Martyn Hilbert joined us at Carnforth to deliver a presentation on 50 years of Merseyrail that celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2021. Prior to this there had always been a…

Good to see increased numbers again to welcome Dr. Paul Salveson to present Kents Bank a Hidden Gem. He outlined his railway background, Horwich works, management positions in Northern, Arriva…

On a freezing cold night which affected the attendance we welcomed John Sloane to cover Indian railways. He initially outlined the nine Railways into which the system was divided to…

Secretary Report   Alan presented the Secretary’s report for the year and highlighted the subjects of the monthly meetings held. The overhang from covid is still being felt with people’s…

The December meeting of the Branch featured the AGM and was followed by a presentation from David Fowler of Blackburn who took the small audience through a series of superb…

After a poor 1st meeting attendance, it was encouraging to have a much larger audience to see Richard Hinchliffe giving a session on “Flying Scotsman in America and beyond” in…

The 1st meeting of the 2024/5 season took place at Carnforth on 2nd October when David Bousfield presented a slide show on the Railway system in Thailand following recent visits…

Wednesday 1st May 2024 At the final meeting of the current season, Mike Robinson, Managing Editor of the Railway Observer entertained the audience with a presentation titled “35mm Gricing, Home…

A keen audience gathered to witness Janet Elson give us a presentation on the LMS Patriot Project of which she is a trustee and director. Its principal aim is to…

Our February 2024 meeting brought Eddie Pollock to our branch with a small but select audience to talk about his long illustrious career on the railways. From Carlisle, he was…

At the 1st meeting of 2024 on 3rd January the small audience enjoyed 2 video presentations by Colin Kennington. A visit to the Isle of Man began with the boat…

Welcome   Alan Sattenstall welcomed members to the meeting   Apologies for Absence   None reported   Acting Chairman/Secretary Report   Alan presented the Secretary’s report for the year and…

Wednesday 6th December 2023 Following the AGM a Members evening was held featuring a picture Quiz kindly compiled by Will Gibson for the Stephen Machell Trophy. The subjects were mainly…

As our scheduled speaker could not travel due to the rail strike  Colin Kellington kindly provided us with our program for the evening. Our first session covered railways in 1988…

Stainmore railway trip Following Mike Thompson’s outstanding presentation on this railway in May 2023, we were offered the opportunity to make a trip to visit them to see their latest…

Wednesday 5th April 2023      Our speaker tonight Anthony Hicks travelled over the border from Leeds to give us a presentation on Warwickshire’s railways. Anthony focussed on his home town Leamington…

Due to the late cancellation of our booked speaker for this event our Committee Member, Will Gibson, stood in having put together a set of videos illustrating a number of…

Wednesday 8th Feb 2023        As our original speaker was unable to travel due to the rail strike our own member Will Gibson offered us a different approach, a series of…

Wednesday 4th Jan 2023        It was rewarding to see a larger audience than at our recent meetings to hear one of our members David Bousfield talking about a day on…

For our 2nd session in the new season David Hugill gave us a presentation on the last days of steam in China. David started by giving us a background into…

For our 1st session in the new season Ian Henderson gave a presentation about Hengist Clan no 72010 to a surprisingly small but select audience. Ian outlined his background as…

      Roy Davies visited the Branch to talk about his book, published in Autumn 2021 by Middleton Press, covering the history of the railway network between in the…

RCTS FURNESS, LAKES & LUNE BRANCH Railways, Railwaymen and Literature by Prof. Paul Salveson Wednesday 6th April 2022 At the April meeting of the Branch Professor Paul Salveson entertained the…

RCTS FURNESS, LAKES & LUNE BRANCH Bahamas, the Story of a Locomotive by Peter Skellon Wednesday 2nd March 2022 Peter Skellon of the Bahamas Society presented an illustrated talk on…

On the 5th January 2022 the branch welcomed one of our own members Mike Ellis to give a presentation on “Hest Bank and beyond”. Mike started his talk by outlining…

On the 5th January 2022 the branch welcomed Len Clark to give a presentation on “Life on the West coast railway in the 1960s”. Len gave us a brief outline…

Furness lakes and lune presentation On the 1st December the branch had its first live meeting since 6th March 2020 so it was a real pleasure to welcome Paul Chancellor…

Presenter: David Bousfield Our speaker had set himself a tough task as he was attempting to illustrate railway sounds with matching images. David introduced his session by outlining the different…