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  • With Lance King in Ulster – The Great Northern Railway Lines: 1957-1965

    CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

    Leslie McAllister pays a tribute to his late friend Lance King, with a selection of Lance’s colour photography taken in the North of Ireland in the last years of steam traction. Leslie witnessed much of what is included, as a schoolboy! The 1960s saw a halving of the Province’s railway mileage, but not before Lance…

  • Volks Railway Brighton – Outdoor Visit

    Members visit to the Volks Railway, Brighton to include escorted tour of shed and workshops. You must book this event in advance as numbers are limited. Further details and bookings at     chichester@rcts.org.uk

  • Watercress Line Film Unit

    CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

    From 'History' to 'How it works', the Watercress Films Unit only formally came into existence a few years ago. Since creation Will and his team have boosted the railway's publicity on youtube with followers regularly tuning in to find out more about the Watercress Line. In this talk Will takes us through the creation of…

    £3

  • Members Weekend 2024

    The Royal Maritime Hotel 75-80 Queen Street, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    Members Weekend 2024 based in Portsmouth. Including the RCTS Officers Conference on Sunday 29th September.  Full details are to be found at https://rcts.org.uk/members-weekend-2024-news/ The Harbour & Spinnaker Tower

  • The Railways of Iran

    Tim visited Iran in 2017 with the Farrail group and shares his photos of trains in the magnificent mountains and wonderful deserts of that country. He also presents an overview of the country's largely locomotive-hauled railway passenger and freight operations and its ever expanding railway infrastructure, together with some insights into the country itself and…

    £3

  • Railway Roundabout Miscellany

    Following an address to our AGM, as RCTS President, Brian takes us on a slide show mystery tour, which will surely not disappoint.

    £3

  • The Seaton Tramway

    The talk comprises of an overview of the tramway and trams and a trip up the line.

    £3

  • The Dick Sansbury Collection

    Dick was a Geography teacher and taught at Eastleigh and also at Aberystwyth University which is why this show mainly covers Hampshire and the Cambrian lines of the Western Region in the 1950s. There are also odd pictures taken around the western region and some on the London Midland Region, but virtually little on the…

    £3

  • Metropolitan Lancashire & The West Riding

    Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

    The Late Gerald Dixon Collection The show covers areas of Lancashire from Preston southwards and much of the West Riding of Yorkshire with a brief incursion into North Yorkshire to York. It is all in colour and with the pictures almost exclusively depicting steam operations between 1962 & 1968.

    £3

  • The Effect of World War II on Britain’s Railways

    "Industrial and Railway historian Richard Marks explores the impact of World War Two upon Britain's railways. Find out the important role that Britain's four railway companies had in achieving victory in World War Two. Discover the war work that was undertaken in the railway company works across the country and the impact of Luftwaffe operations…

    £3

  • Railways Remembered in North East England

    Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

    Recently published by Crécy is Railways Remembered: North East England. This full colour volume covers the area from the Scottish Border to the Tees, and inland to the North Pennines. All facets of railway operations are covered: steam, diesel and electric; town and country; freight and passenger; BR and industry. One of the co-authors, Charles…

    £3