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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.
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POSTPONED: AGM + Members images
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United Kingdom -
Swindon Works – “The Collett Years” by Rev. Canon Brian R Arman
NHN Northampton - Weston Favell 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
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Network North West
MCN Bromborough The Bromborough Suite. The Merebrook, Greenfields Avenue, Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, United KingdomMerseyside, Cheshire & North Wales branch · Presenter: Martyn Hilbert
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FeaturedOnline 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…
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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…
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FeaturedMagnus Volk and His Amazing Railways
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMagnus Volk was a true pioneer of all things electrical, and today is chiefly remembered for the creation of Volk’s Electric Railway, which opened in 1883 and still runs along Brighton seafront, now recognised as the oldest electric railway in the world. He also built an even more extraordinary railway in Brighton, and this talk…
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Getting The Balance Right
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomFor this National - International - Zoom Meeting we are joining the Locomotive Club of Great Britain and the Continental Railway Circle, for a presentation by Australian author and historian Trevor Edmonds from Dorrigo, New South Wales, on 'How the British Army learned to operate military railways before the First World War', an experience which…
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Images from 30 miles around Preston
LNW Preston Fulwood Lawn Tennis Club, Watling Street Road, Preston, United KingdomRescheduled from 7th January 2022
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Archive and Library Open Day
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That Was The Year That Was – 1968
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United Kingdom
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