Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomA Ninth Colorail Journey
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomVisit & Guided Tour of Volks Electric Railway, Brighton (Postponed due to National Rail strike)
The management of the Volks Electric have agreed to an escorted visit and tour of the Railway by RCTS members. You must book in advance if you wish to join this tour. Details available from the Chichester Branch Chairman - chichesterchair@rcts.org.uk NOTE:Â Due to the National Rail Strike on 21 June this visit has been postponed.…
Observation Day at Westbury (Cancelled due to Rail Strike)
Westbury Station , United KingdomObservation afternoon and evening at Westbury Station (Cancelled due to Rail Strike)
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomA Branch Line to Disney
HTC Welwyn Garden City Ludwick Way Methodist Church, 149 Ludwick Way, Welwyn Garden City, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Steve Lacey The story of the Gravesend West Street branch which, before the tunnelling under the Thames and East London was complete, formed the way into London via a cord at Southfleet, along the line of the old branch, to join the classic line into…
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomVisit to Mangapps Railway Museum
Mangapps Railway Museum Southminster RoadEssex, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, United KingdomThis is a joint visit with the South East Essex Railway Society (SEERs) who are allowing South Essex RCTS members to join their visit to Mangapps. The cost is £12 with Fish and Chips available at an extra charge (must be pre-ordered). To book, please contact Adrian Houghton by email ( a.houghton245@btinternet.com) stating you are…
‘Twixt War and Grouping
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA selection of images of Britain's Railways between 1919 and 1922 - the period between the Armistice and the Grouping, now a century ago - drawn from the Ken Nunn collection (of the LCGB/NRM), and presented by Jeremy Harrison.
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomThat Was the Year That Was – 1974, by Geoff Plumb
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomGeoff Plumb, Watford Branch Chairman, presents another in the series ‘That Was the Year That Was’, this time covering 1974, with a look behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany and Poland, also West Germany and a smattering of the UK.
Three Decades of Changes on the Footplate
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomLee Davies, currently a driver with Cross-Country, recalls the ups and downs of changes in the footplate grade over the last three decades.