Eurostar: Where do we go from here
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Eurostar: Where do we go from here
A speed look at what 30 years of Eurostar has done for connecting the UK with Mainland Europe before embarking on a high speed journey into the future. There will also be a small celebration to mark this milestone meeting for the branch.
China steam in the enthusiast era – Robin Gibbons
In a change to the advertised programme Robin will present his talk It is an augmented slide show with plenty of images but with a lot of information. It covers mainly the enthusiast era (roughly 1976 - 2012) but with a little bit of more historic information to put things in context.
Remembering my Lines
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Colin Brading. 'Remembering My Lines' is a personal 'photographic potpourri' of many and varied railway themes. On a wide-ranging journey, Colin will share favourite scenes, places and images that span from his early years with notebooks on platforms to the present-day, reflecting a life-long passion for…
Railways Remembered in North East England
Recently published by Crécy is Railways Remembered: North East England. This full colour volume covers the area from the Scottish Border to the Tees, and inland to the North Pennines. All facets of railway operations are covered: steam, diesel and electric; town and country; freight and passenger; BR and industry. One of the co-authors, Charles…
Railways before (and during) the War – that’s the Great War! (Part 3)
A further presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight’s is the final part, featuring Welsh railways, ventures to Belgium and France, and then a wider look at British railways in 1914 and 1915, when it was…