HTC Meeting Report
A Tale of Three Countries
Jeff May presented three notable locomotive classes from three different engineers and countries. All three classes were subject to fundamental modifications, but in each case unmodified locomotives survived to the…
Read MoreA Plug for Brunel
What a treat we had at our meeting today, something very different from the norm. Colin Brading’s presentation was all about his time working as a consultant on the…
Read MoreThe Railways in South Wales – In Transition
Jeremy Segrott delivered a superb presentation to us today on “The Railways in South Wales – In Transition”. During the afternoon we looked at the last 50 years of the…
Read MoreThe Railways of Austria
This afternoon we welcomed back Richard Morris, with his presentation “The Railways of Austria”. We also thank the 17 members who braved the 35 deg. heat to support us this…
Read MoreBranch AGM + My Travels in 2025 and more.
Today’s meeting welcomed John Tigg of Milton Keynes branch as our speaker with his presentation “My Travels in 2025 and more”. It was quite obvious that John’s passion was with…
Read MoreThe Vintage Trains Story – To a Train Operating Company
Following a visit I made to Tyseley last year with the Society Trustees, Vintage Trains volunteer Mike Corbett offered to visit us with his presentation “The Vintage Trains Story -…
Read MoreThe Harwich Branch
This afternoon we visited “The Harwich Branch” with Dave Goodyear. We followed the branch along its entirety, stopping at most of the stations and halts and looking, in sequence, through…
Read MoreTimetable Planning – A Dark Art, Plus More
A very different subject for us this afternoon, presented by Dave Hepper, (Retired Operations Planning Manager) on “Timetable Planning, A Dark Art plus more”. Dave started by explaining just what…
Read MoreAppalachian Wanderings
A very different afternoon for our members today as it was primarily a presentation by video. Tony Field from Cambridge Branch took us on a tour of some of north…
Read MoreThe Last Years of Steam 1966-67 (part 1)
Cambridge Branch member Michael Smythe was our speaker this afternoon, with a very evocative presentation “The Last Years of Steam 1966 / 67”. Most of Michael’s excellent photographs were taken…
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