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Swindon – The Origin
Our April meeting was the first to be held at our new temporary venue of Junction Church, Eastleigh. We were pleased to welcome the Society’s President, Reverend Canon Brian Arman…
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Czech Holiday – Ostrava – June 2023
Eastern Czechia – Click to expand Following the success of the week spent in Praha last year and looking at Czech railways it was decided that this year we would…
Read More25 October 2023 The Welshpool & LLanfair Light Railway
Presenter: Simon Bowden Our speaker joined the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway as a volunteer as a teenager in 1966. He later completed 50 years as a driver and for…
Read MoreRCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report October 16th 2023 – Coventry On Monday 16th October 2023 we welcomed Colin Hall, Chairman of the LMS Patriot 5551 ‘New…
Read MoreCathedrals of Steam
We welcomed well known transport journalist and commentator, Christian Wolmar, to speak at our October meeting on his 2020 book, Cathedrals of Steam. We were taken on an informed and…
Read MoreRCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report September 18th 2023 – Coventry On Monday 19th September 2023 our guest speaker, Tony Bowles, Archivist of The Restoration & Archiving…
Read More“North Yorkshire Moors Railway 1968 – 2022”
Presenter: David Birtle Later in the month (May) David Birtle, a long time founder member of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, was to be the speaker at the regular evening…
Read MoreMore from the Peter Bland Collection
A presentation by Bryan Cross. Following a huge storm causing wide spread local flooding in the late afternoon we thank those members who turned out for tonight’s meeting. In which…
Read MoreThe Stainmore Railway
On 3rd May Mike Thompson gave a presentation on the Stainmore Line and the work of the Stainmore Railway Company at Kirkby Stephen. The line was built in the 1850’s…
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