The West Somerset Railway – Plus More
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Richard Morris. Following the opening of the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1845 there were soon thoughts about connecting it to the West Somerset and North Devon coastal towns. These discussions didn't get very far until Mr Brunel was engaged. In 1862 a railway was constructed…
Archive 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 have rectifed the damp areas internally but not completed timber repais as yet. Some shelving is till stored and dust covering on all other shelves while that work is undertaken. …
French Railways 1965-72 – a Video Miscellany
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMichael Grieves started taking cine film in the 1960s, and, as steam in Britain came to an end, made many European trips in search of it, taking many films of what he found - these have now been scanned into digital format. Tonight he will show a miscellany drawing from his trips to France between…
Archive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomApologies for cancelling the planned openday. This is due to ongoing works in The Stationmaster's House.
WFD Branch – ‘That Was the Year That Was – 1972’, by Geoff Plumb, 1st July 2025
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomGEOFF PLUMB - 'That Was the Year That Was - 1972'. More of Geoff's many days out around and about, including UK scenes and West Germany. The main event sees a visit to South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique for a feast of steam. Nostalgia rules, OK! Please note this is a physical meeting, doors open from…
Milton Keynes Branch Meeting – ‘North of the border from the Tweed to Thurso’ – by Ray Schofield
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomA presentation by Ray Schofield. A journey on some of the most scenic rails north of the Border commencing with the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick on Tweed via Edinburgh, the Forth Bridge, Glasgow, the West Highland Line to Mallaig, via Skye to Kyle of Lochalsh, Inverness and to finish in sight of Hoy at…
On Great Eastern Lines Since 1991
St Marks Church Hall, Hitchin SG5 1UR St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, HertfordshireA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Geoff Brockett. In Geoff’s own words – “The show is based on a presentation I did for the Great Eastern Railway Society and depicts trains on lines originally wholly or jointly owned by the Great Eastern Railway. The photos were taken between 1990 and 2023 -…
Branch Social Meeting
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day – CANCELLED
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day CANCELLED due to awaiting completion of interior works in The Stationmaster's House.
Observation Day Nuneaton Station
Nuneaton Station Nuneaton StationJoin us for an observation day at Nuneaton Station viewing the passing freight and passenger traffic.