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Railway People – a reflection on 26 years at the NRM – Bob Gwynne
Click Here Bob’s talk introduces who he is, the railway history he has worked on and the (mostly) railway people he has met through work. Click Here
Read More22 October 2025 The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway
Presenter: Richard Coghlan Richard Coughlan delivered an excellent presentation tracing the history and geographical route of the Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway (DN&S), from its inception to the cessation of…
Read MoreThe Great Train Robbery – Ian Boskett
RCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report 15th September 2025 On Monday 15th September 2025 our speaker was Ian Boskett who presentied ‘The Great Train Robbery’ of 1963. In the…
Read MoreModern Traction Miscellany
Saturday 22nd February Rail movements in progress at Scunthorpe steel works We welcomed Ian McInnes from Teesside for our February meeting. Using a combination of his own transparencies, some from…
Read More1960’s Cine Miscellany
This afternoon we had something slightly different for our members, a “1960’s Cine Miscellany” a presentation by local photographer David Percival. This was a very mixed bag of railway gems…
Read MoreA visit to the Nottingham Express Transit depot
On 11th February, by way of a change, 20 members visited the Nottingham Express Transit depot at Wilkinson Street Members met at the local tram stop then proceeded to the…
Read MoreRobert Pritchard – Out and about in the UK & Europe 2024 : Followed by the branch AGM
MEETING REPORT 8th JANUARY 2025 The Sheffield branch is fortunate in having Robert Pritchard as its fixtures secretary. Robert is very well known in railway circles, as the editor of…
Read MoreThe Advanced Passenger Train Project – Kit Spackman
On 24th September, Kit Spackman gave us a talk about the Advanced Passenger Train – Experimental. Kit’s talk was very informative and covered the preliminary trials with the POP train…
Read MoreSouth Wales Railways in the 21st Century
On May 8th 43 members and guests were present for Stuart Warr’s “South Wales Railways in the 21st century”. As is usual these days the May meeting is an event…
Read More35mm Gricing, Home & Abroad 1964 – 1972 by Mike Robinson
Wednesday 1st May 2024 At the final meeting of the current season, Mike Robinson, Managing Editor of the Railway Observer entertained the audience with a presentation titled “35mm Gricing, Home…
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