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A look behind the scenes at London Underground, stations and disused tunnels
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Michael Smyth. Pictures from three trips to the Ukraine in 1993, 1999 and 2002. These illustrate Russian designed steam locomotives at work and explains the American influence of the 1930s. More importantly it aims to give an insight into the history, geography and normal life, in… |
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If you have ever wondered how every month the RO gets from raw information to your doorstep, Mike Robinson, Managing Editor of The Railway Observer, will be describing in this illustrated presentation what we do and how we do it. If you are interested in our editorial and image selection process or have ever considered… |
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Further details of this meeting will be added nearer the date. Please note this is a physical meeting to be held at our usual venue at Beechen Grove Baptist Church, doors open from 18:30. The meeting takes place in the first floor Conference Room, there is level access into the building and a lift is available… |
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this will be an excellent session given by richard hinchcliffe the son of the tour manager of this famous trip
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Christian Wolmar, transport writer, broadcaster and author of numerous books, returns to present on his new book, the story of the railwaymen who rebuilt the lines after D Day, allowing the invasion of Northwestern Europe to be successfully completed. |
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A welcome return by Geoff Plumb to share with us his record of the events of 1965. NOTE - SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH. |
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Surrey Branch will be attending the Hampton Court Model Railway Society exhibition, Tolworth Showtrain. We will have Society publications and second hand books for sale. |
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Surrey Branch will be attending the Hampton Court Model Railway Society exhibition, Tolworth Showtrain. We will have Society publications and second hand books for sale. |
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Some challenges never change, such as when winter strikes. Here Phil Pritchard is on snow portering duty, helping to keep the railway running safely on 3 December 2010. Image credit: David Layland/East Lancs Railway. David Layland (East Lancashire Light Railway Co Director of Finance and RCTS member) will present an illustrated PowerPoint presentation. He will… |
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As well being an excellent photographer, Ian Wright was for many years a driver on the West Somerset Railway, and his frequent visits combined photography and footplate. Those who attended his presentation on the Bluebell Railway last year will know we have an excellent show to look forward, showing how the line has developed over…
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This is the first of two afternoon (start time 13.00) meetings planned for the Winter 2024/2025 season for the branch. |
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This afternoon we will be welcoming back Keith Jones who will be presenting a selection of B&W and Colour images from his extensive archive. |
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***Please note the change of date to the third Saturday in November*** Many members of the branch will remember Ray Shinn, who sadly is no longer with us, and as custodian of his photo collection Bob has now digitised it and will present an evening of Rays photographic exploits. It promises to be a evening… |
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In 1966, the last year of the GCR in Rugby Class 5 4-6-0 No.44872 is seen crossing the 'Birdcage' bridge over the WCML. On the right of the picture is the Rugby Testing Station. Our good friend Chris Pratt is returning to visit us after a long break to present an excellent selection of 16mm…
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Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall with presentation also available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting This presentation is a variety of images with a general transport but mainly railway theme. Steam, diesel and electric traction at work in Britain and abroad are included as well as some buses and trams. There are also some…
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We travel in Northern Ontario from Marstay and Sudbury to Chelmsford via Azilda, looking at Canadian railways over the past 40 years.
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Roger Hepworth - “Railways East of Wakefield incl. our area” |
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The story of the iconic Class 52 Western diesel hydraulic locomotives and the efforts of the Western Locomotive Association in keeping the legend alive. We look forward to welcoming Paul Finch and the team from the WLA for a return visit with more stories of the preservation of three of these iconic locomotives.
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Railway Bridge Disasters and Mishaps By Alan Hayward. The Dee Bridge collapse plus references to the Tay Bridge accident, plus the Lewisham train crash and the Clapham train crash. |
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Our Society Secretary Rich visits us with a presentation looking at the history and its move from the national network to one of the country’s foremost heritage railways
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Dave Goodyear. Colchester has much to interest the railway enthusiast and historian. Within its original borough boundaries it had a major junction, three stations and associated goods yards, a motive power depot and a quay tramway. Passenger traffic included large numbers of holiday trains to the…
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We welcome back Stephen Gay who will present his part 2 of the talks about the ECML |
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Following an address to our AGM, as RCTS President, Brian takes us on a slide show mystery tour, which will surely not disappoint.
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A presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight's is the first of three parts, starting with a few images from before the Great Boer War (as it was known at the time), and then featuring Eastern… |
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