Week of Events
A Photographer’s Gallery
That Was The Year That Was – 1964
That Was The Year That Was – 1964
Geoff Plumb returns with the next installment of his highly enjoyable series, bringing Colour Photos from his schoolboy travels during 1964, including several RCTS tours with Stanier, Bulleid and Gresley Pacifics in England and Scotland. Also featuring are shed scenes and industrials around the London area and parts of Yorkshire; holidays in the Cambrian Coast…
Northern Travels
A Little History of the Cadeby Light Railway
A Little History of the Cadeby Light Railway
Many people will be aware of the Cadeby Light Railway which the Rev.Teddy Boston built around the garden of his Leicestershire rectory between 1963 and 2005. In this presentation Dave gives us a personal account of visiting the railway, and his experiences of helping to run the various railways on the Cadeby rectory site. After 2005,…
Archive and Library Open Day
Vincent Raven – A Visionary Pragmatist
The Art of Timetable Planning
The Hixon Level Crossing Disaster – 1968
The Hixon Level Crossing Disaster – 1968
An, at the time recently installed, automatic barrier level crossing was the location of a collision between a road transporter and a train. What actually happened? What were the lessons learned? Come and find out from Malcolm Garner who has studied the incident and the subsequent enquiry reports.