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Gordon visits the branch with a fascinating presentation covering the story of Eastleigh- the town, the station and the works.
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Simon Martin. Following on from last year's lecture on Edward Thompson, we now turn our attention to his predecessor's work and designs, using fresh sources of primary information compared alongside previously conceived and published research. We can review his work and see in a fresh light…
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A return visit from Richard who will enlighten us about the Great Western route from Penzance to Padstow |
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Rail campaigner and former Chairman of the Bedford – Bletchley Rail Users Association, Richard Crane, presents a pictorial journey over the years from Bradford to London Marylebone. |
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John Baxter, Secretary of The Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust promises an evening of mystery and intrigue in which, 'Every Picture Tells A Story'. |
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JOHN NOORANI - 'Reminiscenses and Thoughts of a Retired Railwayman'. Throughout his schooldays John had been interested in railways, initially as a trainspotter but then an interest in their history and operation. After leaving school he needed a temporary job for about six months and an opportunity to work on the railway presented itself. The… |
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this loco had had a very illustrious career travelling to Egypt and Iran and featured in several films and is of course now preserved at the Severn Valley Railway,Ian chapman is going to tell us much more about its interesting life
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Dave Scudamore. Cambridge Area Railways, Yesterday & Today (Part 2) starts back at Cambridge and following another look around the station area heads north to Chesterton Junction where we follow the route of the St Ives line (now misguided busway). Next we look at the Mildenhall…
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For our final meeting of the 2024/25 season, we are delighted to welcome Dave Pearce who will be presenting ‘Roger Harrison’s East Anglian Railways’. Roger Harrison was an avid and loyal member of the Norfolk Railway Society from its inception in 1955 until he passed away in 2010. He was extraordinarily generous to the Society… |
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Peter Fortune will provide an historical overview of the development and operation of this small but very successful railway company which transformed the coal trade in South wales for three decades in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. A Great Western Railway 56XX tank brings short freight over the Barry Railway's iconic Walnut Tree… |
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Our last meeting of the 2024-25 season brings Chris Rowley to Darlington to present The Railway over the Stainmore Pass.
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Network Rail and Govia Thameslink (GTR) have now undertaken additional works which, we hope, will cure the damp problems at the Stationmaster’s House. GTR’s contractors are rectifying the damp areas internally so we are moving some shelving and dust covering all other shelves while that work is undertaken. It is not therefore practical ot open… |
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The class act of Nigel Gresley to follow – how did Thompson take over and survive? Further to previous information, this meeting will now be available to join on Zoom as well at Cox Green
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From the earliest days of rail travel, poster advertising was used to encourage people to take the train. Through the artwork of, and captions on, such posters we can catch a glimpse of not just the advances in engineering and in design, but also the contemporary social concerns addressed in the advertising slogans. But if…
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This event is not at the usual time, it is an evening meeting starting at 7pm. |
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Leslie McAllister offers a first selection of colour photographs taken by the late Lance King in the Republic of Ireland in the last years of steam. Lance was a skilled photographer and left a fine record of steam in the Dublin area and on the fondly remembered branches such as Kenmare, Loughrea, Ballaghadereen, Edenderry, Tullow,… |
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Come and join Brian Arman, Stewart Jolly, and hopefully Arthur Turner for a day of observing the variety of freight and passenger trains to be sen at Swindon Station.
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Network Rail and Govia Thameslink (GTR) have now undertaken additional works which, we hope, will cure the damp problems at the Stationmaster’s House. GTR’s contractors are rectifying the damp areas internally so we are moving some shelving and dust covering all other shelves while that work is undertaken. It is not therefore practical ot open… |
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Geoff Plumb. Geoff Plumb returns with another of his popular “That Was the Year That Was” series of presentations. With his usual excellent standard of railway photography, this time it’s the turn of 1972 and we can expect the presentation to include more of Geoff’s many… |
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Network Rail and Govia Thameslink (GTR) have now undertaken additional works which, we hope, will cure the damp problems at the Stationmaster’s House. GTR’s contractors are rectifying the damp areas internally so we are moving some shelving and dust covering all other shelves while that work is undertaken. It is not therefore practical ot open…
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Ian Wright's presentation will consist of a slide show of two charters that he took part in - to Russia and Belarus in 1992 and the Ukraine in 2003.
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A further look back at what I was photographing in the first decade of this century, now some twenty years ago – so near or so far? A varied mix of steam, diesel and electric, on main, preserved and narrow gauge lines, at home and abroad. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket.… |
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Sunday 1st June 2025 - A visit to The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway. Five days after the end of the Annual Steam Gala, we visit this Heritage Railway where we will travel over all of the line, getting off at most of the stations. We will visit the steam shed and diesel shed at Toddington,… |