An unusual look at railways but should be very interesting

Merseyside, Cheshire & North Wales branch · Presenter: Geoff Plumb

The presentation will cover the development of Eastleigh from its initial location as a junction for the line to Gosport intended to serve Portsmouth to the present day. We will look at the establishment of the Railway Workshops and the Running Shed leading up to the present railway facilities.

Coming from Ipswich Chris has had a lifelong interest in all things Transport. He is a local historian, presenter and canal artist, and has been presenting for over 20 years. An ex seaman, Chris actually worked on most of the ships discussed within his presentation. Chris is the current chair of the trustees of the…

While locomotives - especially of the steam variety - took the glory, the coaches that they hauled were just as important. Mike King comes to tell of those introduced by the Southern Railway between the grouping of 1923 and the late 1930s, under the supervision of Richard Maunsell, its first Chief Mechanical Engineer.

Stephen Gay will talk to us about the ECML through the years

The presentation features passengers services across the country from the 1930s to the present day.

Surrey Branch March Meeting

A selection of images by the late Jeff Mimnagh covering the end of BR steam