NHN Meeting Report
10th November 2025: The End of Steam 1966-68, Part 2 by Michael Smyth
Michael presented an excellent Part 1 when he was photographing steam in his native West Yorkshire during his last school days, prior to leaving for University . In Part 2,…
Read More20th October 2025: Northampton Castle Station in Camera, presented by Richard Deacon
The station lost its “Castle” suffix in the 1960s, as a result of the loss of the only other station (Bridge Street) in 1964, and a rebranding as part of…
Read More23rd September 2025: The Kettering to Cambridge Branch Line, a presentation by Robin Cullup
Around 30 members from the Northampton and Milton Keynes Branches met for our annual joint meeting at Roade Village Hall on 23rd September for a presentation by Robin Cullup on ‘The…
Read More19th May 2025: The Stainmore route, by Chris Rowley
Chris, a timetable planner with Network Rail, gave us a concise and detailed account of this route, which closed in 1962 but still lives on in our memories as a…
Read More7th April 2025: The Eric Oldham legacy Collection by John Hillier
John spoke to us last year on the Harringworth Viaduct , but among one of his other guises besides being Vice President of the Bahamas Society, he is also Secretary…
Read More10th March 2025: The Vintage Trains Story and Tyseley by Mike Corbett
Last year Mike spoke to us of his career on BR through their various workshops and depots around the network. He is is now part of the Vintage Trains organization…
Read More10th February 2025: The Waverley Route, by Dennis Lovett
Today we enjoyed a fascinating afternoon listening to Dennis, a retired railwayman with more recent interests in model railways . His interest in the Waverley route began with childhood holiday…
Read More20th January 2025: East Coast Main Line Part 2 – York to Edinburgh, by Stephen Gay
In January Stephen paid us a return visit for part 2 of his journey on the ECML, this time northwards from York to Edinburgh. As is his style he ‘dropped…
Read More18th December 2024: AGM and Presentations of Members’ photographs
On Monday 18th December we held our AGM followed by a presentation of some recently discovered photographs of the Weedon Rail crash in 1951 together with a brief look at…
Read More25th November 2024: The Tommy Tomalin Collection Part 2, presented by Brian Sullivan
The photographs taken by the late Tommy Tomalin are well known not only by local railway enthusiasts, but wider afield through publications in various books over the years. During his…
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