CHR Chichester branch

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  • BR Steam – The Final Years

    Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

    PHOTO:  DEREK HUNTRISS.     Derek returns following a very successful evening with us in April and another recent show to a National RCTS audience. This presentation will take us back to the final years of BR steam with a collection of excellent views, accompanied by Derek’s entertaining and informative commentary.

  • World Steam

    Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

    PHOTO:  GUENTER OCZKO.     China, rare areas with Pacifics and Mikades in the late 80s and early nineties. South America, Turkey TCDD, Jordan and Syria, Steam in Europe from 1970s to date. Plus PNKA Indonesia and SAR South Africa will all feature in this action packed presentation

  • The Ken Nunn Collection (1899-1961)

    Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

    LCDR No. 25, an M3 class 4-4-0, waiting to leave Victoria circa 1898. Image credit: LCGB/NRM Ken Nunn collection A presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating Southern Steam from 1898 to 1961, and from Kent to the West County, with 'Southern' indicating both…

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    Magnus Volk and His Amazing Railways

    Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

    Magnus Volk was a true pioneer of all things electrical, and today is chiefly remembered for the creation of Volk’s Electric Railway, which opened in 1883 and still runs along Brighton seafront, now recognised as the oldest electric railway in the world. He also built an even more extraordinary railway in Brighton, and this talk…

  • Ninth Colour-Rail Journey

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

    The presentation features passengers services across the country from the 1930s to the present day.

  • The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

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

    The first half covers the period from pre 1898 (when the line opened) to the closure in 1935. The second half covers from 1935 up to the present day plus plans for the future

  • Southern Medley and Cuba Revisited

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

    Presenter Alan Wallbank Alan is an accomplished amateur film maker and his two previous visits to Chichester Branch have been highly successful, attracting many complimentary comments on the standard of the productions. The first half will begin with a film about the old Tisted Railway Station, with the owner talking about his property. Then follows…

  • Roaming around London with a Camera

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

    Presenter:  Geoff Brockett A look at the wide variety of train operations in Greater London with photos taken over the last two or three years.  

  • The Selsey Tramway

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

    Selsey at the southern tip of the Manhood peninsula has only ever had one rather difficult road to gain access to and from Chichester. In the late 1800's the idea of a rail link was seen as a futuristic transport improvement. The committee set up to carry out the project appointed the young H.F.Stevens as…

  • Six Decades of Steam Railway Photography

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

    I have been privileged to have volunteered on the Bluebell Railway during the early 1960s, and on the Watercress Line for the past fourteen years. This experience has given me good operational knowledge and provided opportunities for my photography, which I shall enjoy sharing with your members. My presentation will include pictures taken during the…