CBR Meeting Report
12th November 2024 “Industrial Locomotives 1965-2005” by Dave Goodyear
On the handover day of the 2’6″ gauge Bowaters Light Railway to the Locomotive Club of Great Britain on October 4th 1969, 1934-built Bagnall 0-6-2T ‘Triumph’ works a last-day special…
Read More8th October 2024 “92 Squadron – From Rust to Renaissance” by Steve Lacey
Commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War 1, Battle of Britain Class Pacific No. 34081 ’92 Squadron’ passes Castor on the Nene Valley Railway on November 11th…
Read More10th September 2024 “A Personal Snapshot of Some of Britain’s Military Railways” by Clive Pepper
On March 18th, 1995, passengers from Hertfordshire Railtours’ “Prize Porker” tour from Paddington to MOD Pig’s Bay enjoy a short walk around the Establishment before heading back to Victoria. Since…
Read More14th May 2024 “Midsomer Norton – Rising from the Ashes” by John Baxter
In September 2003, ex S&D Firemen Ian Bunnett (left) and John Swayer (right) are seen at Midsomer Norton station holding an original Evercreech Junction BR Totem that, at its time…
Read More9th April 2024 “An Evening with Father’s Slides” by David Cross
In 1960, un-named English Electric Type 4 No. D216 (named Campania in May 1962) heads South on an express to Euston, unusually with an LNER-design gangwayed brake leading the formation,…
Read More12th March 2024 “Cambridge Area Railways Yesterday and Today (Part 3)” by David Scudamore
Looking very smart in BR’s short-lived Express Blue livery, LNER A4 No. 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ is seen passing Shepreth Branch Junction on 25th June 1995 with a Bishops Stortford…
Read More13th February 2024 “That Was the Year That Was – 1971” by Geoff Plumb
On February 13th we were delighted to welcome Geoff Plumb for a nostalgia-filled evening entitled ‘That was the year that was – 1971’, comprising a selection of high-quality photographs all…
Read More9th January 2024 “March and its Railways” by Richard Munns
A 1951 aerial view of Whitemoor Yard showing the engine shed (far left), to its right the Down Reception Sidings and then Norwood Yard (with Trans-shipment Shed in the middle).…
Read More12th December 2023 Branch AGM and Members’ Contributions
Chairman Robert Bartlett OBE opened the AGM at 7:29 pm, with notices and no apologies for absence. The minutes of the 2022 AGM were approved, and the Chairman thanked the…
Read More14th November 2023 “My Back Pages” by David Pearce
Taking his theme from the lyrics of Bob Dylan’s ‘My Back Pages’ track, on Tuesday 14th November David Pearce gave us a fascinating semi-autobiographical presentation of his early days of…
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