TVY Meeting Report
Transport for Wales – Cardiff Valley Metro
Before the normal meeting started the branch Annual General meeting was held. The result of which the branch committee was unanimously voted back into office. The minutes of the AGM…
Read More1966 Farewell to Steam – Journeys around England, Wales and Scotland
The branch welcomed back Mike Beale Mike went through the calendar of the year 1966 January, the Somerset and Dorset line which, ended on the 1st January, although an emergency…
Read MoreClass 50’s in Cornwall
Presenter: David Keogh David had been brought up in Cornwall and was the founder of the Fifty Fund, who now own six class 50s mostly based at the Severn Valley…
Read MoreAustralia and other trips in 2020
Presenter: Stuart Hicks For our September Zoom meeting our Branch Member and Secretary Stuart Hicks took us on a tour of his overseas trips during 2020. He and his family had…
Read More15th June 2021 · Peter Gray photographic collection.
Presenter: Laurence Waters. Laurence was a professional photographer and is now the Honorary photographic archivist for the Great Western Trust at the Didcot Railway Centre. He has also written several…
Read More18th May 2021· The Great Northern Railway and Kings Cross Station.
Presenter: Raymond Schofield Our speaker this evening introduced his talk as one he had prepared for the 175th anniversary of the railway reaching London from York and the inaugural run…
Read More20th April 2021· Tramways of the Czech Republic & Slovakia Part 1 – Prague, Plzen and Most to Lituinov.
Presenter: Robert Pritchard – Fixtures Secretary, Sheffield Branch. The Thames Valley branch welcomed as its speaker for this month Robert Pritchard, a name known to many as Editor, Todays Railways…
Read More16th March 2021 · The North London Railway
Presenter: Murray Lewis – RCTS Member, Thames Valley Branch The branch welcomed “one of its own” to present via Zoom a talk on “The North London Railway”. Murray by way…
Read More16th February 2021 · Current GWR Train Operations and Developments
Presenter: Mark Hopwood CBE – Managing Director GWR The Thames Valley Branch welcomed Mark Hopwood for this evenings talk. In addition to Mark there were some 81 other persons on…
Read More19th January 2021 · Three Feet on Three Legs
Presenter: Colin Brading The Speaker for the January meeting on the subject of Railways of the Isle of Man, which had an audience of 54 people, was Colin Brading. Colin…
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