Milton Keynes Branch Meeting - The Brian Morrison Collection
2026-06-04 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | MKY Milton Keynes, Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK9 1EN, United Kingdom
Richard Tuplin, editor of Railway Herald, presents a collection of images taken by the late photographer Brian Morrison.

Visit to South Wales
2026-06-09

Archive And Library Open Day
2026-06-09 11:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-20 11:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-25 11:00 - 16:00, 2026-07-01 11:00 - 16:00, 2026-07-07 11:00 - 16:00, 2026-07-18 11:00 - 16:00, 2026-07-23 11:00 - 16:00, 2026-07-29 11:00 - 16:00 | RCTS Library, Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, KT22 7SQ, United Kingdom

London's Underground Trains of the Past
2026-06-09 14:00 - 16:30 | 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 Brian Hardy.
Details to follow.
Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.

Observation Night
2026-06-17 16:00 - 20:00 | Eastleigh Station, United Kingdom

WRD - Sir Thomas Bouch
2026-06-18 19:30 - 22:00 | WRD Shipley, Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, BD18 3HJ, United Kingdom
His background and history leading up to the Tay Bridge disaster and something of the present Tay Bridge.

Presented by Bill Jagger

An A-Z of Swiss Railways (Part 3)
2026-06-30 14:00 - 16:30 | HTC Welwyn, Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0DH, United Kingdom
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Steve Ollive.
Details to follow.
Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.

Visit to Strathclyde
2026-07-14

A Plug for Brunel
2026-07-14 14:00 - 16:30 | 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 Colin Brading.
Details to follow.
Doors open at 13:30 for 14:00 start.

Observation day
2026-07-15 08:00 - 17:00
Location to be confirmed.

Freight Trains around Britain in Recent Years
2026-07-20 19:30 - 22:30 | ESX Shenfield, Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, CM15 8LB, United Kingdom
Our own Geoff Brockett looks out his images of Freight thorougout Britain.

Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall.

Note that as Geoff’s presentation uses 35mm slides this meeting will not be available on Zoom.

A Tale of Three Countries
2026-07-28 14:00 - 16:30 | HTC Welwyn, Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0DH, United Kingdom
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Geoff May.
Details to follow.
Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.

Visit to a Preservation Line (tbc)
2026-08-11

Visit to Bristol Area
2026-09-08

A Wee Look Around Scotland
2026-09-08 14:00 - 16:30 | 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 Robin Mathams.
Details to follow.
Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.

History of the Princess Royal Pacifics, 1933-1962 (joint meeting of the Northampton and Milton Keynes branches)
2026-09-22 14:00 - 16:30 | NHN Roade, Roade Village Hall, Bailey Brooks Lane, Roade, Northampton, NN7 2LS, United Kingdom
This is a joint meeting with the Milton Keynes branch; the venue is Roade Village Hall.

My railway journeys in 2025
2026-09-28 19:30 - 22:00 | MHD Cox Green, Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3AX, United Kingdom
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

My Railway Meanderings
2026-09-29 14:00 - 16:30 | HTC Welwyn, Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0DH, United Kingdom
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Stephen Gay.
Details to follow.
Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.

Visit to East Midlands
2026-10-13

A1 Locomotive Trust - The P2 Build Update
2026-10-13 14:00 - 16:30 | HTC Hitchin, St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1UR, United Kingdom
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City presentation by Liz Gibson.
Details to follow.
Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.

The Northants Steam World
2026-10-19 14:00 - 16:30 | NHN Northampton – Weston Favell, Weston Favell Parish Hall, Booth Lane South, Northampton, NN3 3EP, United Kingdom

Network SouthEast
2026-10-19 19:30 - 22:30 | ESX Shenfield, Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, CM15 8LB, United Kingdom
Andy Grimmett takes us on a journey ar0und the South East of England in the era just before privatisation

Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall. We are sorry but this meeting will not be available on Zoom.

Timetable Planning Oversimplified
2026-10-27 14:00 - 16:30 | HTC Welwyn, Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0DH, United Kingdom
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Matthew Alden-Farrow.
Details to follow.
Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
