West Midlands [WMD]
Welcome to the West Midlands Branch pages of the RCTS website. Members' meetings are convened on the third Monday of the month from September through to May and are held at the Cheylesmore Community Centre in Coventry commencing at 2.00pm usually finishing around 4.00pm.
Speakers from around the country offer presentations covering a wide range of railway subjects across the ages, mainly in digital format, although both slide and film show formats often feature.
RCTS members, non-members/visitors and guests are welcome to attend all of our meetings for which a donation of £3.00 for members and £4.00 for non-members is requested.
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Meeting reports
Images from Glass Plate Negatives – David Postle
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report Monday 16th September 2024 – Coventry Following a poor turnout for our first meeting of the season we were superbly entertained by David…
Read MoreIrish Railways – Part 1 – Derry – Chris Youett
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report 20th May 2024 – Coventry ‘Irish Railways Part 1 – Derry – Chris Youett On Monday 20th May 2024 our speaker, Chris Youett,…
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‘A Touch of Eastern Promise’ – Derek Huntriss
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report 15th April 2024 – Coventry ‘A Touch of Eastern Promise’ – Derek Huntriss On Monday 15th April 2024 our…
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RCTS Coventry Meeting – March 2024
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report 18th March 2024 – Coventry Part 2 – ‘The John Wells Collection’ – Bryan Acford After the passing of…
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Branch AGM and Members Images
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report 19th February 2024 – Coventry AGM & Members Images On Monday 19th February 2024 our AGM was held. 17 members…
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British Railway Disasters – Hixon and Ladbroke Grove – Fraser Pithie
Our speaker for the meeting was Fraser Pithie whose presentation of British Railway Disasters included Hixon (6th January1968) and Ladbroke Grove (5th October 1999). The accident at Hixon formed the…
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An English Ramble – Robin Mathams
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report December 18th 2023 – Coventry Having previously taken us on ‘A Scottish Ramble’ our speaker today, Robin Mathams, took us on ‘An…
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A Broad Gauge Journey – Part 2 – Swindon to West Wales
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report November 20th 2023 – Coventry At Coventry on Monday 20th November 2023 our President, Brian Arman, returned continue his Broad Gauge…
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The LMS Patriot 5551 New Build
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report October 16th 2023 – Coventry On Monday 16th October 2023 we welcomed Colin Hall, Chairman of the LMS Patriot 5551 ‘New…
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West Midlands Coventry – Branch Meeting Report 18th September 2023
2251 Class 0-6-0 No.2210 is seen departing from Stratford-on-Avon with the 8.43am to Leamington Spa General in the summer of 1964. On Monday 19th September 2023 our guest speaker, Tony…
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The John Wells Collection Part 1 – Chris Berridge / Bryan Acford
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report May 15th 2023 – Coventry On Monday 26th September 2022 our guest speakers, Chris Berridge and Bryan Acford presented Part 1 of the John…
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The Talyllyn Railway – David Mitchell
The Talyllyn Railway by David Mitchell David Mitchell, one time Managing Director of the railway, gave us a superb presentation with video and still images. He explained the beginnings…
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Preserved British Steam – Allan Stewart
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report 20th March 2023 – Coventry Having made an excellent presentation of BR Steam images last year our guest speaker, Allan Stewart,…
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Steam in China 1984 – 2015 – Bryan Acford
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report Monday 20th February 2023 – Coventry – 2.00pm A wonderful slide show by Bryan Acford was shown to a large gathering for his…
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1960s East Midlands – Cine & Stills
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report 16th January 2023 – Coventry 1960s East Midlands – Cine & Stills On Monday 16th January 2023 we welcomed our…
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The Ian Allan Story – Peter Waller
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report 19th December 2022 – Coventry The Ian Allan Story – Peter Waller On Monday 196th December 2022 our guest speaker…
Read MoreThe Roy Vincent & Tom Williams Colour Collection
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report 21st November 2022 – Coventry On Monday 21st November 2022 branch member, Chris Youett, presented a show entitled ‘The Roy Vincent…
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RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report 17th October 2022 – Coventry – ‘Moving Coal – The Complete Story On Monday 17th October 2022 our guest speaker Tony…
Read MoreIs it ‘A Clear Road Ahead’ for the Railways ?
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report September 26th September 2022 – Coventry On Monday 26th September 2022 our guest speaker, Fraser Pithie, paid us another visit. Both…
Read More22nd March 2021 · Western Enterprise
Presenter: Colin Brading Colin Brading, our speaker was a lifelong railwayman who had received his training in the original Temple Meads building in Bristol. As such he was more than…
Read More16th September 2020 · ‘American Wanderings – Heading East’
Presenter: Gordon Davies At Coventry on 16th September Society Chairman Gordon Davies took us to the USA covering the Eastern side of the states under the title “American Wanderings –…
Read More2nd September 2019 · ‘All Things Irish – Part 2’
Presenter: Chris Youett The Branch programme for 2019/20 commenced at the Birmingham venue on 2nd September. We welcomed back local stalwart Chris Youett his subject being “All things Irish part…
Read More15th April 2019 · “Building the New Memorial Locomotive”
Presenter: John Hastings-Thomson At Coventry on 15th April John Hastings-Thomson gave a very enlightening talk on “Building the New Memorial Locomotive”. John has been a leading part in the project…
Read More1st April 2019 · ‘Last Train Gone’
Presenter: Adrian White Adrian White from Stevenage came to the Birmingham meeting on 4th March with a digital presentation entitled “Last Train Gone”. This was a review of everything old…
Read More18th March 2019 · ‘M & GN’
Presenter: Chris Youett On 18th March at Coventry Steve Armitage was unable to give his presentation due transport failure. Fortunately local stalwart Chris Youett was able to stand in and…
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