SOE Meeting Report

We welcomed Ian Bosket to our April meeting to give a talk on The Great Train Robbery. The robbery involved Wednesday 7 August’s 18:50 Glasgow Central – Euston postal service,…

Our March meeting was a presentation by Colin Brading entitled “Tracks in the Mist”, meaning long – lost railways. The first line looked at was the Brill Tramway in the…

We welcomed Steve Ollive to our February meeting to give the first part of his trilogy A- Z of Swiss Railways. This instalment covered the three main Swiss operators and…

The January meeting of the Solent Branch on 15 January began with the branch’s annual general meeting. The Committee elected for the coming year were John Godfrey (Chairman), Denis Horsman…

Our December meeting followed the now traditional format of 15 minute presentations by members. John Goodrich opened the proceedings with images of passing trains ranging from easily obtained photos of…

The November meeting of the Solent branch was a presentation by branch member Philip Haines illustrating the sea wall in the Dawlish in different eras. Familiar locations illustrated included Starcross,…

We were pleased to welcome Gordon Adams from Reading to our October meeting to give a presentation on train ferries of World War 1 and 2. By 1916 the army…

Our first meeting of the 2024/25 season was held on 18 September when we returned to our former venue of the Eastleigh Railway Institute building for Keith Butcher’s presentation on…

8 members and 3 guests attended the informal Solent Branch observation evening on 19 June. In the period 14:55 to 18:45 nine freights were seen.   The 5 Freightliner workings were…