Merseyside, Cheshire & North Wales [MCN]
Welcome to the Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales branch pages. Below are listed the details of our programme for the next few months, showing the location of such meetings, as well as reports of activities over the last few months. Please let us know of any further information you require and if we can be of any help.
What's on
Venues
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Donations
There is no charge for guests or members to attend meetings, but donations are encouraged and will go to the branch.
When attending a virtual meeting, please donate here (in multiples of £2). When attending a physical meeting, a cash collection will be taken.
Contacts
Treasurer
David Douglas
Meeting reports
Visit to Doncaster
The song, “Where have all the flowers gone” replaced by “Where have all the freight trains gone” could easily have applied to the MC&NW branch visit to Doncaster on the…
Read MoreVisit to Doncaster & Peterborough
Eight members attended arriving at Doncaster & Peterborough at different times and by different routes. Owing to the unreliability of TP services from Liverpool one member arrived at Doncaster @…
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Visit to Hull
Seven Members attended the fixture travelling from Liverpool and various other points west. Travel was via Doncaster in both directions utilizing Trans Pennine, Hull Trains & Northern Trains. Hull was…
Read MoreVisit to Central Scotland
The Branch has not visited Strathclyde since 2019 so it was deemed imperative that a visit was undertaken this year. As usual the main party met at Warrington Bank Quay…
Read MoreVisit to Newcastle
The choice of location was dictated by our need to see as many Tyne & Wear Metro units before their withdrawal. Our preference was to travel via York but the…
Read MoreVisit to Newport & Cardiff
Four Members attended the fixture, the numbers being depleted owing to illness and a cancelled train. The area is not what it used to be in terms of freight activity…
Read MoreVisit to Doncaster
Seven Members attended on a bright but cold day with a biting northerly wind. Manchester to Cleethorpes Trans Pennine Express services were operating as per the timetable so that the…
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The experiences of a railway chaplain
The Merseyside Cheshire and North Wales branch of the RCTS were privileged to have Mike Roberts present their Zoom meeting on Monday 20 February. Originally from Warrington and now based…
Read MoreLancashire Day Ranger
Eight members attended this fixture, six of whom met at Manchester Piccadilly with the Merseyside contingent meeting the rest of the party at Blackpool North. We left Manchester in bright…
Read MoreVisit to Stafford
Ten members braved the driving rain to visit Stafford on 10th January. The number of recordings did not quite hit the heights of the December Stafford fixture but a good…
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