A Little History of the Cadeby Light Railway
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMany people will be aware of the Cadeby Light Railway which the Rev.Teddy Boston built around the garden of his Leicestershire rectory between 1963 and 2005. In this presentation Dave gives us a personal account of visiting the railway, and his experiences of helping to run the various railways on the Cadeby rectory site. After 2005,…
“Railway Allsorts”
SOE Eastleigh Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, United KingdomSolent branch · Presenter: Ken Mumford
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomVincent Raven – A Visionary Pragmatist
NEA Darlington Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, United Kingdom
The Art of Timetable Planning
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomSurrey branch · Presenter: Stephen Newman
Tramways of the Dales (Part II)
WRD Shipley Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, United Kingdom
The Hixon Level Crossing Disaster – 1968
CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United KingdomAn, at the time recently installed, automatic barrier level crossing was the location of a collision between a road transporter and a train. What actually happened? What were the lessons learned? Come and find out from Malcolm Garner who has studied the incident and the subsequent enquiry reports.
POSTPONED: AGM + Members images
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomSwindon Works – “The Collett Years” by Rev. Canon Brian R Arman
NHN Northampton Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, United KingdomA review by the RCTS President of the activities in Swindon works during the Collett period
Network North West
MCN Bromborough The Bromborough Suite. The Merebrook, Greenfields Avenue, Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, United KingdomMerseyside, Cheshire & North Wales branch · Presenter: Martyn Hilbert
Online Transport Archive – The Electric Railways of Merseyside
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomCharles Roberts will delve into the Online Transport Archive to tell the story of Merseyside's Electric Railways. Spanning the period from the Early 1950s to the present day, he will cover the Liverpool Overhead Railway (the 'Docker's Umbrella'), the former LMS lines from Liverpool Exchange to Southport/Ormskirk and from Liverpool Central to the Wirral, the…
Mail by Rail and Tram
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomThe Rev Peter Barham will talk to us about the transport of mail via railways and tramways In his talk Peter will explore the history of the carriage of mail and parcels by tram, with examples from various towns and cities across the country. He will also look at the general story of the carriage of mail…