A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Chris McCanless. Details to follow. Doors open at 13:30 for a 14:00 start.

Wolverhampton was served by two mainlines, the ex GWR route from Paddington and the ex LMS route from Euston.  BR's investment in the 1960s was focused entirely on the ex LMS route, and once the full electric service to Euston began in March 1967 the GWR route to Birmingham went into terminal decline and closed…

Excellent photographer (and Watford Branch chairman) Geoff Plumb returns to give us the next in his series of 'That Was The Year That Was' presentatations, this time covering 1967 . This was the penultimate year of regular standard gauge steam on British Railways, and the last year of its working in Southern England, and so…

Robert presents his annual round up of the railway scene in 2025 at home and abroad. The branch AGM will immediately follow the presentation. NB this meeting is on a Wednesday

As always, the first RCTS South Wales Branch meeting of the year will be the Annual General Meeting. For 2026 the AGM will be followed by a medley of images from a number of local photographers, led by Jeremy Segrott. As always, our preloved book stall will be open for you to make that vital…

The coastal route in and around Dawlish during the period from the late1950's to the early 2020's is explored in this 4 part video presentation. The changing motive power scene from steam  through diesel hydraulics, diesel electrics and on to high speed trains and bi mode Azuma's is illustrated together with changes to the railway…

Presented by Neal Woods

Local member Sholto Thomas brings us the latest news from The Netherlands.

Great Western Railway By Mark Hopwood CBE, Managing Director, Great Western Railway

Roger Hepworth brings us this epic railway journey to the furthest station in the south west of England via the far north of Scotland