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Learn how the unwanted assets of the big railway can help the little railway, the challenges faced and the wonderful results
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The Branch Annual General Meeting, followed by member’s presentations. We would like to invite you to bring along an item of railway memorabilia from your collection that you would like to share and talk about. Please speak to any of the committee at the November meeting if you would be interested in talking about your… |
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We welcome back Stuart Warr to continue his recollection of past holidays in Devon & Somerset |
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Note earlier start time of 19.00 AGM will be followed by coffee and mince pies and members’ short presentations
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Another chance for Watford Branch members to show off your prowess with a camera (but don’t worry about the quality, feel the width!) – stills or videos, film or digital. Please bring along some 35mm slides or image files on a memory stick or DVD disc and we’ll endeavour to treat everyone to your photographic… |
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Our December meeting welcomes one of branch members Geoff Kerr with a talk that will cover a journey across the Pennines covering the period 2003-20, with some nostalgia thrown in for good measure with some pictures from an earlier period. In this talk Geoff will be looking at the national rail scene with an emphasis…
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Our Annual General Meeting will be followed by a presentation from Paddy Anstey on the latest news and events from the Mid Norfolk Preserved Railway. |
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) was established in 2005, following a recommendation from the Cullen enquiry as the independent body for investigating accidents and incidents on mainline railways, metros, tramways and heritage railways throughout the UK. Having advised on its establishment, using his experience as a BTP Crime Scene Investigator managing the scenes of…
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Local specialist Mick Nicholson will prove popular.
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The RCTS Cambridge Branch AGM will be held on Tuesday 13th December 2022, followed by an opportunity for Members to show slides/images or talk about any topic of railway interest. |
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This Archive & Library open day is CANCELLED. As the RMT are on strike, it is unlikely that visitors will be able to come to Leatherhead by train. If anyone wishes to visit the Archive and Library on a non-strike day over Christmas and the New Year, please contact archive@rcts.org.uk to arrange a convenient day.…
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SOUTH AFRICAN STEAM By Tony Wardrobe A 15F 4-8-2 2940 loco on a Johannesburg to Magaliesburg express
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A second selection of photographs from the Watercress Line archives, continuing our journey down the line from Alresford to Winchester Junction and taking a look at local passenger and goods services and main line diversions. |
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Unfortunately our planned presenter for Thursday 15th December, Malcolm Garner, is not able to travel to Cheltenham. We will, instead have an impromptu members entertain evening with our Branch Chairman and Treasurer providing some images. Treasurer has a few presentations on the laptop, so there could be a choice of what to see! We hope…
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The evening will begin with the Surrey Branch AGM. The agenda and Committee reports will be availiable late November. If you would like to join the Surrey Committee please discuss with one of the committee members. The AGM will be dealt with as quickly as possible and will be followed by a talk on The… |
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This rarely seen presentation will be given my Ian Allan's former publisher, Peter Waller. Having closed as a railway publisher some years ago Peter will tell us the whole story of this interesting publisher.
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The meeting will be held at Shenfield Parish Hall but the formal AGM part of the evening will be held as a Hybrid meeting in order to be as inclusive as possible. Remote comments and contributions will, in general, only be possible via the Zoom 'Chat' function. Should you wish to remotely address the meeting… |
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Please note the rearranged date because of rail strike scheduled for 13th December.
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Richard Watts is a Chartered Civil Engineer (known professionally as Dick Watts) who, spent nearly 40 years in design and construction of railway Civil Engineering works, originally in the Chief Civil Engineer’s Office of British Railways Western Region at Paddington and latterly with consultants Scott Wilson & Kirkpatrick at Swindon. During the 1960s he spent… |
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A chance for members to take the floor for 15 minutes and show a range of slides/digital photographs from their own collections. A festive buffet will be provided by the Branch for those attending. |
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If after the Christmas celebrations you're getting fed up with assum Meleagris gallopavo domesticus, come and enjoy a presentation of Turcorum ferri vapor equis, from excellent photographer Peter Robins. Turkey was a steam enthusiast's paradise between 1978 and 1983 as locos from more than twenty different classes were used over much of the country. The… |
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