Posts by TVY Thames Valley
The LMS Patriot Project
We welcomed Colin Hale who is the Current Chair of the LMS-Patriot Project for our April Meeting. The presentation commenced with a brief history of the Patriot locomotives. The first…
Read MoreOver the Mendips
This talk celebrated 150 years of the completion of the extension to Bath of the Somerset and Dorset Railway. The presenter was Mike Beale who has been a member of…
Read MoreWestern Enterprise
For the second afternoon meeting of the season our speaker was Colin Brading who had previously given us a number of presentations. On this occasion he used the names of…
Read MoreRail Reminiscences
Our speaker for our first meeting of the year was Branch Chairman Phil Darlaston whose photographic presentation ‘Rail Reminiscences’ covered 50 years of his photography from 1973 to 2023 encompassing…
Read MoreKingdom of Saudi Arabia Railways
This months presentation by one of own members Stuart Hicks who took part in a group visit to see as much as possible of the railways which now operate…
Read MoreAll aboard The Pines Express Part 2
We welcomed back Chris Youett for the second part of a colour slide presentation following the route of the Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway to Bournemouth It…
Read MoreWW1 and WW2 Train Ferries
Our speaker for our October Meeting was one of our group members Gordon Adams. The first half of the presentation covered World War 1. The decision to use Train Ferries…
Read MoreSwindon Works – The Final Years
Our speaker for the start of the 2023/2024 Season was Canon Brian Armon and the subject was “Swindon – The Final Years”. The standardisation of BR Diesel locomotives away from…
Read MoreVisit to David Buck’s Private Railway Fifield
The RCTS and BLS held a very successful visit to David Buck’s Railways at Fifield during the afternoon of Monday 26th June. Proceedings started officially at14.00 with David making a…
Read MoreNorth Staffordshire Railway Part Two
The May meeting was the second of a series of presentations by Brian Sullivan. The major part consisted of a journey from Uttoxeter to Crewe via Stoke along the North…
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