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
“12th Colour Rail Journey” by Paul Chancellor
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomNetwork Rail and Govia Thameslink (GTR) have now undertaken additional works which, we hope, will cure the damp problems at the Stationmaster’s House. GTR’s contractors are rectifying the damp areas internally so we are moving some shelving and dust covering all other shelves while that work is undertaken. It is not therefore practical ot open…
Railway Advertising & Posters – Michael Willmot
Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, CoventryFrom the earliest days of rail travel, poster advertising was used to encourage people to take the train. Through the artwork of, and captions on, such posters we can catch a glimpse of not just the advances in engineering and in design, but also the contemporary social concerns addressed in the advertising slogans. But if…
The Stainmore Route by Chris Rowley, Northampton Branch Meeting
NHN Northampton - Weston Favell Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United KingdomThis event is not at the usual time, it is an evening meeting starting at 7pm.
Edward Thompson, Wartime CME
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomThe class act of Nigel Gresley to follow – how did Thompson take over and survive? Further to previous information, this meeting will now be available to join on Zoom as well at Cox Green