Around the World with 155 Hunslet 4-6-0Ts
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomDuring the First World War the Hunslet Engine Company built 155 narrow gauge 4-6-0T locomotives for the War Department Light Railways, for use on the Western Front. After the war, they were disposed of as war surplus, to diverse locations around the world - from the Scottish Highlands to the Argentine Pampas, from Harrogate gasworks…
Harringworth Viaduct – A Victorian Gem
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch Presentation Presenter: John Hillier. The talk takes us on a journey over the past-200 years or so when the area along on the banks of the River Welland, which form the border between Northamptonshire and Rutland, was transformed into a noisy thriving industrial landscape for about 4 years…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomThe Railways of Northern Portugal 1976 – The end of Steam
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomAn Evening with Jim Sedgwick
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United KingdomMemories of the Last Steam around Gloucester
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomBranch member Chris Baldwin returns, this time with his memories of the last days of steam in and around the City of Gloucester.
The Future National Railway Museum – Now on Zoom ONLY
Online using Zoom Zoom, United KingdomThe Future National Railway Museum Anthony Coulls, Senior Curator of Rail Transport & Technology  of the NRM in York will be talking about the museum's Vision 2025 and other updates to the museum’s activities.
“Colour Rail Journey” – Paul Chancellor
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomPreserved British Steam – Allan Stewart
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomHaving presented his excellent 'BR Steam' images last year, Allan Stewart returns with another top class presentation, this time depicting UK preserved steam - both main line and heritage railways. Not to be missed !!!
Walking the Woodhead Route part 2 by Stephen Gay
NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United KingdomStephen entertained us with Part 1 in March 2022 and returns, by popular request, to complete the journey into Sheffield
Merseyrail Fleet Replacement – An Update
MCN Bromborough The Bromborough Suite. The Merebrook, Greenfields Avenue, Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, United KingdomRailway Engineering; A Driver’s Eye View
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomAndy Grimmett started on the railway at Stratford MPD in Sept 1974. By 1979 he had qualified as a driver and progressed through the links driving a large variety of traction. With the partial closure of Stratford Depot in Jan 1994, he decided to move with 13 other drivers to Ilford Car Sheds where he…