Posts by BTL Bristol
4 November 2022 ‘That Was The Year That Was 1963’ By Geoff Plumb
Geoff opened the presentation by showing black & white photos of trains, steam & DMU at various locations north of London followed by shots of Great Western & Standard Class…
Read MoreSteam in West Wales
Friday 7th October 2022 Steam in West Wales by Gerry Nichols 47 members attending at St Theresa’s Church Hall, Filton, Bristol Gerry started to the west of Swansea with the…
Read MoreSteam in West Wales
Friday 7th October 2022 Steam in West Wales by Gerry Nichols 47 members attending at St Theresa’s Church Hall, Filton, Bristol Gerry started to the west of Swansea with the…
Read MoreThe Rhymney Railway
The Rhymney Railway by Peter Fortune Secretary of the South Wales RCTS Branch The route was from Rhymney to Cardiff via the valleys originally using running rights to the Taff…
Read More7th January 2022 – Swindon Works the Final Years
The meeting on January 7th of the Bristol Group saw 37 members assembled to listen to RCTS President and Branch chairman Revd Canon Brian Arman’s talk on Swindon Works part…
Read More1st April 2022 – Late BR Steam around Bristol
RCTS Meeting 1st April 2022 Held at St Theresa’s Hall in Filton, our speaker was Ian Bennett, showing slides taken by the late Maurice Deans and some he had purchased,…
Read More4th February 2022 – North Wales in the 1980s
Linda heads a Ffestiniog Railway train at Porthmadog on 15 August 1979. Image Credit Arthur Turner. On the 4th of February, 47 members met to hear Branch President Arthur Turner…
Read More3rd December 2021 – Railway Holidays in the West Country Presented by Stuart Warr
D1015 ‘Western Champion’ leading ‘The East Lancashire Champion’ excursionat at Carbis Bay on 16 May 2010. Image credit Stuart Warr. The talk concentrated on Cornwall, starting with the crossing of…
Read More5th November 2021 – South Wales Mainline
Presenter: Gerry Nichols November saw Gerry Nichols provide a fascinating insight into the period from 1959 to 1963 on the South Wales Mainline from Severn Tunnel Junction towards Bridgend with…
Read More1st October 2021 – Settle and Carlisle in the 1980’s
47517 at Smardale on the Settle & Carlisle line. Image Credit Stewart Jolly Presenter: Stewart Jolly 35 members and guests assembled in our new venue – St Teresa’s Church Hall…
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