Posts by BTL Bristol
7 March 2025, ‘LOCOMOTION and Stockton & Darlington Railway 200’ by SLS President Dr Michael Bailey MBE.
On the 27th of September 1825 the first steam hauled railway opened. The purpose of the line was to transport coal from the West Durham coal mines to be shipped…
Read More7 February 2025, ‘To Scotland for Steam’, by Branch Chairman Brian Arman.
After a short AGM Brian Arman presented part two of his talk ‘To Scotland for Steam’. The presentation started with the Highland Line in Eastern Scotland at Keith and following…
Read More3 January 2025 ‘Steam in Cornwall’ by SLS Librarian Gerry Nichols
Gerry started his presentation by showing several photos of Brunel’s Royal Albert Bridge seen through the ages, the earliest showing a flotilla of Naval ships just beyond the bridge and…
Read More20 December Christmas Buffet and Members Evening
There were three digital presentations prior to the buffet, and three slide presentations afterwards, finishing at about 10pm. The digital presentations were: Dale Robertson – Heritage Railway Quiz. A ‘Where…
Read More6 December 2024 ‘The widows Frontier Railways’ by Richard Pelham
The presentation began with one of Rudyard Kipling’s Barrack Room Ballads with a list of wars fought on the sub-continent between 1824 and 1919. Three countries were covered however, most…
Read More8 November 2024 ‘That Was The Year That Was 1965’ by Geoff Plumb
On the 8th November Geoff Plumb started his presentation with a photo of his new camera, a Voigtlander, which was used to take the photos that he showed. A great…
Read More4 October 2024 ‘The View From The North’ by Steve Batty
We were treated to a ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ of trains in the Yorkshire countryside where the sky is blue, and the sun is always shining. Starting from picturesque Selby we…
Read More6 September 2024 ‘End of Steam on British Railways 1966-67’ by Michael Smyth.
At our first meeting of the 2024-25 season on 6th September, we were pleased to welcome Michael Smyth of the Cambridge Branch to present The End of Steam on British…
Read More‘Railway Holidays in the West Country – Devon & Somerset’ with Stuart Warr.
For our final meeting before the summer break, it was appropriate that Stuart Warr returned to present ‘Railway Holidays in the West Country’ featuring images taken in Devon & Somerset…
Read More‘East Coast Main Line part 2 – North from York’ presented by Stephen Gay.
Our April meeting saw Stephen Gay return to continue his ECML journey from York to Edinburgh. The first photo was of the halfway point sign between London and Edinburgh, near…
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