Cheltenham Branch
The 2025/26 meeting season has completed. We will restart on Thursday 17th September 2026.
The 2025/26 meeting season has completed. We will restart on Thursday 17th September 2026.
KEITH BLACKSHAW, who is an Inspector of Rail Accidents, presents ‘An introduction to the RAIB’ (Rail Accident Investigation Branch). Further details will be added nearer the date. Please note this is a physical meeting, doors open from 18:30 for a 19:00 start, with a half-time break for refreshments, and we aim to finish around 21:30.
Archive And Library Open Day
with Sean Devaney
Join us for a presentation by Mike Corbett 'The Works', covering the rise and fall, ownership and organisation of Wolverton Works from its origins as a steam locomotive workshop facility followed by migration to carriage, wagon, EMU and road transport construction and overhaul including carriage technical developments. With the retirement of the Royal Train in…
Archive And Library Open Day
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Simon Martin. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
David Cable is an excellent photographer, regularly in action along the Bluebell Railway, both on photo charters and normal service days, and will giving us a presentation of the highlights of his results. This is the presentation previously arranged for December 2024, and then planned for September 2025, updated with some newer images - we…
Humberside and North Lincolnshire are often overlooked as major locations of interesting rail activity. We set this straight at our May meeting as Dick Crane closes the 25/26 season with a look at the past and present rail scene in this part of the network.
For our May meeting, David Waldren will be giving what promises to be a fascinating talk on one of the largest railway projects in Wales in recent years, the rebuilding of the Welsh Highland Railway from Porthmadog to Caernarfon. Doors open at 7 for a 7:30 start and our preloved bookstall will be available for…