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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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WFD Branch – ‘Members’ Presentations’, plus Lizzie’s Mince Pies and Sausage Rolls! 3rd December 2024
WFD Branch – ‘Members’ Presentations’, plus Lizzie’s Mince Pies and Sausage Rolls! 3rd December 2024
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… |
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this session will cover the last years of steam in the nw given by david fowler and promises to be another excellent event
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Milton Keynes Branch AGM followed by members presentations. |
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Travel to British India with Richard Pelham to learn about 'The Widow's Frontier Railways'. |
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Dave Coxon started work for British Railways at the Loco Works in Derby in 1964. During his long career Dave has worked for the LM CM&EE, the DM&EE and R&DD, for Serco and latterly for Bombardier in Derby. Dave was part of the Commissioning Section at the RTC Derby who were involved with testing and… |
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David Cable is a an excellent photographer, regularly in action along the Bluebell Railway, both on photo charters and normal service days, and will giving us a presentation of the highlights of his results.
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Dan Longbottom -“The highlights so far, and more” |
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Tony Wardrobe will make a welcome return to the branch to present a varied selection of his own slides featuring steam hauled goods trains across the whole of the UK. |
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Our key AGM will be conducted as swiftly as possible, but still covering all the essential items to ensure that the Branch will continue to function properly in 2024-25. Once proceedings are concluded, members will be invited to make short presentations using slides or digital media. Please contact the Branch Secretary for more information. Being… 
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Andy and Irene visit us to talk about their railway adventure to China, travelling by train all of the way. Andy will also be giving a short presentation on the RCTS Library at Leatherhead. |
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Our December meeting will take place on Saturday 14th December when we will have a pre-christmas evening of entertainment
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The West of England December meeting will be a digital presentation by Charles Woodland, entitled This and That and Maybe the Other : Almost 20 years of digital photography. The presentation will cover HST changes, Mainline Steam and Diesel tours, Loco hauled trains and drags in the West of England area and if there is… |
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Our annual review of the year that has passed, and a look at what is to come in the new year. Join us to have your say, or offer to help After the meeting is concluded, we will have a short refreshment break, including our customary mince pies. There will then be a presentation by…
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Fifty years ago, in 1973, construction work started to widen the 12 metre span Vastern Road underbridge east of Reading station to accommodate a 30 metre wide dual carriageway for Stage 3 of Reading Borough Council’s new Inner Distribution Road. This illustrated presentation explores the history of this site at Reading station and describes the…
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by George Howe. This replaces the previously advertised presentation. In the words of the presenter = I moved to Potton in August 1952, aged 10, into a railway cottage next to the Bedford to Cambridge branch, very near to Potton Station. I met some new friends and… |
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The talk comprises of an overview of the tramway and trams and a trip up the line.
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Society President Canon Brian Arman returns with more history of God's Wonderful Railway, this time looking at the post Hawksworth period into the British Railways nationalisation era.
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Barry Burns brings us steam in the Indian continent from the 1990s.
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Surrey Branch December 2024 Meeting and social gathering. Railway Preservation Society of Ireland Preceeded by the Surrey Branch Annual General Meeting. |
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Presentation of short member's programmes with a Christmas Buffet. |
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This presentation is a variety of images with a definite cold winter theme starting in the UK then moving through Europe, to Ukraine and on to China. If (as is likely based on recent years) we have missed out on a White Christmas, this will make up for it; and if perchance the weather is… |
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For our first meeting of the year, please join us on Zoom for a presentation by career railwayman Geoff Burch. During ‘The Ramblings of a Railwayman’ Geoff talks about his first interest in railways as a train spotter and as a 15 year old straight from school starting his career as an engine cleaner, working… |
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SLS librarian Gerry Nichols presents 'Steam in Cornwall'. |
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