Posts by TVY Thames Valley
The 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…
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…
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