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The Epping Ongar Railway
25-Apr-2023 @ 14:00 - 16:30
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch Presentation.
Presented by Eddie Veckranges.
The present-day Epping Ongar Railway was born as a heritage railway in October 2004. This was 10 years after the closure of the underground 1994.
This talk will take you through the history of the branch to the present day, when in the 1860s it started as a steam railway and now steam has returned once again to grace the scenic line.
We will see how the line started from the 1850s as part of the Great Eastern Railway’s plan to push east toward Chelmsford or Braintree. It never got there and remained on London’s periphery in Essex eventually becoming part of the London Underground’s expansion after WW2.
Doors open 13:30
NOTE:
This presentation follows the Branch AGM which will start at 14:00.