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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250513
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SUMMARY:Visit to Ashington
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URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/visit-to-ashington/
CATEGORIES:MCN Merseyside Cheshire & North Wales,Outdoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T163000
DTSTAMP:20260415T043327
CREATED:20241215T104717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T131342Z
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Area Railways\, Yesterday & Today (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Dave Scudamore. \nCambridge Area Railways\, Yesterday & Today (Part 2) starts back at Cambridge and following another look around the station area heads north to Chesterton Junction where we follow the route of the St Ives line (now misguided busway).\nNext we look at the Mildenhall line as far as Fordham & then to Soham. Back at Cambridge our next journey is to Newmarket before returning to Cambridge for a shed visit before\, time permitting\, heading south via the goods line towards Audley End. \nDoors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/cambridge-area-railways-yesterday-today-part-2/
LOCATION:St Marks Church Hall\, Hitchin SG5 1UR\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T210000
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CREATED:20250123T225416Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Booth - By Great Central Railway from Sheffield to Gainsborough.
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URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/chris-booth-by-great-central-railway-from-sheffield-to-gainsborough/
LOCATION:SFD Sheffield Farm Road Sports & Social Club\, Farm Road\, Sheffield\, S2 2TP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,SFD Sheffield
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T220000
DTSTAMP:20260415T043327
CREATED:20240706T074530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T202934Z
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SUMMARY:"Roger Harrison’s East Anglian Railways" by Dave Pearce
DESCRIPTION:For our final meeting of the 2024/25 season\, we are delighted to welcome Dave Pearce who will be presenting ‘Roger Harrison’s East Anglian Railways’. \nRoger Harrison was an avid and loyal member of the Norfolk Railway Society from its inception in 1955 until he passed away in 2010. He was extraordinarily generous to the Society in his will\, not only with a sizeable donation to Society funds\, but also in making a bequest of his LNER photos and negatives to the club’s archive. In 2012 David and his friend and fellow member\, Richard Adderson\, were asked to compile a book of Roger’s images\, funded by his bequest\, so that all the then members could benefit from Roger’s generosity. The show is a slightly abridged version of the book\, but\, nonetheless\, illustrates Roger’s eye for detail alongside his ability to capture and record the general scene up to the end of GE steam in 1962. He was\, in some ways\, fairly parochial in his coverage of East Anglia\, favouring a few locations and ignoring many\, so it was quite a challenge to create a logical narrative from his somewhat disparate range of images. Nonetheless\, the book was well received by the membership and considered to be a worthy tribute to Roger and the memories evoked by his pictures. \nDavid was born in Suffolk\, brought up in the East Midlands\, went to college in the North East\, and spent his working life as an itinerant teacher in Norfolk and Suffolk\, ending up dealing with permanently excluded pupils in Norfolk for the local authority. He took early retirement in 2011 but returned to part-time work in late 2015. \nHe has always had an interest in railways\, and photography became equally as absorbing in 1962 when he was given his first camera. Since then\, via various cameras\, and an embrace of digital photography\, he has accumulated a substantial catalogue of his own images. He has also always taken an interest in images from other photographers\, particularly those with a shared affinity for locations\, aesthetics\, and a healthy disregard for convention. This additional collection has become something of an indulgence (wife would say obsession!)\, aided and abetted\, initially\, by a collection of negatives left in his care\, then by ‘negatives sent on approval’ but\, ultimately\, by the internet! \nDavid is also presently Chairman of the ‘Bittern Line Community Rail Partnership’ and Co-Chair of Community Rail Norfolk and belongs to two railway photographic circles\, together with umpteen railway societies. He has produced several books and articles\, especially on the former Great Central London extension. He has four sons\, none of whom has the remotest interest in railways or photography!
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/topic-to-be-confirmed-speaker-dave-pearce/
LOCATION:CBR Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, The Swifts\, Haggis Gap\, Fulbourn\, Cambridge\, CB21 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,CBR Cambridge
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T220000
DTSTAMP:20260415T043327
CREATED:20241204T175202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T223036Z
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SUMMARY:Croydon & SL Branch AGM and Members’ Images
DESCRIPTION:Our Annual General Meeting\, to be followed by Members’ Images. Your chance to speak up and show off! \nSince our last AGM a year ago\, at which both our long serving Chairman and Secretary stood down\, it is fair to say the Branch has had a rather problematic year\, struggling to keep going\, with only a couple of active committe members. So I would urge you all to attend\, to discuss the future of the branch. While the two active committee members – Rob Burridge and Jeremy Harrison – are both willing to continue as Branch officers\, subject to your approval\, we really need some new blood on the committee to help take the branch forward. As Rob has put it:\nPLEASE COME AND SUPPORT THE BRANCH. BRING YOUR IDEAS\, AND HELP IT GO FORWARD. \nFollowing the business part of the meeting\, there will be a presentation of members’ images – an opportunity for you to contribute\, and show off what you have done. Both conventional 35mm slide and digital projectors will be available.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/may-2025-csl-croydon-branch-meeting/
LOCATION:CSL Croydon\, East Croydon United Reformed Church\, Addiscombe Grove\, Croydon\, CR0 5LP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,CSL Croydon & South London
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T220000
DTSTAMP:20260415T043327
CREATED:20240905T132105Z
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SUMMARY:The Barry Dock and Railway Company
DESCRIPTION:Peter Fortune will provide an historical overview of the development and operation of this small but very successful railway company which transformed the coal trade in South wales for three decades in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. \nA Great Western Railway 56XX tank brings  short freight over the Barry Railway’s iconic Walnut Tree Viaduct in the 1950s.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-barry-dock-ad-railway-company/
LOCATION:SWL Radyr\, Cardiff\, Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys\, Park Road\, Radyr\, Cardiff\, CF15 8DF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:SWL South Wales / De Cymru
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250515T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250515T213000
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CREATED:20241209T080131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T080131Z
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SUMMARY:North East Branch - The Railway over Stainmore Pass
DESCRIPTION:Our last meeting of the 2024-25 season brings Chris Rowley to Darlington to present The Railway over the Stainmore Pass.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/north-east-branch-the-railway-over-stainmore-pass/
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:20250515T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250515T213000
DTSTAMP:20260415T043327
CREATED:20240531T112549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T132135Z
UID:10002684-1747336500-1747344600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Surrey Branch - Future UK Locomotive Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Future UK Locomotive Strategy
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/surrey-branch-april-2025-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:20250515T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250515T213000
DTSTAMP:20260415T043327
CREATED:20240928T094709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T094709Z
UID:10002876-1747337400-1747344600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:"12th Colour Rail Journey" by Paul Chancellor
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/12th-colour-rail-journey-by-paul-chancellor/
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:20250517T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250517T160000
DTSTAMP:20260415T043327
CREATED:20241210T104412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T075627Z
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SUMMARY:Archive And Library Open Day - CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:Network Rail and Govia Thameslink (GTR) have now undertaken additional works which\, we hope\, will cure the damp problems at the Stationmaster’s House.  GTR’s contractors are rectifying the damp areas internally so we are moving some shelving and dust covering all other shelves while that work is undertaken.  It is not therefore practical ot open the Archive to visitors on this day. \nOur apologies for any inconvenience\, please attend at an open day later in the summer.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/archive-and-library-open-day-118/
LOCATION:RCTS Library\, Leatherhead Station Approach\, Leatherhead\, KT22 7SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Library Opening
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