Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
The Route of ‘The Canadian’ and its Branches, by John Day
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomPlease note: There is no meeting scheduled for August as the branch takes a summer break! JOHN DAY, from the Ipswich Branch, pays another visit, the last one being…
The Midland Main Line Electrification Upgrade’
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomGavin Crook (Network Rail Principal Programme Sponsor) and Duncan Cale (Infrastructure Interface Lead East Midlands Railway) will outline the development of the route over recent years, including the introduction of…
Lost Railways of Suffolk by Nathan Dodd
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United KingdomRailways in Italy in the 1990s
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomJeremy Harrison made a number of visits to Italy in the 1990s, travelling on and photographing the railways, and today comes to show us some of the fruits of this,…
“Railways to the Coast” by Tony Kirby
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomThe earliest railways to the coast were built for freight rather than passenger traffic but companies soon realised there was a potentially lucrative passenger market. This talk examines both aspects…
The Last Four Years of Steam
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by George Howe. An introduction by George: 1964 saw me making a change from black and white prints, to colour slides. This…
The Vale of Rheidol & Welshpool & Llanfair Railways
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomDave Waldron returns to the branch to provide us with an evening of his memories of two of the iconic narrow gauge lines in Wales, the Vale of Rheidol…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch Visit to Epping Signalling Museum
Epping Signalling Museum Station Road, Epping, United KingdomAn opportunity to visit the Epping Signalling Museum. This museum opened a very short while before the start of the Covid-19 restrictions and has therefore only been going properly again…
British Steam 1962-1970 – Tony Bowles
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomArchivist of the Restoration and Archiving Trust based at Toddington, Tony Bowles presents UK images taken by himself between 1962 and 1970. Also included are pictures taken in Northern Ireland.
The New Essex Lines of the GER
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomNathaniel has be interested in railways for all of his life. From early days of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' he has been hooked on railways and their history. He became…