Archived Meeting Reports

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…

Harwich for the Continent – The Rail Ferries

By ESX South Essex | 2022-03-21

Presenter: Chris Turland Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall Chris spent most of his life at sea, sailing all over the world, but a significant part was served on the…

The Electric Railways of Merseyside

By ESX South Essex | 2022-02-24

Presenter: Charles Roberts Meeting Held via Zoom Charles’s ability to talk almost non-stop whilst holding the interest of an audience is admirable – worthy of a place on BBC’s Just…

Southend Corporation Trams 1901-1942

By ESX South Essex | 2022-01-19

Presenter: Richard Delahoy Meeting Held via Zoom For a relatively small town Southend-on-Sea has an interesting transport history – two rival rail routes (LT&S and GE) and two tram systems,…

Branch AGM & Members’ Slides

By ESX South Essex | 2021-12-20

Meeting Held via Zoom The meeting was well attended.  The business was conducted quickly (reports having been previously circulated) and the necessary votes unanimously agreed.  Steve Hewitt our Fixtures Secretary…

Rail Freight Group – The Opportunities and Challenges

By ESX South Essex | 2021-11-22

Presenter: Maggie Simpson Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall Maggie gave us an excellent Zoom presentation a year ago; she kindly accepted our invitation to visit us at Shenfield for…