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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195154
CREATED:20240822T135103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241105T152520Z
UID:10002782-1734357600-1734364800@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Accidents at Lewisham & Thirsk - Fraser Pithie
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/incident-at-summit-tunnel-the-1984-eccles-rail-crash-december-1984-fraser-pithie/
LOCATION:Cheylesmore Community Centre\, Poitiers Road\, Coventry 5JX\, Poitiers Road\, Cheylesmore\,\, Coventry\, CV3 5JX
CATEGORIES:WMD West Midlands
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240105T185113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240105T185113Z
UID:10002553-1734357600-1734366600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting and Member's Presentations
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/annual-general-meeting-and-members-presentations/
LOCATION:NHN Northampton – Weston Favell\, Weston Favell Parish Hall\, Booth Lane South\, Northampton\, NN3 3EP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,NHN Northampton
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240826T152519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T233338Z
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SUMMARY:Branch AGM followed by British Rail Engineering Ltd
DESCRIPTION:Our annual review of the year that has passed\, and a look at what is to come in the new year.\nJoin us to have your say\, or offer to help \nAfter the meeting is concluded\, we will have a short refreshment break\, including our customary mince pies. \nThere will then be a presentation by Richard Marks covering the story of British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL)
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/branch-agm-followed-by-british-rail-engineering-ltd/
LOCATION:MHD Cox Green\, Cox Green Community Centre\, Highfield Lane\, Cox Green\, Maidenhead\, SL6 3AX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Hybrid Event,Indoor Event,MHD Windsor and Maidenhead,Virtual Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="MHD Windsor & Maidenhead Branch":MAILTO:maidenhead@rcts.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T223000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240923T102309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T111025Z
UID:10002865-1734377400-1734388200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:AGM and Members' Slides/Digital Images
DESCRIPTION:Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall with the AGM and digital images will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting. Due to technical limitations we are not able to share members’ 35mm slides. There will be some festive fare available during the interval. \nIf you have some images you would be happy to share with the rest of the members\, please let the secretary know. It wuod be useful if you could indicate if these are digital images or 35mm slides. We would ask that in general\, the number of slides/images be limited to a maximum of 50. \nThe agenda for the AGM along with officer’s reports will be circulated nearer the time. \n 
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/2024agm-and-members-slides/
LOCATION:ESX Shenfield\, Shenfield Parish Hall\, 60 Hutton Road\, Shenfield\, CM15 8LB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,ESX South Essex,Hybrid Event,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241217T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241217T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240808T131853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240824T152211Z
UID:10002763-1734444000-1734453000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Reading Station\, Vastern Road Bridge Reconstruction and short AGM
DESCRIPTION:Fifty years ago\, in 1973\, construction work started to widen the 12 metre span Vastern Road underbridge east of Reading station to accommodate a 30 metre wide dual carriageway for Stage 3 of Reading Borough Council’s new Inner Distribution Road. \nThis illustrated presentation explores the history of this site at Reading station and describes the development of the bridge design using novel methods to minimise disruption to rail and road traffic and to reduce costs\, including the use of parts of previous buried structures to support the new bridge. \nAlso described are how the bridge design facilitated lowering of the road to increase headroom\, and the construction of a tanking slab below it\, by Reading Borough Council\, and the later extension of the bridge for additional track and platform lengthening in connection with the 2011/13 Reading Station Redevelopment scheme.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/reading-station-vastern-road-bridge-reconstruction-and-short-agm/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241217T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241217T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240829T132330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241213T170223Z
UID:10002820-1734444000-1734453000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Hitchin & Potton Snippets
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by George Howe.\nThis replaces the previously advertised presentation. \nIn the words of the presenter = \nI moved to Potton in August 1952\, aged 10\, into a railway cottage next to the Bedford to Cambridge branch\, very near to Potton Station. I met some new friends and cycled to Sandy with them\, and soon found there was such a hobby as train spotting.\nBy Spring 1953 I brought my first ABC books – for the Eastern and Midland regions. Seventy one years later I have still not been cured.\nAfter leaving school at 15\, with a story attached which will come to light in my talk\, I became Telegraph Lad at HF. Hitchin South signal box.\nThroughout my railway career\, I later relieved\, worked\, was involved with engineering work\, and various emergencies at Hitchin on many occasions.\nThese experiences have made many “snippets”. \nAt this pre-Christmas meeting there will be “festive nibbles” available to all attendees! \nDoors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/railway-preservation-in-france/
LOCATION:HTC Welwyn\, Digswell Village Church Hall\, Welwyn\, Hertfordshire\, AL6 0DH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241218T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241218T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240531T105717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240531T105717Z
UID:10002674-1734519600-1734537600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Archive & Library Open Day
DESCRIPTION:Archive & Library Open Day
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/archive-library-open-day-39/
LOCATION:RCTS Library\, Leatherhead Station Approach\, Leatherhead\, KT22 7SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Library Opening
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241218T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241218T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240330T214425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T210245Z
UID:10002612-1734549300-1734557400@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Seaton Tramway
DESCRIPTION:The talk comprises of an overview of the tramway and trams and a trip up the line.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-seaton-tramway/
CATEGORIES:CHR Chichester
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241218T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241218T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240710T111507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240710T111507Z
UID:10002716-1734550200-1734559200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:15 in 15 & Festive Buffet
DESCRIPTION:Members are encouraged to show 15 images in 15 minutes.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/15-in-15-festive-buffet/
LOCATION:SOE Eastleigh\, Junction Church (formerly Eastleigh Railway Institute)\, 2 Romsey Road\, Eastleigh\, SO50 9FE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:SOE Solent
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241219T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241219T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20241209T071248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T071401Z
UID:10002923-1734634800-1734643800@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:North East Branch - South of the Himalayas
DESCRIPTION:Barry Burns brings us steam in the Indian continent from the 1990s.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/south-of-the-himalayas/
LOCATION:NEA Darlington\, Darlington Cricket Club\, South Terrace\, Darlington\, DL1 5JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:NEA North East
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241219T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241219T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240905T162354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241216T151622Z
UID:10002856-1734634800-1734645600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:CHM Branch - Swindon works after WWII to the end of Steam
DESCRIPTION:Society President Canon Brian Arman returns with more history of God’s Wonderful Railway\, this time looking at the post Hawksworth period into the British Railways nationalisation era.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/swindon-works-after-wwii-to-the-end-of-steam/
LOCATION:CHM Cheltenham\, Victory Club\, Burlington House\, Lypiatt Road\, Cheltenham\, GL50 2SY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:CHM Cheltenham
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241219T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241219T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240531T112056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T145808Z
UID:10002680-1734635700-1734643800@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Surrey Branch - Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
DESCRIPTION:Surrey Branch December 2024 Meeting and social gathering. \nRailway Preservation Society of Ireland \nPreceeded by the Surrey Branch Annual General Meeting.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/surrey-branch-december-2024-meeting/
LOCATION:SRY Woking\, Woking United Reform Church\, White Rose Lane\, Woking\, GU22 7HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:SRY Surrey
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241219T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241219T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240928T093737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T093737Z
UID:10002871-1734636600-1734643800@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:"Christmas Scenic Quiz" by John Holroyd
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/christmas-scenic-quiz-by-john-holroyd/
LOCATION:WRD Shipley\, Saltaire Methodist Church\, Saltaire Road\, Shipley\, BD18 3HJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Indoor Event,WRD West Riding
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241220T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195155
CREATED:20240717T155949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T155949Z
UID:10002728-1734723000-1734732000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Christmas Buffet & Members Evening
DESCRIPTION:Presentation of short member’s programmes with a Christmas Buffet.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/christmas-buffet-members-evening-2/
LOCATION:BTL North Filton\, St Teresa’s Church Hall\, 71 Gloucester Road\, North Filton\, BS34 7PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,BTL Bristol,Indoor Event
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