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Members Day and AGM 2025
We are delighted to announce the 2025 AGM and Members Day to be held on Saturday 5th April 2025 at Grand Station, Sun Street, Wolverhampton, WV10 0BF. The day commences…
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 MoreMembers’ Weekend 2024 Report
The 2024 Members’ Weekend and Officers’ Conference The Royal Maritime Hotel – Portsmouth Friday to Sunday 27th – 29thSeptember 2024 The annual Members’ Weekend and Officers’ Conference was based at…
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 MoreCzech Holiday Plzeň June 2024
For our third trip to Czechia, following on from Praha in 2022 and Ostrava in 2023, our base for this year was Plzeň. Plzeň is a city in Western Bohemia…
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 MoreThree new books for 2024
We are delighted to announce three new pictorial volumes for 2024. There are also some new bundles available that include the new volumes. More information about each is available by…
Read MoreMembers’ Weekend 2024 – Portsmouth
Friday 27th – Sunday 29th September The Great Waterfront City – Portsmouth has something to offer everybody The home of the Royal Navy, our hotel is literally a stone’s throw…
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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