Archived Meeting Reports

Baltic Coast Express – A pictorial journey through Germany and Poland to Finland

By ESX South Essex | 2023-04-17

Presenter: Peter Robins Physical Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall Peter told us that he considered himself to be a lifelong railway enthusiast. He was not really sure how it all…

Railway Engineering; A Driver’s Eye View

By ESX South Essex | 2023-03-20

Presenter: Andy Grimmett Physical Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall Andy gave a rather unusual but interesting presentation to 30 plus members for our first physical meeting of the year. He…

Roger Harrison’s East Anglian Railways

By ESX South Essex | 2023-02-20

Presenter: David Pearce Virtual Meeting via Zoom 64 members and guests, including one from South Africa, enjoyed David’s excellent presentation by Zoom of Roger Harrison’s work, which followed-on nicely from…

The Railways of Mid Anglia

By ESX South Essex | 2023-01-16

Presenter: Tony Kirby Virtual Meeting via Zoom This virtual meeting by Zoom was attended by 76 members and guests. Tony gave us an excellent presentation based mainly on the railways…

AGM and Members’ Slides

By ESX South Essex | 2022-12-19

Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall and Online via Zoom At the AGM, which was conducted as a hybrid meeting, the committee was re-elected for a further year; however the…

The Current Day Scene in Europe

By ESX South Essex | 2022-11-21

Presenter: Brian Garvin Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall The show featured pictures of the modern scene in Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg and Baltic States.  Brian spent…

Roaming Around London with a Camera

By ESX South Essex | 2022-10-17

Presenter: Geoff Brockett Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall We were very glad to have our own Geoff Brockett on stand-by when we are unable to deliver the booked programme.…

An Evening with Father’s Slides

By ESX South Essex | 2022-09-19

Presenter: David Cross Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall David is the son of the late Derek Cross, known to most if not all RCTS members for his fairly prolific…

A Ninth Colour-Rail Journey

By ESX South Essex | 2022-06-20

Presenter: Paul Chancellor Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall Paul provided us with a wonderful show of photographs in an interactive way, taxing our memories by quizzing us about the…

British Rail 1966 to 1978 – From Steam to InterCity 125

By ESX South Essex | 2022-05-16

Presenter: Mervyn Rogers Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall Branch member Mervyn was still at school when he started photographing trains. Naturally this at first determined where he could carry…