025-01-20 14:00 - 16:30 | NHN Northampton – Weston Favell, Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, NN3 3EP, United Kingdom

AGM followed by A Miscellany of Railways by Jon Penn
2025-01-20 19:30 - 21:45 | MCN Bromborough, The Bromborough Suite. The Merebrook, Greenfields Avenue, Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 6DD, United Kingdom
Only branch members will be able to take an active part in the AGM

Middle East Travels
2025-01-20 19:30 - 22:30 | ESX Shenfield, Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, CM15 8LB, United Kingdom
Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall which will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting.
Unlike Europe, the Middle East is a bit of a desert (no pun intended) for railways. However there are systems in some countries and Iain’s presentation will cover three of these namely: Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Iain is a South Essex member. His photos are always interesting and of excellent quality. He is a regular contributor of images to the major rail publications.

Archive And Library Open Day
2025-01-21 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-01 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-06 11:00 - 16:00 | RCTS Library, Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, KT22 7SQ, United Kingdom

HSD branch - AGM & Railways in a Cornish landscape Pt 1
2025-01-21 13:30 - 16:00 | HSD Hull, The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, HU5 5LH, United Kingdom
Branch AGM + Stephen Gay-“Railways in a Cornish landscape Pt 1”

North Staffordshire Railway (Part 4)
2025-01-21 14:00 - 16:30 | TVY Didcot, Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, OX11 7JN, United Kingdom
In the fourth and final part of the North Staffordshire Railway talks series using digitised images from the collection of over 15,000 colour slides taken by the late Tommy Tomalin (who sadly passed away in 2021 at the grand old age of 96). Brian Sullivan continues by showing us views (with historical details) of the Potteries Loop Line from Etruria Junction to Kidsgrove, the North Staffs main line from Stoke to Macclesfield, the Macclesfield Bollington and Marple line (Great Central and North Staffs Joint Line) also known as the Macclesfield Committee Line, and finally the North Staffs line from Lawton Junction to Sandbach.

Metropolitan Lancashire & The West Riding
2025-01-22 19:15 - 22:00 | Virtual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom
The Late Gerald Dixon Collection
The show covers areas of Lancashire from Preston southwards and much of the West Riding of Yorkshire with a brief incursion into North Yorkshire to York.
It is all in colour and with the pictures almost exclusively depicting steam operations between 1962 & 1968.

Railways during the Second World War
2025-01-27 19:30 - 22:00 | MHD Cox Green, Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3AX, United Kingdom
From the Sutton Coldfield Percy Moseley archive – scenes from 1937 to 1945 presented by the Joint Archivist

The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway - Roger Cragg
2025-01-28 14:00 - 16:30 | EMD Nottingham, The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, NG1 4EZ, United Kingdom
A look at the history and present operation of the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway

Memories of a Gorleston Spotter (Part 1)
2025-01-28 14:00 - 16:30 | HTC Welwyn, Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0DH, United Kingdom
A presentation by Chris Wright for the Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch.
From the presenter, in his own words:
Chris Wright grew up in the 1950s and 60s in the Norfolk seaside town of Gorleston-on-Sea. His talk covers memories of early days spotting in Norfolk: on holidays with the family, and numerous school holiday stays with relatives in Hitchin between 1959 and 1965, where he became an honorary member of the local spotting fraternity, and with whom he did many trips in pursuit of steam as it receded from the East of England. His talk is in two parts, the first on Tuesday 28th January 2025 and the second on Tuesday 28th October 2025
Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.

Railways before the War – that’s the Great War! (Part 2)
2025-01-30 19:30 - 22:00 | Virtual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom
A further presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight’s is the second of the three parts, featuring Southern and Western (the railways which would be amalgamated into the Southern, GWR and LMSR in 1923). The Ken Nunn collection was acquired by the LCGB after Ken’s death, and although it has now been transferred to the NRM, ‘showing rights’ to the scanned images were retained, and Jeremy Harrison is making this presentation wearing his LCGB hat.
For this virtual event, you will require a ticket. Free for RCTS members, but a £2.50 donation will be requested at the checkout. Non-member tickets are £2.50. (Or you can join the Society in the same transaction to take advantage of members’ benefits)
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"Steam and Diesel in the Northern Fells 2017-2023" by Ian Pilkington.
2025-01-31 19:30 - 22:00 | Fulwood Lawn Tennis club Highgate Ave Preston PR2 8DY, Highgate Ave, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 8DY

RCTS WEN Branch Meeting : Barry Jones Devolved Diesels
2025-02-01 19:00 - 21:30 | WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church], Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3AT, United Kingdom
For our February meeting we welcome back Barry Jones from Plymouth who will be entertaining with some more of his excellent photographs of Diesels, the evening will be a photographic tour around Wales and Scotland from the late 1970s to date. A digital show.

****Please note the change of date from the second Saturday of the month owing to the Mint hosting its annual pantomime*****

WFD Branch Zoom Meeting - 'The History of the Severn Valley Railway', by Bernie Holland, 4th February 2025
2025-02-04 18:30 - 21:30 | Virtual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom
Bernie Holland takes us from Shrewsbury to Hartlebury and Kidderminster taking in the branch from Northwood to Woofferton. Black and white and colour images from the 1950s and 1960s along with some views of what remains in preservation between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster.
Please note this is a virtual Zoom meeting, you will need to register via the link below. You will be able to join the meeting from 18:45 with a 19:00 start of the presentation. There is no charge for the meeting, but donations, in units of £2.00, can be made via the organiser button below and this would be much appreciated.

Czech Railways by Chris Poole
2025-02-05 13:30 - 15:45 | MCN Liverpool, Haig House Social Club, Woolton Road, Garston, Liverpool, L19 5NQ, United Kingdom

Steam in North Wales and the borders since 2010
2025-02-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Lancashire
this session will feature an area not normally featured in our presentations so we welcome ian pilkington to give us his presentation

Milton Keynes Branch Zoom Meeting - ‘Colourful North Bucks’
2025-02-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom
Join us for our second meeting of the year on Zoom – Clive Pepper will take us on a look back over the last forty years at some of the railway traffic and operations in North Bucks. Particular emphasis will be on the wide variety of colourful liveries seen on both passenger and freight workings in the area. Register via the Zoom link below to join.

Bristol - AGM followed by 'To Scotland for Steam' by Brian Arman
2025-02-07 19:30 - 22:00 | BTL North Filton, St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, BS34 7PL, United Kingdom
After a short AGM Branch Chairman Brian Arman will present part two of ‘To Scotland for Steam’, featuring the HR, CR, and G&SWR lines.

The Waverley Route by Dennis Lovett, Northampton Branch Meeting
2025-02-10 14:00 - 16:30 | NHN Northampton – Weston Favell, Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, NN3 3EP, United Kingdom

The Princess Royals 1933-1962 by Jim Connor.
2025-02-10 14:15 - 16:30 | Greenfinch Hall,Greenfinch Avenue Ipswich IP2 0SQ

"Recollections of RCTS branch visits in the 1960s" by Noel Machell.
2025-02-11 13:00 - 16:30 | Fulwood Lawn Tennis club Highgate Ave Preston PR2 8DY, Highgate Ave, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 8DY
Our second afternoon meeting of the season starting at 13.00.

Building new steam locomotives in Sheffield
2025-02-11 14:00 - 16:00 | SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield, S2 2TP, United Kingdom
In a corner of Sheffield two new steam locomotives are being built – find out all about them in this, our first in-person meeting of 2025 – which is Sheffield branch’s 75th anniversary. Chris Jones brings us up to date with the project to build a British Railways Standard “Clan” Class Steam locomotive (72010 “Hengist”) using 21st century engineering and Brian Hall from the B17 Steam Locomotive Trust provides details of the project to build 61673 “Spirit of Sandringham”.

The Last Decade at Hitchin
2025-02-11 14:00 - 16:30 | St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1UR
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Richard Allen.
In the presenter’s own words:
I will be presenting Part 2 of recent goings-on at Hitchin, covering the last 11 years or so, where I have tried to record (work commitments, Covid-19 etc permitting!) as much as possible of the happenings on the local railway scene.
Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.

Visit to Nottingham Express transit depot
2025-02-11 14:00 - 17:00 | Nottingham tram depot, Wilkinson Street, Nottingham, NG77NW, United Kingdom
A visit to the tram depot at Wilkinson Street

"Trains in Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan" by Iain Scotchman
2025-02-11 19:30 - 22:00 | CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge, The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5HD, United Kingdom
We are certain of a fantastic evening on Tuesday, February 11th as our guest speaker, Iain Scotchman, guides us round the railway networks of Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan. These networks are rarely visited by enthusiasts, but Iain has toured all three and provides a fascinating insight into their respective operations.

North from Kings Cross – Photos from the RCTS Archive
2025-02-11 19:30 - 22:00 | Virtual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom
A photographic review of the southern ECML, drawn from the Society’s Photographic archive by David Jackman. This features both the steam and diesel eras – while not completely forgetting the electric era – with the odd deviation along the way.
