Archive And Library Open Day
Archive And Library Open Day
Archive And Library Open Day
Steve Batty heads south again to present 'From the Back of the Cupboard', because it's made up of B&W shots he has always ignored before when putting a show together, but which he thinks really deserve a viewing. It also made him wonder why B&W gets ignored so much, so made the show entirely B&W. …
Taking place a week earlier than normal owing to availability issues at our regular venue, the march meeting of the South Wales/De Cymru branch of RCTS will feature a presentation by Noel Thompson on his travels round the UK using an All Lines Rover Ticket. As usual, our well stocked preloved book stall will be…
with James Sutcliffe
Archive And Library Open Day
A presentation by the Director General of the Rail Freight Group, Maggie Simpson OBE.
After a short A.G.M. Branch Treasurer Stewart Jolly will present 'Midland Blue, covering Midland Railway lines in the 1980's.
We start at Swindon - head west on the "new" route to South Wales as far as the Bristol/Gloucester route where we turn north - taking in the Midland Route with appropriate motive power. A visit to the iconic Severn Bridge along the way before arrival at Gloucester. We return south via Stroud Chalford and…
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Dave Hepper. After a career in Operational Planning, retired Anglia Train Planning Manager Dave Hepper will be talking on how (and how not) to plan a timetable. But not just timetabling, Dave will also explain how traction and traincrew diagrams resource the timetable, and touch on…
We have all heard of the Grouping but how much do we really know about it? Robin Gibbons takes a deep dive into the Grouping including looking at the development of the railway companies in Great Britain up to that point, their uneasy relationship with Parliament, the background to the Grouping including the impact of…