Posts by TVY Thames Valley
Czech 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…
Read MoreA Little History of the Cadeby Light Railway
The Thames Valley branch welcomed back Dave Penney (whose day job is Passenger Director – Northwest and Central) with a presentation was “A little history of the Cadeby Light Railway.” …
Read MoreBranch Quiz Evening
The Thames Valley branch January meeting, which should have been our first face to face meeting since February 2020, back at the Didcot Civic Hall, but Covid and in…
Read MoreTransport for Wales – Cardiff Valley Metro
Before the normal meeting started the branch Annual General meeting was held. The result of which the branch committee was unanimously voted back into office. The minutes of the AGM…
Read More1966 Farewell to Steam – Journeys around England, Wales and Scotland
The branch welcomed back Mike Beale Mike went through the calendar of the year 1966 January, the Somerset and Dorset line which, ended on the 1st January, although an emergency…
Read MoreClass 50’s in Cornwall
Presenter: David Keogh David had been brought up in Cornwall and was the founder of the Fifty Fund, who now own six class 50s mostly based at the Severn Valley…
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