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A Touch of Winter
A Touch of Winter
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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Milton Keynes Branch Zoom Meeting – ‘The Ramblings of a Railwayman’
Milton Keynes Branch Zoom Meeting – ‘The Ramblings of a Railwayman’
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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Bristol – ‘Steam in Cornwall’ by SLS Librarian Gerry Nichols
Bristol – ‘Steam in Cornwall’ by SLS Librarian Gerry Nichols
SLS librarian Gerry Nichols presents 'Steam in Cornwall'.
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WFD Branch Zoom Meeting – ‘Railways at the Dawn of Nationalisation’, by Robin Mathams, 7th January 2025
WFD Branch Zoom Meeting – ‘Railways at the Dawn of Nationalisation’, by Robin Mathams, 7th January 2025
A presentation of photographs from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley Archive of over 2000 photographs taken by the late Percy Moseley between 1911 and the 1970s. This presentation will cover the years from 1946 to 1949 and will be made by Robin Mathams, joint archivist. Please note this is a virtual Zoom meeting, you…
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Branch AGM followed by A South Wales Showcase
Branch AGM followed by A South Wales Showcase
The Branch AGM will be followed by a medley of images from a number of members of the Railways in South Wales Facebook Group led by Jeremy Segrott, Branch Chairman
Robert Pritchard – Out and about in the UK & Europe 2024 : Followed by the branch AGM
Robert Pritchard – Out and about in the UK & Europe 2024 : Followed by the branch AGM
After Robert's presentation stay online and have your say on how the branch is run.
The glorious Steam railways of India
The glorious Steam railways of India
we travel to India the huge asian country where John Sloane will give one of his super sessions
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In Edinburgh: “Dark Doings at Low Level” by Jim Summers
In Edinburgh: “Dark Doings at Low Level” by Jim Summers
Another welcome return by our friend Jim Summers who will be telling us about the construction and operation of the lines through Glasgow Central Low Level - one of which, between Rutherglen and Partick, now forms the core of the present-day Argyle Line. The low level platforms seen in May 1981, just under two years…
RCTS WEN Branch Meeting and AGM: Alan Hopkins South African and Zimbabwe Steam in the 1980s
RCTS WEN Branch Meeting and AGM: Alan Hopkins South African and Zimbabwe Steam in the 1980s
Following the AGM Alan Hopkins will be entertaining us with a talk about his visits to South Africa and Zimbabwe in search of steam during the 1980s. It promises to be a fascinating talk about the railways and the steam locos which kept the railways operating
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Railways 1933-36, from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley collection
Railways 1933-36, from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley collection
A further presentation of photographs from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley Archive of over 2000 photographs taken by the late Percy Moseley between 1911 and the 1970s. Following previous presentations of images from the 1940s and early 1950s, for this evening's presentation we return to the pre-war era of the early 1930s, when many…
Euston to Carlisle late fifties early sixties photos – preceded by Branch AGM – David Cross
Euston to Carlisle late fifties early sixties photos – preceded by Branch AGM – David Cross
David will entertain us with a selection of his famous father's slides (Derek Cross)
North from Kings Cross – Photos from the RCTS Archive
North from Kings Cross – Photos from the RCTS Archive
A Presentation by David Jackman for the Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch. David Jackman will present a photographic review of the southern ECML as seen through the lens of the society's photographic archive. This will feature both steam and diesel eras - not completely forgetting the electric era - with the odd deviation along…
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The Dick Sansbury Collection
The Dick Sansbury Collection
Dick was a Geography teacher and taught at Eastleigh and also at Aberystwyth University which is why this show mainly covers Hampshire and the Cambrian lines of the Western Region in the 1950s. There are also odd pictures taken around the western region and some on the London Midland Region, but virtually little on the…
CHM Branch – All about the letter ‘A’
CHM Branch – All about the letter ‘A’
Mike Dodd returns with some of the steam age railway images held by The Restoration & Archiving Trust at Toddington, taken by a wide selection of a photographers. The show includes images from the railways of Argentina, Austria & Australia, followed by stations and locations across Britain all beginning with the letter "A".
North East Branch – The Photography of Eric Wilson
North East Branch – The Photography of Eric Wilson
David Dunn brings us some images from the photographic collection of Eric Wilson
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The History of Trams – Peter Waller
The History of Trams – Peter Waller
At the start of the year in which Britain marks 200 years since the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, Peter Waller explores the 165 years of another form of rail-borne transport - the history of tramway operation in the British Isles since 1860.
AGM followed by A Miscellany of Railways by Jon Penn
AGM followed by A Miscellany of Railways by Jon Penn
Only branch members will be able to take an active part in the AGM
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HSD branch – AGM & Railways in a Cornish landscape Pt 1
HSD branch – AGM & Railways in a Cornish landscape Pt 1
Branch AGM + Stephen Gay-“Railways in a Cornish landscape Pt 1”
North Staffordshire Railway (Part 4)
North Staffordshire Railway (Part 4)
In the fourth and final part of the North Staffordshire Railway talks series using digitised images from the collection of over 15,000 colour slides taken by the late Tommy Tomalin (who sadly passed away in 2021 at the grand old age of 96). Brian Sullivan continues by showing us views (with historical details) of the…
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Metropolitan Lancashire & The West Riding
Metropolitan Lancashire & The West Riding
The Late Gerald Dixon Collection The show covers areas of Lancashire from Preston southwards and much of the West Riding of Yorkshire with a brief incursion into North Yorkshire to York. It is all in colour and with the pictures almost exclusively depicting steam operations between 1962 & 1968.
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Railways during the Second World War
Railways during the Second World War
From the Sutton Coldfield Percy Moseley archive – scenes from 1937 to 1945 presented by the Joint Archivist
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The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway – Roger Cragg
The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway – Roger Cragg
A look at the history and present operation of the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway
Memories of a Gorleston Spotter (Part 1)
Memories of a Gorleston Spotter (Part 1)
A presentation by Chris Wright for the Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch. From the presenter, in his own words: Chris Wright grew up in the 1950s and 60s in the Norfolk seaside town of Gorleston-on-Sea. His talk covers memories of early days spotting in Norfolk: on holidays with the family, and numerous school holiday…
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Railways 1933-36, from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley collection