Events
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Stehen Gay returns to the Watford Branch for his eleventh visit, this time to present 'Through Kirton Tunnel, Part 2'. The first part took us from Sheffield to Kirton Lindsey and we now continue through Kirton Tunnel and onwards to Cleethorpes in Stephen's inimitable style! Further details may be added nearer the date. Please note… |
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Karl Watts, founder and MD of Railmotive and also the founder, co-owner and former CEO of the Rail Operations Group (ROG) group of companies, talks about pioneering the development and procurement of the UK’s fleet of Class 93 tri-mode locomotives and a number of other revolutionary and game-changing initiatives to deliver rail industry modernisation. |
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Join Stephen and Wrawby on a selection of their favourite lines between Saltash and Newquay. Using slides taken over the last 10 years, this show includes historical infrmation, a few poetry readings and many laughs along the way. Take your seats and settle down for a rover with a difference! |
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A Hitchin &Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Robin Mathams. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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Lee Davies started working on the railway after spending 12 months on a Youth Training Scheme (YTS) and just two months in a “proper job”. Four decades later, he’s still there. After all, in the words of Ellesmere Port driver F. A. Jones, “Why work when you can drive trains for a living?” On Wednesday… |
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This will be the first Scottish Branch meeting in September for several years. The Railway Observer Managing Editor Mike Robinson will make a welcome return when he tells us, through his photography, about his gricing days in the UK, plus a few visits to northern Europe. 1971 Open Day at Haymarket Depot (image by Callum… |
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Geoff was born in Sheffield in 1949, into a railway-mad family, starting his railway enthusiasm at the age of around 18 months. After some early attempts with the family Box Brownie camera in the 1950s, he was given his first ‘proper’ camera for his thirteenth birthday in March 1962, this eventually leading to his career…
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Richard Barber returns to present the second part of his Railways of North Yorkshire series
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Our speaker, Richard Clifford, interested observer of HS2 (who owns a drone !) will give us a detailed presentation of this ongoing project.
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Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall. This talk will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid |
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This is a joint meeting with the Milton Keynes branch; the venue is Roade Village Hall.
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Join Harry Nethercoat from our Watford branch as he looks back on his journeys in 2025, stretching from Cornwall, up to Scotland - with stops in-between including; London, Cardiff, and closer to home. Expect all traction types on the mainline and in preservation
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Stephen Gay. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start. |
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Hugh Driscoll recounts his time at Stratford Depot, also covering the origins and development of the depot and its subsequent decline and closure. |
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A double bill presentation of JSG photographs. 'JSG on Tour', railtours from the 1960's and 'JSG's Westerns', images of Class 52s between 1965 and 1975. |
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