125 Group – the Inter-City 125 in preservation
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomGary Heelas from the 125 Group gives a presentation on how the iconic Inter-City 125 is being preserved for future generations.
The Rhymney Railway
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomOn 2nd September we are pleased to welcome South Wales Branch Secretary, Peter Fortune to open our 2022/23 programme with a talk on the ‘Rhymney Railway’. Peter will be taking us on a journey down the line from it’s early days to the present time.
The ‘LMS Patriot Project’, by Colin Hall, followed by ‘Rob’s Railway Years: the 1980s’, by Rob Freeman.
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomIn place of John Day’s postponed presentation, we now have a two-part meeting. Colin Hall is the Chair of the LMS Patriot Project and will be giving us a frank first-hand presentation on the experiences and challenges faced recently and what is being done to move the project forward. The LMS-Patriot Project - Our aims…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomHeinekin Days Part by Andy Grimmett- Meeting Cancelled
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United KingdomVisit to Stafford
This replaces the previously advertised Cumbria Day Ranger which we have decided to postpone because of the current spate of last-minute cancellations.
The 10000 Locomotive Rebuild Project – Tony Ellershaw
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomBy Midland to Cambridge
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomOn September 13th we are delighted to welcome Robin Cullup to open our 2022/23 programme with a talk on the former Midland line from Kettering to Cambridge. There will be plenty of 2-4-0s in action on this favourite line!
Remembering the end of Southern Steam – a personal view 50 years later
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United Kingdom1967 saw the end of steam operation on the Southern Region. In the months leading up to July 1967, Des Shepherd made many visits to experience the final rites of steam operation in the south of England. Fifty years on, he decided to revisit many of the places he discovered then as well as to…
Hitchin, the Last Few Years
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA presentation by Richard Allen. Expect a very local presentation from Richard, one of our local branch members. Doors open from 19:00
Holidays in the West Country Part One
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomStuart Warr