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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260921T140000
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SUMMARY:HS2 Construction - From the Air
DESCRIPTION:Our speaker\, Richard Clifford\, interested observer of HS2 (who owns a drone !) will give us a detailed presentation of this ongoing project.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/hs2-construction-from-the-air/
LOCATION:Cheylesmore Community Centre\, Poitiers Road\, Coventry 5JX\, Poitiers Road\, Cheylesmore\,\, Coventry\, CV3 5JX
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,WMD West Midlands
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rcts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/west-midlands-branch/2023-05-04-Burton-Green.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260921T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260921T223000
DTSTAMP:20260904T083625Z
CREATED:20260316T161447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T083625Z
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SUMMARY:All Things Freight
DESCRIPTION:Maggie Simpson from the Rail Freight Group will be giving us an insight into the current issues facing the rail freight sector. \nPhysical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall. This talk will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/tba-3/
LOCATION:ESX Shenfield\, Shenfield Parish Hall\, 60 Hutton Road\, Shenfield\, CM15 8LB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,ESX South Essex,Hybrid Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260922T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260922T163000
DTSTAMP:20260903T133102Z
CREATED:20260110T001609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T133102Z
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SUMMARY:Northamptonshire Ironstone Railways 1850 to 1980 (joint meeting of the Northampton and Milton Keynes branches)
DESCRIPTION:A presentation by John Douglas covering the rise\, peak\, and eventual decline of the vast network of industrial\, standard-gauge\, and narrow-gauge railways that served the ironstone quarries and blast furnaces of Northamptonshire. \nPlease note change from previously advertised talk. \nThis is a joint meeting with the Milton Keynes branch; the venue is Roade Village Hall.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/history-of-the-princess-royal-pacifics-joint-meeting-of-the-northampton-and-milton-keynes-branches/
LOCATION:NHN Roade\, Roade Village Hall\, Bailey Brooks Lane\, Roade\, Northampton\, NN7 2LS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,MKY Milton Keynes,NHN Northampton
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260922T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260922T170000
DTSTAMP:20260918T134341Z
CREATED:20260909T110532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T134341Z
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SUMMARY:East Midlands Railways 1970-2000
DESCRIPTION:Brian Sharpe will talk to us about the railways of the East Midlands
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/east-midlands-railways-1970-2000-2/
LOCATION:EMD Nottingham\, The New Mechanics\, 3 North Sherwood Street\, Nottingham\, NG1 4EZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T160000
DTSTAMP:20260324T110618Z
CREATED:20260324T110618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T110618Z
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SUMMARY:Archive And Library Open Day
DESCRIPTION:Archive And Library Open Day
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/archive-and-library-open-day-185/
LOCATION:RCTS Library\, Leatherhead Station Approach\, Leatherhead\, KT22 7SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Library & Archive Open Days
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T213000
DTSTAMP:20260911T184704Z
CREATED:20260502T184418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T184704Z
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SUMMARY:Chichester Branch - Southampton's Railway History
DESCRIPTION:The presentation covers the History of Railways in Southampton from the original three railway companies up to the early 1970’s. Also associated with this is the growth and development of the Docks following the purchase of the docks by the LSWR and expansion under the ownership of  the Southern Railway.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/southamptons-railway-history/
LOCATION:CHR Bassil Shippam Centre\, Tozer Way\, St Pancras\, Chichester\, West Sussex\, PO19 7LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,CHR Chichester,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260924T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260924T220000
DTSTAMP:20260919T152738Z
CREATED:20251122T164453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260919T152738Z
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SUMMARY:National Zoom Meeting - And Now for Something Completely Different!
DESCRIPTION:… or\, From Austria to Zimbabwe\, via Britain\, England\, Scotland and Wales. \nPeter Robins presents a wide 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 more unusual and interesting transport related images which could be considered “completely different”. \nFor this virtual event\, you will require a ticket. Free for RCTS members\, but a £2.00 donation will be requested at the checkout. Non-member tickets are £2.00. (Or you can join the Society in the same transaction to take advantage of members’ benefits). Rather than than making individual donations for each meeting\, members may prefer to make a bulk donation at https://rcts.org.uk/product/donation-society/. \nTo receive information on coming National (and other) Zoom meetings\, please join the RCTS National Zoom E-mail List (RCTS-National@groups.io) by visiting https://groups.io/g/RCTS-National \, or by e-mail to RCTS-National+subscribe@groups.io.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/september-2026-national-zoom-meeting/
LOCATION:Virtual Meeting\, Virtual Meeting\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RCTS National Meeting - virtual,Virtual Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="National Meetings":MAILTO:zoom-national@rcts.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260928T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260928T220000
DTSTAMP:20260914T211609Z
CREATED:20260101T120028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T211609Z
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SUMMARY:Windsor & Maidenhead Branch - My railway journeys in 2025
DESCRIPTION: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. \nExpect all traction types on the mainline and in preservation
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/my-railway-journeys-in-2025-mhd/
LOCATION:MHD Cox Green\, Cox Green Community Centre\, Highfield Lane\, Cox Green\, Maidenhead\, SL6 3AX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Hybrid Event,MHD Windsor and Maidenhead
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260929T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260929T160000
DTSTAMP:20260324T110640Z
CREATED:20260324T110640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T110640Z
UID:10003438-1790679600-1790697600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Archive And Library Open Day
DESCRIPTION:Archive And Library Open Day
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/archive-and-library-open-day-186/
LOCATION:RCTS Library\, Leatherhead Station Approach\, Leatherhead\, KT22 7SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Library & Archive Open Days
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260929T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260929T163000
DTSTAMP:20260901T161125Z
CREATED:20251128T153854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T161125Z
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SUMMARY:My Railway Meanderings
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Stephen Gay. \nDetails to follow. \nDoors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/my-railway-meanderings/
LOCATION:HTC Welwyn\, Digswell Village Church Hall\, Welwyn\, Hertfordshire\, AL6 0DH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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