Posts by TVY Thames Valley
The Current GWR Scene
For our March Meeting, we welcomed Mark Hopwood CBE Managing Director GWR and his topic was the The current GWR Scene. The evening was in three parts, a short video,…
Read MoreConfessions of a Narrow Minded Enthusiast
For our February Meeting we welcomed back Colin Brading with a presentation entitled “Confessions of a Narrow Minded Enthusiast”. The first part covered the development of 15” Gauge Railways. The…
Read MoreCholsey and Wallingford Railway
For this meeting we welcomed Tony Stead from the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. The presentation was in two parts the first being a detailed history of the branch line with…
Read MoreThe Gulf Oil Branch Line
The first part of the December Meeting was the AGM and this was followed by a presentation and video on the building of the Gulf Oil Branch Line by Dick…
Read MoreAll Change Britain’s Railways 1967-1979
Starting in late 1967 with black and white images taken in the Northwest which was then the last remaining location for Main line steam (though with its limited variety of…
Read MoreCzech Railways
At our October meeting we welcomed Robert Pritchard, Fixtures Secretary of the Sheffield Branch and Editor of Today’s Railways UK, to talk on one of his specialist subjects, the railways…
Read MoreDiesel Hydraulics around the Western Region.
This took place on the 20th September the evening of the day after the State funeral of our late Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to commencement attendees shared a moment of…
Read MoreThe North Staffordshire Railway (Part 1)
For our last indoor meeting of a necessarily short season, we welcomed Brian Sullivan, who presented the first part of his talk on the North Staffordshire Railway. The presentation was…
Read MoreAn Indian Railway Tour
For our April meeting, we welcomed back Colin Brading, who took us on a railway tour of India. India is a large country with 1.4 billion people and a railway…
Read MoreEastleigh from Railway Junction to Railway Centre
After an enforced gap of two years, caused by obvious circumstances beyond our control. we were back at Didcot to welcome local member Gordon Adams, He had done a series…
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