Week of Events
An Evening with Father’s Slides
An Evening with Father’s Slides
The speaker tonight is David Cross lives locally in Brentwood. He is the son of Derek Cross a photographer who took many photographs and wrote a number of books in the Sixties and Seventies. David now holds his collection. This evening he will show slides of diesels at work on the four BR Regions in…
30850 Lord Nelson: its restoration & operation
30850 Lord Nelson: its restoration & operation
Neil Kearns comes to tell us the story of 30850 Lord Nelson: preserved as part of the National Collection, in 1997 it was overhauled by the Eastleigh Railway Preservation Society and subsequently operated on the mainline, before moving to the Watercress Line, where it is currently awaiting a return to service.
Recreating LMS 10000
Recreating LMS 10000
Joint meeting with the RCTS Northampton Branch. Tony Ellershaw from the Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society gives us an insight into the exciting project to build a replica of pioneer diesel electric locomotive No.10000.
The Ivatt Diesel (10000) Replica Project by Tony Ellershaw
The Ivatt Diesel (10000) Replica Project by Tony Ellershaw
Tony Ellershaw from the Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Project will give an insight into the project to build a replica of the LMS pioneer DE 10000. This is a joint meeting with the RCTS Milton Keynes Branch.
Wakefield to Leeds via Huddersfield Barnsley & Castleford
Wakefield to Leeds via Huddersfield Barnsley & Castleford
A welcome return for the popular duo - Phil & Enid Vincent.
By Diesel Hydraulics around the Western Region
By Diesel Hydraulics around the Western Region
Joe Turner spent most of his career working for British Rail Western Region. In this slide show Joe presents WR diesel hydraulics in their various liveries from the late 1950’s through to the later years of the 1970’s, and on into preservation. As well as the well known Westerns, Warships, and Hymeks, Joe also shows…