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'European Misadventures', by Michael Reade, 2nd May 2023: Michael was fortunate enough to have employment as an advertising sales manager for several trade and technical publications with European advertisers which necessitated regular visits to France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Sweden commencing in the mid-sixties. Between appointments he was able to locate some final… |
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Please note this is an afternoon meeting to be held in the Church and not the usual meeting room.
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Stephen Gay makes a welcome return to take us on a journey on the East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross to York, with images from 40 years ago to the present day. |
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Ian’s talk on the robbery is the result of years of research and fact finding together with his personal goal being, how on earth do you stop a express train doing 95 miles per hour in the middle of nowhere and drive it yourself ?? Ian brings a 1960’s colour light signal with him to… |
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Having previously given us a presentation on Edward Thompson, Gresley Society member Simon A. C. Martin returns to tell us about his predecessor, Sir Nigel Gresley, who he has been researching for a coming book. In the course of thirty years as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway, and then after the grouping…
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For out last meeting of the 2022/23 season we are delighted to welcome Brian Benford for his talk on 'Aspects of Southern Steam'. |
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A TfW Class 150 heads into Radyr past Radyr Weir in January 2023. The masts for the electrification of the Core Valley Network will finish Jeremy Segrott and Peter Fortune's presentation, which will start with the opoening of the Taff Vale railway in 1840
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Peak District photos and stories from Phil and Enid from the period 1975-2019. Also includes rail connected cement works and quarries Recommended Donations:- RCTS Members £3, Guests £4 |
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John Wells was born in 1935 and having been evacuated to Sandy, Bedfordshire, during the 2nd World War lived there for many years. After school he worked for a large insurance company so commuted daily to London, often carrying his camera. He held a lineside permit and photographed widely on the southern section of the ECML…
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Owing to our booked speaker being unavailable John will present the above from his extensive collection.
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Following the openings, in successive years, of the significant London main line stations at London Bridge, Euston and then Paddington, there followed a minor station in Mile End as the terminus of a railway planned to link the capital to Norwich via Colchester and Ipswich. Another early railway was to use the same terminus, but… |
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Part II of the North Staffs talk covers the line from Derby to Uttoxeter and then onwards to Stoke. We then continue to Kidsgrove via the Harecastle diversions, and then run via Alsager to Crewe. |
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(Change of speaker) Jim's photos are superb and often of unusual locations taken in the 1950's to early 1960's.
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Eurostar - Signalling High Speed Connections Across Europe |
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Prepare to be shocked tonight when you see the attitude to safety in the 1960s compared with today
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RCTS member David Scudamore continues with Part 2 of his look at railways in the Cambridge area |
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"The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow". The first half of Mike's talk covers the period from pre 1898 (when the line opened) to the closure in 1935. The second half covers from 1935 up to the present day plus plans for the future. |
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Geoff Plumb (Watford Branch Chairman) returns to present another of his popular ‘That Was The Year That Was’ series, this time covering 1974. While, following the end of steam in Britain, it includes just a smattering of the UK, he did travel abroad, to Europe, visiting West Germany where steam was still very much active,… |
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Dennis Lovett is a former Manager with BR, Silverlink and Virgin Trains and latterly worked for Bachmann. His talk will cover the 98.25 miles of The Waverley Route from Edinburgh to Carlisle, covering all the major stations, infrastructure and depots on both the original line, plus the reopened Borders Railway, which currently terminates at Tweedbank. |
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