Observation at Doncaster - Members
2023-08-17 17:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Doncaster Railway Station, United Kingdom

Observation at Chesterfield
2023-08-16 12:00 - 18:00 | Chesterfield Station, United Kingdom
Meet members of the Sheffield Branch for an observation session and a chat.

Observation Evening - Didcot Parkway Station
2023-08-15 17:00 - 20:00

Fawley Hill Visit
2023-08-13 12:00 - 17:00 | Fawley Hill, Fawley Hill, Fawley, Henley-on-Thames, Buckinghamshire, RG9 6JA, United Kingdom
BOOKING NOW CLOSED
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A visit has been booked for Fawley Hill for up to 30 people. Details below, to book and arrange payment, up to 13th June until the visit is full, contact
John Godfrey
tel: 07850 220009
email: solent@rcts.org.uk
9 Duddon Close West End Southampton SO18 3QA
Meet at the entrance between 11:30 and 12:00

Archive and Library Open Day
2023-08-08 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-08-02 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-07-27 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-07-11 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-07-05 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-06-29 11:00 - 16:00 | RCTS Library, Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, KT22 7SQ, United Kingdom

Visit to the Nene Valley Railway
2023-08-08

Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch Visit to the Epping Ongar Railway
2023-08-06
The Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch annual outdoor visit.
This is a confirmed booking. Details have now been finalised with the team at the Epping Ongar Railway. The visit, with Day Rover tickets, will in addition include a tour of the sheds and two signal boxes.
You can book your place by contacting the Branch Secretary, Dave Elsdon, by 25 July. Price: £20 per person.
Members may invite family & friends. Members from any RCTS branch are most welcome to join this visit but must also contact Dave to book their place(s).

Visit to the Avon Valley Railway
2023-08-02 10:30 - 17:00 | Bitton Station, Bitton Station, BS30 6HD, United Kingdom
Midweek lunchtime visit to the Avon Valley Railway at Bitton Station. Meet up to ride or photograph trains and enjoy lunch in the buffet. Tables reserved in buffet coach ‘Rose’ from 12 noon.

A Modern Image – Not Quite
2023-07-27 19:30 - 22:00 | Virtual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom
A presentation by Peter Robins.
Peter has been a lifelong railway enthusiast whose main interest is photographing the working railway whether it be steam, or other forms of traction. He retired from the railway industry in 2016 after 42 years all of which was based on the former Western Region. He travelled extensively at home and abroad photographing the working railway scene with an emphasis of trains in their surroundings. With the advent of the HST, we were told that we now had a modern railway, but his presentation is a tour of the regions of British Rail mainly in the 1970’s & 1980’s showing that we still had a long way to go to be a modern railway, with much steam-age infrastructure and practices still in place.
Whilst he has always lived and worked in the former Western Region, the sight and sound of two Deltics (“Meld” & “Pinza”) at Kings Cross made a lasting impression on a young trainspotter and gave him a real soft spot for the Eastern Region.

To avoid disappointment, don’t leave registration to the last minute.

For this virtual event there is a suggested donation of £2. If you wish to contribute just follow the National Meetings link below.
To 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.

The GER - Rarely Other than Idiosyncratic
2023-07-25 14:00 - 16:30 | HTC Welwyn, Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0DH, United Kingdom
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Ray Schofield.
Doors open 13:30.
Details to follow.

RCTS West of England Branch Sales Stand
2023-07-23 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-07-22 10:00 - 17:00
Come and meet the branch!
On 22/7 and 23/7 the branch will have a sales stand at the Exe Model Railway Exhibition at the Matford Livestock centre.
Come and meet the committee and purchase from the well stock sales stand which will be selling books magazines, photographic prints and other items, all in aid of branch funds
https://www.exemrs.co.uk/exhibition/

Archive and Library Open Day - CANCELLED
2023-07-22 11:00 - 16:00 | RCTS Library, Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, KT22 7SQ, United Kingdom
Archive and Library Open Day
Cancelled due to railstrikes making it difficult for volunteers and visitors to get to Leatherhead.

Outside Visit - Bradford Model Engineers - Please note change of date to Wednesday 19th July
2023-07-19 18:30 - 20:30
Bradford Model Engineers
Northcliff Woods Park
Shipley
BD18 3DD

Observation Evening - Reading station
2023-07-19 16:30 - 19:30
Come along and view the rail activity.

Observation Afternoon Evening - Banbury Station
2023-07-18 14:00 - 20:00

The Year 2000 - UK and Overseas
2023-07-17 19:30 - 22:30 | ESX Shenfield, Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, CM15 8LB, United Kingdom
Adrian’s talk comprises of a chronological tour of pictures worldwide and in the UK in the first half of 2000. It visits: Cambodia, Myanmar, Denmark, Cuba and Canada. Interspersed are numerous UK scenes, many of which are not repeatable due to replacement by more modern stock. The preserved scene is also covered. Adrian has over 50 years experience of being a railfan. Occasional his work took him overseas. His first, self-lead, trip abroad for steam was to West Germany in 1975. He organises overseas tours for the LCGB and he has a second tour coming up to Japan later this year.

Summer Social
2023-07-12 19:00 - 22:00 | SWL Radyr, Cardiff, Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF, United Kingdom

Observation Day at Oxford
2023-07-12 | Oxford & Didcot Stations, United Kingdom

Re-Creating the Past
2023-07-11 19:30 - 22:00 | HTC Hitchin, St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1UR, United Kingdom
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Des Shepherd.
Doors open 19:00.
Details to follow.

Visit to Hull
2023-07-11
Proposed itinerary….
Liverpool South Parkway D 08.30
Doncaster A 10.35
Doncaster D 11.28 [Hull Trains via Selby]
Hull A 12.18
Hull D 14.26 [via Goole]
Doncaster A 15.19
Doncaster D 15.42
Liverpool South Parkway A 17.49
LPY – DON day return £18.55 (with railcard)
DON – HUL day return £15.00

92 Squadron – from rust to renaissance
2023-07-06 19:30 - 22:00 | MKY Milton Keynes, Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK9 1EN, United Kingdom
The Battle of Britain Locomotive Society owns and operates ex-British Railways Bulleid ‘Battle of Britain’ class pacific locomotive No.34081 ’92 Squadron’, named after the famous Spitfire squadron based at Biggin Hill during the Battle of Britain in 1940. Kevin Wilkins and Steve Lacey will outline the history, restoration and operation of this historic locomotive.

'That Was the Year That Was - 1971'
2023-07-04 19:00 - 21:30 | WFD Watford, Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, WD17 1JJ, United Kingdom
Our Chairman Geoff Plumb takes his usual July spot, this time presenting ‘That Was the Year That Was – 1971’. A very busy year covering railways in the UK, including British Railways, industrials, some North Wales narrow gauge, last of steam on London Transport, Humber paddle steamers, and the Bulmer’s Cider Train return to steam. Interspersed with several trips to West Germany and also East Germany.
Venue doors open around 18:30 for a 19:00 start, there will be a halftime break for refreshments and finish time will be around 21:30. All welcome!

Günter Oczko's World Steam - a Further Selection
2023-06-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Virtual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom
Our member Günter Oczko brings us a further selection of his photographs of steam around the world, from all five continents. Those who have attended his previous presentations will be aware of the treat in store, while we are promised a largely new selection of images.

To avoid disappointment, don’t leave registration to the last minute.

For this virtual event there is a suggested donation of £2. If you wish to contribute just follow the National Meetings link below.
To 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.

Mangapps Farm Railway
2023-06-27 14:00 - 16:30 | HTC Welwyn, Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0DH, United Kingdom
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by John Jolly.
Members of the branch may recall the most enjoyable visit we made to Mangapps Farm railway a couple of years ago. John is the owner.
Doors open 13:30.
