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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Matthew Alden-Farrow. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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Peter Holden will talk to us about the pleasures of travel in Belgium |
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Unwanted by BR, passed over by preservationists and narrowly evading the cutting torch, 80150 is steam's great survivor and is battling its way back from the brink with a great story to tell. |
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Geoff Plumb participated in the ‘World Steam’ tour to Java, plus a bit of Singapore and Malaysia, which took place over three weeks in July and August 1973. This tour covered most of the island, featuring a wealth of Mallets of various sizes, steam tram engines, 0-4-0 and 2-4-0 tender engines, 2-12-2Ts and some sugar… |
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There is a change of speaker for our November meeting - Jeremy Harrison is no longer available for that date and our own Harry Nethercoat has stepped up to the plate to present 'My Travels in 2024'. This will be his first full-length presentation for his home branch, though he has already done quite a… |
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A presentation by Chris McCandless-Stone, Fleet Performance Manager, Eurostar. A look at what 30 years of Eurostar has done for connecting the UK with Mainland Europe before embarking on a high-speed journey into the future. |
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‘That Was the Year That Was – 1967’. Geoff takes us through another year of dashing around the country in pursuit of the remaining steam traction, in action and otherwise. Kicking off with a couple of ex-GWR Pannier Tanks, LT and industrial, then visiting Woodham’s Barry scrapyard, continuing to scenes around Leeds. There are views… |
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Brian Arman. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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Colin Boocock makes a welcome return to Sheffield branch with a fascinating show of contrasts illustrating the weird, the wonderful and the downright ugly in terms of Austria’s steam locomotives, using photos dating back to 1958. |
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This month, Join us at The Old Church Rooms for what promises to be an interesting presentation from Peter Fortune as he reminisces on a lifetime chasing trains both in the UK and further afield. As usual, complimentary tea and coffee will be available, along with our competitively priced KitKats during the interval, while our… |
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Branch committee member Chris Hall will present a overage of the major developments on BR that occurred during the 1970s, including the political context, traction and rolling stock changes, electrification schemes, the freight business, motorail services, breaking the steam ban and some notable accidents that occurred in the decade. Finally, to try and answer the…
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Jason works on the railway and is also a keen enthusiast. This evening he shares images and stories from both
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Rebecca will cover two rail trips. The first is a trip to Mauritania which she undertook in 2000 and the second a collection of images from four trips to Moldova and Transnistria. Whilst rail will be covered, there will also be an overview of the countries and a look at their culture. Rebecca's interest in… |
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Dave Dunn presents his experiences of the transition from steam to diesel.
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Railway 200 in Retrospect By Mike Lamport (Railway 200 Steering Group Member), Phil Dominey (Senior Regional Development Manager, South Western Railway) and Jack Wharton (Network Rail) |
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The use of railways within the British Isles for the transportation of deceased members of the Royal Family for functional and ceremonial purposes from 1844 to the present day
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by John Reeve. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start. |
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The restoration of Foremarke Hall on film and words |
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Our traditional Members' Presentations and Mince Pies meeting! Your chance to show off your photographic efforts... Please note this is a physical meeting, doors open from 18:30 for a 19:00 start, with a half-time break for refreshments, and we aim to finish around 21:30. Members, visitors and guests all welcome. |
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A presentation of slides from the late Bob Kemp collection by Brian Ringer, covering the first half of the 1960s when both steam and modern traction shared main line duties. Most of the scenes depicted are local to our area and feature the WCML, MML and ECML in Bucks, Beds and Northants, however a few… |
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Gerry is still going through the slides (about 3000!!) but there is certainly some interesting pictures from the black and white era in Bristol, i.e. 1957-1960. |
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