TVY Meeting Report
WW1 and WW2 Train Ferries
Our speaker for our October Meeting was one of our group members Gordon Adams. The first half of the presentation covered World War 1. The decision to use Train Ferries…
Read MoreSwindon Works – The Final Years
Our speaker for the start of the 2023/2024 Season was Canon Brian Armon and the subject was “Swindon – The Final Years”. The standardisation of BR Diesel locomotives away from…
Read MoreVisit to David Buck’s Private Railway Fifield
The RCTS and BLS held a very successful visit to David Buck’s Railways at Fifield during the afternoon of Monday 26th June. Proceedings started officially at14.00 with David making a…
Read MoreNorth Staffordshire Railway Part Two
The May meeting was the second of a series of presentations by Brian Sullivan. The major part consisted of a journey from Uttoxeter to Crewe via Stoke along the North…
Read MoreSlide Presentations from the 1960’s to Privatisation
Our booked speaker was unable to attend for the April Meeting, his travel arrangements being scuppered by the closure of the main Oxford-Banbury line due to the condition of Nuneham…
Read MoreThe Current GWR Scene
For our March Meeting, we welcomed Mark Hopwood CBE Managing Director GWR and his topic was the The current GWR Scene. The evening was in three parts, a short video,…
Read MoreConfessions of a Narrow Minded Enthusiast
For our February Meeting we welcomed back Colin Brading with a presentation entitled “Confessions of a Narrow Minded Enthusiast”. The first part covered the development of 15” Gauge Railways. The…
Read MoreCholsey and Wallingford Railway
For this meeting we welcomed Tony Stead from the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. The presentation was in two parts the first being a detailed history of the branch line with…
Read MoreThe Gulf Oil Branch Line
The first part of the December Meeting was the AGM and this was followed by a presentation and video on the building of the Gulf Oil Branch Line by Dick…
Read MoreAll Change Britain’s Railways 1967-1979
Starting in late 1967 with black and white images taken in the Northwest which was then the last remaining location for Main line steam (though with its limited variety of…
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