CBR Meeting Report
10th May 2022 “North London Lines in the 80s” by Alan Jones
Early-bodied Class 31 No. 31108 has propelled its short consist of scrap and a single SPA wagon from Ward’s Siding along the Silvertown Tramway, reversed in the headshunt and is…
Read More19th April 2022 “Rail Travels in South-East Asia 2019” by Iain Scotchman
State Railway Of Thailand (SRT) GE Co-Co diesel No. 4044 is seen at Kanchanaburi on 26th December 2019 heading the Eastern and Oriental Express. Photo: Iain Scotchman. For our penultimate…
Read More8th March 2022 “Cambridge Area Railways Yesterday and Today (Part 1)” by David Scudamore
On 19th October 1991, West Country Pacific No. 34027 ‘Taw Valley’ and BR Standard Class 7 No. 70000 ‘Britannia’ stand in Cambridge Coalfields Yard. Photo Copyright David Scudamore. A record…
Read More8th February 2022 “Gone Forever – Images of BR Steam in the North of England (Part 1)” by Michael Smyth
On an overcast 2nd September 1967, Class B1 61306 departs from Bradford Exchange with the last steam-hauled 08.20 (SO) to Skegness. Photo: Michael Smyth. Branch member Michael Smyth was inspired…
Read More11th January 2022 “East Anglian Railways Before Privatisation” by John Day
On 12th May 1984, the final day of locomotive-hauled services on the East Suffolk Line, 37049 departs from Saxmundham with the 07.19 Lowestoft to Liverpool Street. Photo: John Day 2022…
Read More14th December 2021 Branch AGM and Members’ Contributions
60800 ‘Green Arrow’ is silhouetted by the low sun as it runs onto Ribblehead Viaduct with the Northbound ‘Cumbrian Mountain Express’ on 28th December 2001. Photo: Michael Smyth. Chairman…
Read More9th November 2021 “Roaming Around London with a Camera” by Geoff Brockett
On 2 Sep 2020, 66149 passes Charlton Lane gate box with the 11.07 Angerstein Wharf to Woking conveying sea-dredged sand. Photo: Geoff Brockett. The Capital’s railways were the subject of…
Read More12th October 2021 “On Shed” by Robert Warburton
D6526 and E6005 on shed at Feltham on 11th July 1965. Photo: Robert Warburton On October 12th we were delighted to welcome Robert Warburton back to the Branch, to hear…
Read More14th September 2021 “Southern California Rails” by Tony Field
Taken in the early evening of 12th October 2015, BNSF Railway ES44C4 #7162 leads a quartet of hard-working General Electric diesels on a double-stack intermodal climbing through Woodford passing…
Read More10th March 2020 · Hitchin South Diaries
Presenter: George Howe Our meeting this month was very different from our usual shows. It was based on the material contained in three diaries which were kept in Hitchin South…
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