Week of Events
Monday, April 13, 2026
No events on this day.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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April 14, 2026 -Archive And Library Open Day
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April 14, 2026 -Midland Main Line miscellany – Phil Lyndsey
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April 14, 2026 -Barry Coward – A talk on British Transport Films illustrated with excerpts from BTF titles.
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April 14, 2026 -The Vintage Trains Story – To a Train Operating Company
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April 14, 2026 -“The Soham Disaster” by Richard Munns
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April 14, 2026 -Westward Bound – a Selection of Photographs from the Society’s Photographic Archive
Midland Main Line miscellany – Phil Lyndsey
Phil Lindsey takes us on a journey along the Midland Main Line from St Pancras to Ratcliffe on Soar, with the main focus being the Northamptonshire and Leicestershire sections. More details to follow
The Vintage Trains Story – To a Train Operating Company
A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Mike Corbett. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
“The Soham Disaster” by Richard Munns
Following his highly successful talk on the railways of March in last year's programme, local railway historian Richard Munns pays another very welcome visit to the Branch to take us trough the infamous accident at Soham on June 2nd 1944.
Westward Bound – a Selection of Photographs from the Society’s Photographic Archive
David Jackman will make a photographic journey through the last hundred years of steam, diesel and electric traction starting at Paddington and heading west using photographs from the society's photographic archive
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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April 16, 2026 -NEA Branch – Coal Traffic and Branch Lines in the North East
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April 16, 2026 -CHM Branch – Branch Annual Business Meeting and Members Entertain
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April 16, 2026 -Surrey Branch – A Mediterranean Odyssey
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April 16, 2026 -WRD – Branch AGM and Members Presentations
CHM Branch – Branch Annual Business Meeting and Members Entertain
Time to review the past year and select the committee to take us into the next season. We'll try and keep the business bit brief so we can spend more time enjoying the fruits of our members research and image captures.
Surrey Branch – A Mediterranean Odyssey
A Mediterranean Odyssey Narrow Gauge steam in 9 countries from the Near East to Iberia. Featuring Lebanon, Greece, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. By Nicholas Lera – Independent Documentary Producer and former BBC cameraman
WRD – Branch AGM and Members Presentations
We will keep the business bit of the meeting as brief as possible. If you can spare a few hours to help the committee to run the Branch please do step up and volunteer. Contact Peter Mann, the Branch Secretary. Dig out those images and slides of railway interest and bring them along to show…
Friday, April 17, 2026
No events on this day.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
No events on this day.
Sunday, April 19, 2026
No events on this day.