Bristol – ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ by John Baxter
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomJohn Baxter, Secretary of The Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust promises an evening of mystery and intrigue in which, 'Every Picture Tells A Story'.
Archive And Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day
WFD Branch – ‘Reminiscenses and Thoughts of a Retired Railwayman’, by John Noorani, 6th May 2025
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomJOHN NOORANI - 'Reminiscenses and Thoughts of a Retired Railwayman'. Throughout his schooldays John had been interested in railways, initially as a trainspotter but then an interest in their history and operation. After leaving school he needed a temporary job for about six months and an opportunity to work on the railway presented itself. The…
The life and times of Stanier 8F 48773
FLL Carnforth Royal Station Hotel, Market Street, Carnforth, United Kingdomthis loco had had a very illustrious career travelling to Egypt and Iran and featured in several films and is of course now preserved at the Severn Valley Railway,Ian chapman is going to tell us much more about its interesting life
Cambridge Area Railways, Yesterday & Today (Part 2)
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Dave Scudamore. Cambridge Area Railways, Yesterday & Today (Part 2) starts back at Cambridge and following another look around the station area heads north to Chesterton Junction where we follow the route of the St Ives line (now misguided busway). Next we look at the Mildenhall…
Chris Booth – By Great Central Railway from Sheffield to Gainsborough.
SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club Farm Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom
“Roger Harrison’s East Anglian Railways” by Dave Pearce
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomFor our final meeting of the 2024/25 season, we are delighted to welcome Dave Pearce who will be presenting ‘Roger Harrison’s East Anglian Railways’. Roger Harrison was an avid and loyal member of the Norfolk Railway Society from its inception in 1955 until he passed away in 2010. He was extraordinarily generous to the Society…
Croydon & SL Branch AGM and Members’ Images
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomOur Annual General Meeting, to be followed by Members’ Images. Your chance to speak up and show off! Since our last AGM a year ago, at which both our long serving Chairman and Secretary stood down, it is fair to say the Branch has had a rather problematic year, struggling to keep going, with only…
The Barry Dock and Railway Company
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomPeter Fortune will provide an historical overview of the development and operation of this small but very successful railway company which transformed the coal trade in South wales for three decades in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. A Great Western Railway 56XX tank brings short freight over the Barry Railway's iconic Walnut Tree…
North East Branch – The Railway over Stainmore Pass
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United KingdomOur last meeting of the 2024-25 season brings Chris Rowley to Darlington to present The Railway over the Stainmore Pass.
Surrey Branch – Future UK Locomotive Strategy
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomFuture UK Locomotive Strategy