Posts by TVY Thames Valley
20th January 2020 · The Metropolitan Railway
Presenter: Colin Brading For the first meeting of 2020, we welcomed back Colin Brading, with his talk on the Metropolitan Railway. As is widely known, this was the world’s first…
Read More16th December 2019 · ‘Branch AGM followed by member’s slides and images’
The December meeting was the usual one consisting of the branch AGM and member’s presentations with seasonal refreshments. The formal part consisted of a review of the year, which turned…
Read More18th November 2019 · ’24 years of Great Eastern Electrification’
Presenter: John Day The presentation covered the period just before electrification to the present day to cover the last 25 years of Great Eastern electrification. Although parts of the Great…
Read More21st October 2019 · ‘All Aboard the Pines Express – Part 1’
Presenter: Chris Youett The October meeting had as its speaker a long-term friend in Chris Youett who took us on the first part of a ride on the Pines Express.…
Read More16th September 2019 · 4 Branch Members – 4 Different Photo Presentations
The first person to present was Murray Lewis, who showed the railways of Ukraine. He went at a time before the troubles of recent years, so was able to photograph…
Read More30th August 2019 · Outdoor Meeting Eastleigh Station
Friday 30th August saw four members from Thames Valley branch enjoy an afternoon of observation at our third new venue of the summer after our visits to Westbury and Clapham…
Read More20th August 2019 · Outdoor Meeting Didcot Station
This year’s Didcot observation evening at was notable for two missing icons. The HST’s, for so long a staple of Didcot workings finished earlier this year, being replaced by the…
Read More4th July 2019 · Clapham Junction Outdoor Meeting
Thursday 4th July saw five members from Thames Valley branch enjoying a sunny warm afternoon observing plenty of trains at Clapham Junction station. This was a new venue for the…
Read More20th June 2019 · Reading Station Outdoor Meeting
On a cloudy, dull evening a group of six branch members met at the London end of platform 8 on Reading station for the traditional June outdoor meet to coincide…
Read More6th June 2019 · Westbury Station Outdoor Meeting
A new venue and time for the Thames Valley branch observation of the year. The location was Westbury station commencing in the afternoon, a first for many years, if not…
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