In this presentation our speaker, Mike Dodd, from the Restoration & Archiving Trust, takes us on a global tour to countries beginning with the Letter 'A' including Australia, Argentina and Austria. He will also take us to places in the UK which also begin with with the Letter 'A'.

Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall some parts of which will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting. The meeting will commence with the AGM itself  followed by member's digital images all of which will be available also via Zoom. We will show member's 35mm slides in the hall at the end of…

Archive And Library Open Day- CANCELLED Cancelled due to ongoing interior works by Govia Thameslink Railway.

Martin, who is well known to many of our RCTS Branch members, having been the host of our successful Swindon Works railway sites tour which we ran last year, comes from a long family line of Swindon railway employees. In this talk Martin will give us some of his personnel experiences of life inside Swindon…

Three local members present a fascinating mix of railway related images. Ardrian Willats will cover Preserved Railways from 1982-2018. Ian Mckey has many tales and pictures to show from his UK rail journeys spread far and wide. Roger Sandford will show images taken by the late Bruce Oliver, a real UK pot pourri, but also…

Members pictures and festive buffet

Presented by Barry Burns

RCTS President Canon Brian Arman returns with more thoughts on the final years of Swindon Works

Surrey Branch - October 2025 Meeting Railway Preservation Society of Ireland Part 2 Preceeded by the RCTS Surrey Branch AGM

Thinking caps on folks - John Holroyd hosts our Branch Christmas Railway Quiz

Christmas Buffet and members 15 minute presentations.

For our Christmas meeting, David Hunt will be entertaining us with a traditional slide show with more 1970s and 1980s nostalgia from his extensive archive. The evening promises to take us North East South and West as David entertains us with his travels on the national network with plenty of photos off the beaten track,…