CHM Meeting Report
Annual Business Meeting and Members Entertain
The Branch Annual Business Meeting took place on 21st April. Reports were received from the committee on Branch activities and financial transactions during the previous 12 months, a much improved…
Read MoreThe Anniversary Tour – 2018
Steve Ollive was welcomed back here on 17th March to present his coverage of the 2018 Anniversary Tour in which he and a small group of RCTS friends, including Richard…
Read MoreThe Hixon Level Crossing Disaster – 1968
Malcolm Garner came on Thursday 17th February to describe the circumstances surrounding the “Hixon Level Crossing Disaster – 1968”. In the 1960s British Railways embarked on a programme of replacing…
Read MoreThe Final Journey
“The Final Journey – the Untold Story of Funeral Trains” was the subject for Nicolas Wheatley on 20th January. Nicolas has, since his last visit, published a book with this…
Read MoreThe Great Train Robbery
Ian Boskett from Tewkesbury has studied the events of the early hours of 8th August 1963 and the subsequent investigations and enquiries and presented his thoughts on The Great Train…
Read MoreWorcestershire Steam 1950-1964
Chris Wilkinson from the Worcester Locomotive Society came on 18th November to present some images of Worcestershire Steam 1950-1964. Centred on the City of Worcester we travelled out on the…
Read MoreLansdown Junction in the 1950s
Presenter: Dr Peter Darke On 21st October we welcomed Dr Peter Darke to present his thoughts on “Operations at Lansdown Junction in the 1950s”. Peter had spent time as a student…
Read MoreRail Operations in the U.S.A.
Presenter: Sholto Thomas Our first live meeting for 19 months was a presentation on “Rail Operations in the U.S.A.” by Sholto Thomas. Describing many enjoyable trips to the States, Sholto…
Read More20th April 2021 · Branch AGM followed by:- “Railway Holidays in the West Country, Part 1 – Cornwall”
Presenter: Stuart Warr We held our Branch AGM, virtually, on 20th April attended by 12 Branch members and 21 guests from other Branches and Societies. Minutes of the previous meeting…
Read More16th March 2021 · “The Gwili Railway”
Presenter: Iain McCall Iain McCall introduced us to “The Gwili Railway” on 16th March. This standard gauge preservation line in West Wales was the first to get going in the…
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