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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Stephen Gay. Travelling from Frickley to Finningly, Mexborough to Moorends and Bentley, Bessacarr to Bawtry. This is a railway journey which criss-crosses the Doncaster borough. Using Stephen’s slides taken over the last 40 years, the presentation will also look at waterways and historic buildings. We will… |
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On Wednesday 1st October Ian Reese will be leading a walk along the west bank of the River Usk and into the Pillgwenlly area of Newport to show us the almost entirely disappeared railway scene of years gone by. There were many railway lines crowding the west bank, bringing coal down from the valleys for… |
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Geoff Grant, Stakeholder Manager for West Midlands Trains, gives an overview of the key priorities facing the company in terms of their fleet, customer experience, accessibility and innovation. |
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Kit Spackman, who was the Tilt System Development Engineer on the APT-E programme, will explain the fascinating story of the whole APT Programme. |
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Archive And Library Open Day Cancelled due to us STILL awaiting completion of the interior works by GTR. |
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IAN CROWDER - “The Forgotten Standard”. Ian Crowder is Marketing Director of Toddington Standard Locomotive Ltd (TSLL), owners of Standard Class 4 2-6-0 No. 76077 and which is nearing the end of its restoration for use on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway. In this two-part lavishly-illustrated presentation, he firstly describes the development of the Standard… |
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A talk by Andrew Gainsbury with photography by Jeremy Segrott |
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Archive And Library Open Day Cancelled due to us STILL awaiting completion of the interior works by GTR.
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Our original speaker, Norman Turnbull, has had to withdraw for health reasons but, in his place, we are delighted to welcome Mike Robinson, a Society Trustee and Managing Editor of The Railway Observer, who will be presenting a selection of his wonderful images, depicting Scotland's railways over several decades.
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Society Secretary Richard Morris visits us to look at the operations of the InterCity 125, or High Speed Train, from the point of view of the enthusiast. Expect lots of variety of liveries and locations in Richard's new presentation.
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by George Howe. George tells us that: This will be a slide show which will take you back to the steam era 1964 to 1968 if you were around in that time. If younger hopefully it will show life, and how I travelled about to capture live…
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The presentation covers the history and development of Vintage Trains in Birmingham to Train Operating Company status, together with the Tyseley collection of steam and diesel locomotives. Mike also illustrates examples of the use of modern technology applied to heritage locomotives and rolling stock for safe main line operation.
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Andy delves into the archives with more gems from the Peter Fox collection - with material from both the local area and further afield. |
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Archive And Library Open Day Cancelled due to us STILL awaiting completion of the interior works by GTR. |
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presented by Ted Parker Members please note - The Branch Annual General Meeting will take place before this presentation, commencing at 18:30
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Geoff Plumb travels from Hertfordshire to give us the first instalment of his extensive "That was the year that was" series. These presentations have something for absolutely everyone.
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Railway 200 and the NRM’s 50th Birthday By Andrew McLean - Assistant Director And Head Curator, The Railway Museum |
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David Mitchell opens our 2025/26 programme with his 5th talk on local railways, as the author of a number of local interest books David draws on his extensive archive and the talk will include the Marsh Barton & Heathfield branches with a brief look at the Teign Valley and Moretonhampstead branches before they closed, plus…
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As a former Works Manager at Wolverton with a fifty-year career history with many years as a senior engineering manager and director within the rail industry. In retirement Mike is now a volunteer for the Vintage Trains Charitable Trust in Tyseley, Birmingham. This year he has undertaken ''The Vintage Trains Story - the rise to…
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Remote Speaker Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall which will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting. Using material from Online Transport Archive, Charles will show a selection of colour images from this area. The material is drawn from a number of key collections in the Archive, most notably John McCann, Charles Firminger… |
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Archive And Library Open Day Cancelled due to us STILL awaiting completion of the interior works by GTR.
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The talk describes the long and complex story of railways around Mangotsfield where the first railway transporting coal arrived in 1832. We then follow the history with various railway companies involving both standard and broad gauge, to closure and the establishment of the Bristol and Bath Railway Path which was the first project by Sustrans. |
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Richard Coghlan presents a picture show of the line from Didcot to Southampton via Winchester Chesil, closed between 1960 & 1962. An array of ‘then & now’; some dates; pictures from his collection, and how the collection started. The image illustrates the bay platform at Newbury. |
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North East Branch is hosting the Annual Members Weekend from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th October. Base camp for the weekend is the Bannatyne Hotel in Darlington. For further information please see insert in the July 2025 RO, or go to the Members Area of the RCTS website. |
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A review over the years – steam, diesels and electrics, with the odd deviation along the way
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The Spa Valley Railway is now well established as one of our nearest heritage railways, and today Brian Halford returns to tell us of its latest developments.
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Chris Wright. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.
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This is not as forbidding as it sounds and because of its nature, it lends itself to audience participation. |
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Sadly, this visit has had to be cancelled, but we may try again at some time during 2026 - watch this space! A visit has been organised to the Avanti West Coast Training Academy in Crewe for Wednesday 29th October 2025, from 15:00 to 17:00 hours, to see the facilities there. As well as the… |
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2017 was a Special Year for Robin Patrick, and tonight he looks back at it. His presentation covers a whole year of photography, featuring both steam & modern traction, including three Overseas visits, to South Africa, Sweden and the Czech Republic. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket. Free for RCTS members, but… |
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Members of the RCTS South Wales branch will be taking our preloved book stall to the 37th Cardiff Model Railway show, held this year over the first weekend in November at Sophia Gardens, home of the newly promoted Glamorgan Cricket Club. Why not come along, say hello and see some excellent model railways. Opening hours:…
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Archive And Library Open Day- CANCELLED Cancelled due to ongoing interior works by Govia Thameslink Railway. |
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