Our 2025/26 season opens with a much-anticipated visit from Raymond Schofield who will take us through the history of the East Coast Main Line. The North-East of England was at the forefront of railway growth, starting some 300 years ago with colliery lines delivering coal to staithes on the Tyne and Tees. Early passenger lines…
A look back at what I was able to photograph in the early years of this century, both on preserved railways and the mainline. (This is a replacement for David Cable's presentation, previously planned for this meeting, which has had to be postponed until 14th April 2026).
In the run up to D-Day many parts of the UK rail network were taken over by the United States Army to prepare the rolling stock that would be needed to run on the railways of France and Europe after the invasio, including the iconic S160 Locomotive, many of which were at Ebbw Junction Shed…
Archive And Library Open Day - CANCELLED Cancelled due to the interior works by GoviaThameslink Railway's contractors still being incomplete.
