Surrey Branch - The British Transport Police
2026-03-19 19:15 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | SRY Woking, Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, GU22 7HA, United Kingdom
The British Transport Police

WRD - Belgium - Trains, Trams and Beer
2026-03-19 19:30 - 22:00 | WRD Shipley, Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, BD18 3HJ, United Kingdom
with Peter Holden

The Deltics - Worthy successors to the A4s
2026-03-23 19:30 - 22:00 | MHD Cox Green, Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3AX, United Kingdom
Both engines sprang from a quest for higher express speeds on the East Coast Mainline. They still grace main lines and heritage railways after years of success.

!000 eggs on a bicycle - Colin Boocock
2026-03-24 14:00 - 16:00 | EMD Nottingham, The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, NG1 4EZ, United Kingdom
70 years of railway photography
More details to follow

The Heritage Railway Association
2026-03-24 14:00 - 16:30 | CSL Redhill, Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, RH1 1BP, United Kingdom
Chief Executive Steve Oates comes to tell us about The Heritage Railway Association, the UK-wide trade association and professional support body representing, protecting and promoting the interests of heritage and tourist railways, tramways, cliff railways, railway preservation groups and related museums.

Chasing Steam in Western Europe
2026-03-25 19:15 - 21:30 | CHR Bassil Shippam Centre, Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7LG, United Kingdom
Details to Follow

"Freedom of Scotland 1961" Part 2 by John Sloane
2026-03-27 19:30 - 22:00 | Fulwood Lawn Tennis club Highgate Ave Preston PR2 8DY, Highgate Ave, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 8DY

The Harwich Branch
2026-03-31 14:00 - 16:30 | HTC Welwyn, Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0DH, United Kingdom
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Dave Goodyear.
Details to follow.
Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.

Navigation Road and all that by Ted Buckley
2026-04-01 13:30 - 15:45 | MCN Liverpool, Haig House Social Club, Woolton Road, Garston, Liverpool, L19 5NQ, United Kingdom

FLL - Steam and Diesels in the Northern Fells
2026-04-01 19:30 - 22:00 | FLL Carnforth, Royal Station Hotel, Market Street, Carnforth, LA5 9BT, United Kingdom
with Ian Pilkington

Milton Keynes Branch Meeting - ‘The Southern End of the WCML, 1930s to Present Day’
2026-04-02 19:30 - 22:00 | MKY Milton Keynes, Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK9 1EN, United Kingdom
Rob Freeman presents ‘​The Southern End of the WCML, 1930s to Present Day’, featuring photos from the H C Casserley Collection, plus a selection of his own photos.

Midland Main Line miscellany - Phil Lyndsey
2026-04-14 14:00 - 16:00 | EMD Nottingham, The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, NG1 4EZ, United Kingdom
Phil Lindsey takes us on a journey along the Midland Main Line from St Pancras to Ratcliffe on Soar, with the main focus being the Northamptonshire and Leicestershire sections.
More details to follow

Barry Coward - A talk on British Transport Films illustrated with excerpts from BTF titles.
2026-04-14 14:00 - 16:00 | SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield, S2 2TP, United Kingdom

The Vintage Trains Story - To a Train Operating Company
2026-04-14 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 Mike Corbett.
Details to follow.
Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.

"The Soham Disaster" by Richard Munns
2026-04-14 19:30 - 22:00 | CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge, The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5HD, United Kingdom
Following his highly successful talk on the railways of March in last year’s programme, local railway historian Richard Munns pays another very welcome visit to the Branch to take us trough the infamous accident at Soham on June 2nd 1944.

Westward Bound - a Selection of Photographs from the Society’s Photographic Archive
2026-04-14 19:30 - 22:00 | CSL Croydon, East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, CR0 5LP, United Kingdom
David Jackman will make a photographic journey through the last hundred years of steam, diesel and electric traction starting at Paddington and heading west using photographs from the society’s photographic archive

South Wales Transformation
2026-04-15 19:30 - 22:00 | SOE Eastleigh, Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute), 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9FE, United Kingdom

NEA Branch - Coal Traffic and Branch Lines in the North East
2026-04-16 19:00 - 21:30 | NEA Darlington, Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Darlington, DL1 5JD, United Kingdom
Presented by Malcolm Paul

CHM Branch - Branch Annual Business Meeting and Members Entertain
2026-04-16 19:00 - 22:00 | CHM Cheltenham, Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2SY, United Kingdom
Time to review the past year and select the committee to take us into the next season. We’ll try and keep the business bit brief so we can spend more time enjoying the fruits of our members research and image captures.

Surrey Branch - An Evening of Professional Railway Documentaries
2026-04-16 19:15 - 21:30 | SRY Woking, Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, GU22 7HA, United Kingdom
An Evening of Professional Railway Documentaries
By Nicholas Lera – Independent Documentary Producer and former BBC cameraman

WRD - Branch AGM and Members Presentations
2026-04-16 19:30 - 22:00 | WRD Shipley, Saltaire Methodist Church, Saltaire Road, Shipley, BD18 3HJ, United Kingdom
We will keep the business bit of the meeting as brief as possible. If you can spare a few hours to help the committee to run the Branch please do step up and volunteer. Contact Peter Mann, the Branch Secretary.
Dig out those images and slides of railway interest and bring them along to show the attendees.

From Tweed to Thurso
2026-04-20 19:30 - 22:30 | ESX Shenfield, Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, CM15 8LB, United Kingdom
Ray Schofield gives us a taste of railways in Scotland (Provisional)

Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall also available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting.

TVY - Travels from Jasper to Halifax, Bangor to Westport
2026-04-21 19:00 - 21:30 | TVY Didcot, Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, OX11 7JN, United Kingdom
Stuart Hicks presents images of his travels in Canada, Ireland and Germany

From the back of the cupboard
2026-04-21 19:30 - 22:00 | HSD Hull, The Highway, Willerby Road, Hull, HU5 5LH, United Kingdom

Lines to Midhurst, via Petworth, Petersfield & Chichester
2026-04-22 19:15 - 21:30 | CHR Bassil Shippam Centre, Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7LG, United Kingdom

The Monochrome Model Railway
2026-04-27 19:30 - 22:00 | MHD Cox Green, Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3AX, United Kingdom
Views on the railway in East London and Essex from the Historic England Aerofilms Collection

Tunnel vision : The story of the Metropolitan Railway - Colin Brading
2026-04-28 14:00 - 16:00 | EMD Nottingham, The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, NG1 4EZ, United Kingdom
More details to follow

AGM and My Travels in 2025, Rail 200 and More.
2026-04-28 14:00 - 16:30 | HTC Welwyn, Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0DH, United Kingdom
The Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch AGM followed by a presentation by John Tigg.
Details to follow.
Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.

FLL - On the Right Track - A Life in Track Renewals
2026-05-06 19:30 - 22:00 | FLL Carnforth, Royal Station Hotel, Market Street, Carnforth, LA5 9BT, United Kingdom
with Sean Devaney

Milton Keynes Branch Meeting - 'The Works' (Wolverton) by Mike Corbett
2026-05-07 19:30 - 22:00 | MKY Milton Keynes, Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK9 1EN, United Kingdom
Join us for a presentation by Mike Corbett ‘The Works’, covering the rise and fall, ownership and organisation of Wolverton Works from its origins as a steam locomotive workshop facility followed by migration to carriage, wagon, EMU and road transport construction and overhaul including carriage technical developments. With the retirement of the Royal Train in 2027 its Wolverton Works history, operation and personnel will also feature.
