NHN Meeting Report
Hill Railways of the Indian Subcontinent by Richard Wallace 22nd November 2021
This presentation consisted of a review of railway journeys from the foothills of the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas to the Western Ghats and the Blue Hills of the South…
Read More24th January 2022 North Staffordshire Railway Part 3
Our first meeting of the year on the 24th January was necessarily held on Zoom, when Member Brian Sullivan presented Part 3 in the series on the North Staffordshire Railway.…
Read MoreA Ninth Colour-Rail Journey
Presenter: Paul Chancellor The Northampton Branch first live meeting was held at Weston Favell village hall with an audience of about twenty members suitably distanced from each other. Paul Chancellor…
Read More19th April 2021 · ‘The Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway’
Presenter: Brian Sullivan The Norfolk and Suffolk Railway was unusual as it had two lines which were not connected to each other. There was a line from North Walsham to…
Read More15th March 2021 · ‘The Railways of Northamptonshire Part 6’
Presenter: Robin Cullop This part covers two branch lines – Stamford to Wansford and the small part of the M&GN near Peterborough to Thorney. Thorney is just in Northamptonshire (Soke…
Read More2nd March 2020 · ‘Railways of Zurich’
Presenter: Ken Follett On Monday 2nd March Ken Follett gave a presentation entitled “The Railways of Zurich” to a smaller than usual Northampton audience at the Wellingborough Museum. Ken has…
Read More24th February 2020 · ‘The Railways of Cambridge – Part 1’
Presenters: David and Roberta Scudamore David and Roberta Scudamore gave almost thirty Members and friends an excellent talk on “The Railways of Cambridge, Part 1”, at Weston Favell on 21st…
Read More10th February 2020 · ‘The Bank Job’
Presenter: Lester Hillman Of the 25 or so persons present at Weston Favell on 10th February 2020 to listen to Lester Hillman give a presentation headed “The Bank Job”, there…
Read More27th January 2020 · ‘Funicular Railways’
Presenter: David Hanger For our first evening Meeting of 2020, David Hanger came from Wellingborough to give a talk and slide show on Funicular Railways. Of these there were plenty…
Read More13th January 2020 · ‘Steam In and Around York – Part 2’
Presenter: Chris Nettleton A fair sized attendance was present at Wellingborough Castle Museum on Monday, 13th January. The subject was Chris Nettleton’s presentation of ”Steam in and around York, Part…
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