Posts by CSL Croydon and South London
21st March 2023: West from Paddington – A Broad Gauge Journey, by Brian Arman
Replica Great Western Railway broad guage 4-2-2 Iron Duke working on the demonstration line in front of the Albert Memorial in Spring 1985. Image Credit: Jeremy Harrison In March we…
Read More14th March 2023: Around the World with 155 Hunslet 4-6-0Ts, by Kim Winter
War Department Light Railways 4-6-0T No. 303 (Hunslet 1215 of 1916), as restored by the War Office Locomotive Trust, on its ‘(Re-)Commissioning Day’, 8th July 2018 at Statfold Barn. Image…
Read More14th February 2023: That Was the Year that Was – 1965, by Geoff Plumb
In the yard at York MPD (50A), a couple of engines are ready to go off shed for their next duties, both carrying pilot or trip headlamp codes. On the…
Read More10th January 2023: Railways at the Dawn of Nationalisation, 1946-49, from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley collection
LMS ‘Princess Coronation’ Class No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland and LMS ‘Patriot’ (rebuilt) No. 45514 Holyhead. Whilst Holyhead has its new BR number, Duchess of Sutherland still has its old…
Read More13th December 2022: The Work of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) was established in 2005, following a recommendation from the Cullen enquiry, as the independent body for investigating accidents and incidents on mainline railways, metros,…
Read More8th November 2022: Railways of the former USSR
The Beatles had a song entitled, ‘Back in the USSR’, and that’s where Jeremy Harrison took us at our meeting on the 8th November, with a presentation – all on…
Read More11th October 2022: The Masked Gricer
What did you do in Lockdown? We found out what Simon Colbeck had done at our meeting on 11th October 2022: he had spent quite a bit of his time…
Read More20th September 2022: 30850 Lord Nelson: its restoration & operation
Former Southern Railway 4-6-0 E850 Lord Nelson is part of the National Collection. Currently based on the Watercress Line awaiting a return to service, it was at one time a…
Read More13th September 2022: Remembering the end of Southern Steam – a personal view 50 years later
Our 21st season started on 13th September with our monthly evening meeting in Croydon, when Des Shepherd presented ‘Remembering the End of Southern Steam – a Personal View 50 Years…
Read More10th May 2022: Southern Steam 1897-1967 on Film
Southern Railway (ex LBSCR) D1 class 0-4-2T No. 2356 propels a Horsham train out of Shoreham-by-Sea, as filmed by Eric Sparks, ca. 1938. Image credit: Old Steam Railways, ca. 1938…
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