Bristol Branch

We have an extensive selection of new and second-hand railway books on sale at every meeting, at bargain prices.
Our current programme is detailed below. All are welcome to join us and to share their interest.
Welcome to the Bristol Branch page of the RCTS website.
We meet once a month from September to May, on the first Friday, at St. Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road North, Filton, BS34 7PL, next to Esso Tesco.
Our meetings generally take the form of slide shows, videos or talks with lively discussion on all aspects of railway history and operational practice.
Our members' interests range from the pioneering years of the railway through to the present day, in the UK and overseas.

Brian's Bookstall is open for business at each meeting. Image Credit Stewart Jolly
What's on
Venues
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Contacts
Secretary
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Meeting reports
2 August 2023 – Visit to the Avon Valley Railway
On a typically wet and windy Wednesday in August more than a dozen branch members made their way to Bitton Station on the former Midland Railway line between…
Read More14 April 2023 ‘East Coast Main Line – King’s Cross to York’ Presented by Stephen Gay.
41 members and guests attended a talk by Steven Gay: Kings Cross to York, The East coast mainline. Kings Cross in the 70’s still had plenty of Deltics and other…
Read More3 March 2023 A.G.M. followed by ‘A Roger Newman Tribute’ Presented by Brian Arman.
Brian Arman: Tribute to Roger Newman After a short AGM, Branch Chairman Brian Arman Presented the photographs of Roger Newman. These Photos were from the 1960’s period. We were privileged…
Read More3 February 2023 ‘Steam and Semaphores to Penzance’ by Nick Dudman.
Maurice Dunman’s excellent slides, presented by his son Nick. 68 members were present. Nick began the talk by telling us how his father started between 1958 and 1965 The photos…
Read More6 January 2023 ‘To Scotland for Steam’ by Brian Arman.
Brian split the Scottish Railways into two halves, planning to deal with the North British and Great Northern of Scotland Railway this year, and hopefully deal with Caledonian and the…
Read More2 December 2022 ‘Railway Holidays in the West Country Part 2’ with Stuart Warr
Stuart Warr was due to give a presentation ‘Railway Holidays in The West Country Pt 2 – Devon & Somerset’. Due to bad weather in South Wales, Stuart was not…
Read More4 November 2022 ‘That Was The Year That Was 1963’ By Geoff Plumb
Geoff opened the presentation by showing black & white photos of trains, steam & DMU at various locations north of London followed by shots of Great Western & Standard Class…
Read MoreSteam in West Wales
Friday 7th October 2022 Steam in West Wales by Gerry Nichols 47 members attending at St Theresa’s Church Hall, Filton, Bristol Gerry started to the west of Swansea with the…
Read MoreThe Rhymney Railway
The Rhymney Railway by Peter Fortune Secretary of the South Wales RCTS Branch The route was from Rhymney to Cardiff via the valleys originally using running rights to the Taff…
Read More7th January 2022 – Swindon Works the Final Years
The meeting on January 7th of the Bristol Group saw 37 members assembled to listen to RCTS President and Branch chairman Revd Canon Brian Arman’s talk on Swindon Works part…
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