Posts by HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City
The Railways of Austria
This afternoon we welcomed back Richard Morris, with his presentation “The Railways of Austria”. We also thank the 17 members who braved the 35 deg. heat to support us this…
Read MoreBranch AGM + My Travels in 2025 and more.
Today’s meeting welcomed John Tigg of Milton Keynes branch as our speaker with his presentation “My Travels in 2025 and more”. It was quite obvious that John’s passion was with…
Read MoreThe Vintage Trains Story – To a Train Operating Company
Following a visit I made to Tyseley last year with the Society Trustees, Vintage Trains volunteer Mike Corbett offered to visit us with his presentation “The Vintage Trains Story -…
Read MoreThe Harwich Branch
This afternoon we visited “The Harwich Branch” with Dave Goodyear. We followed the branch along its entirety, stopping at most of the stations and halts and looking, in sequence, through…
Read MoreTimetable Planning – A Dark Art, Plus More
A very different subject for us this afternoon, presented by Dave Hepper, (Retired Operations Planning Manager) on “Timetable Planning, A Dark Art plus more”. Dave started by explaining just what…
Read MoreAppalachian Wanderings
A very different afternoon for our members today as it was primarily a presentation by video. Tony Field from Cambridge Branch took us on a tour of some of north…
Read MoreThe Last Years of Steam 1966-67 (part 1)
Cambridge Branch member Michael Smythe was our speaker this afternoon, with a very evocative presentation “The Last Years of Steam 1966 / 67”. Most of Michael’s excellent photographs were taken…
Read MoreStratford Depot and Recollections from 1988
Today’s speaker was branch committee member Hugh Driscoll. Hugh has spent his whole working career on the railway. Today’s presentation recalled his experiences as an apprentice at Stratford depot in…
Read MoreEurostar – 30 Years and Counting
This presentation by Chris McCanless-Stone, Fleet Performance Manager for Eurostar split his presentation into two very different halves. We started with a description about what Eurostar was about and its…
Read MoreSix Decades of the Settle & Carlisle
We finished our programme for 2025 on a high, with our largest attendance of the year. Our speaker Michael Smyth (Cambridge) presented a fascinating look at “The Last 60 years…
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