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The 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…
Read MoreEast Anglian Railways-The last twenty Years.
On April 3rd our guest was local photographer Ian Scotchman to present East Anglian Railways-20 years of change. Starting in 2004 after the change over between Anglia Railways and ONE,…
Read MoreAnnual General Meeting followed by More gems from the archive – Mick Brownhill
MEETING REPORT 8th MARCH 2023 Our March meeting, in a temporary venue in a room at “Rutland Arms” on Brown Street before we settle into new premises at Farm Road…
Read MoreNational Railway Museum – Vision 2025 by Anthony Coulls, Senior Curator of Rail Transport & Technology, National Railway Museum
Oh, the tribulations and challenges of managing collections! The National Railway Museum (NRM) has not perhaps had the best of press recently. In the enthusiast world there have been mutterings…
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 MoreRCTS – West Midlands Branch Meeting Report Monday 20th February 2023 – Coventry – 2.00pm A wonderful slide show by Bryan Acford was shown to a large gathering for his…
Read MoreThe 1923 Grouping – Robin Gibbons
This was originally planned to be a presentation by Peter Davis, author of a recent book “F W Webb’s Three -Cylinder Compounds” on the subject matter of his book. However,…
Read MoreLet’s go round again! – Anthony Hicks
MEETING REPORT 9th NOVEMBER 2022 Sheffield branch offered a warm welcome back to Anthony Hicks for our November meeting. Anthony made the journey down from West Yorkshire and gave us…
Read MoreCzech Railways
At our October meeting we welcomed Robert Pritchard, Fixtures Secretary of the Sheffield Branch and Editor of Today’s Railways UK, to talk on one of his specialist subjects, the railways…
Read MoreSteam in West Wales
Friday 7th October 2022 Steam in West Wales by Gerry Nichols 47 members attending at St Theresa’s Church Hall, Filton, Bristol Gerry started to the west of Swansea with the…
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