CSL Croydon & South London branch
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A Visit to Pakistan, 1990
CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United KingdomBack in 1990, Jeremy Harrison undertook a visit to Pakistan, to see and photograph its railways. While the main emphasis of his trip was the then surviving steam - on broad, metre and narrow gauges - he also took the opportunity to photograph all aspects of the contemporary railway scene.
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Czechoslovak Railways
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomJeremy Harrison shows us images of Czechoslovak Railways (ČSD) from his visits to the country with the LCGB in 1989, for their celebration of 150 Years of Railways in the country, and 1992, for a substantially steam hauled tour which took us across the country.
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Croydon & SL Branch AGM and Members’ Images
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomOur Annual General Meeting, to be followed by Members’ Images. Your chance to speak up and show off! Since our last AGM a year ago, at which both our long serving Chairman and Secretary stood down, it is fair to say the Branch has had a rather problematic year, struggling to keep going, with only…
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British Steam in the Early 21st Century – a Personal View
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomA look back at what I was able to photograph in the early years of this century, both on preserved railways and the mainline. (This is a replacement for David Cable's presentation, previously planned for this meeting, which has had to be postponed until 14th April 2026).
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An A-Z of Swiss Railways (Part 1)
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomThe first part of a trilogy providing an A- Z of Swiss Railways, this instalment covers the three main Swiss operators, and then letters A - C.
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The Spa Valley Railway
CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United KingdomThe Spa Valley Railway is now well established as one of our nearest heritage railways, and today Brian Halford returns to tell us of its latest developments.
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Leatherhead Station: The Stationmaster’s House
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomSociety Archivist and Trustee Andy Davies comes to tell the history of the stations at Leatherhead from 1859, including the Stationmaster’s house and it’s new use as the RCTS Archive and Library.
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The Epping and Ongar Railway
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomThe Epping to Ongar Line was originally a Great Eastern Railway branch line, and later became part of the London Underground. Following closure, there were various proposals over its future, before it became a heritage railway - one of the nearest ones to us - as which it is now well established. Tonight Eddie Veckranges…
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That Was The Year That Was – 1967
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventExcellent photographer (and Watford Branch chairman) Geoff Plumb returns to give us the next in his series of 'That Was The Year That Was' presentatations, this time covering 1967 . This was the penultimate year of regular standard gauge steam on British Railways, and the last year of its working in Southern England, and so…
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Railways 1952-53, from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley collection
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventRailways 1952-53 is a presentation of photographs from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley Archive of over 2000 photographs taken by Percy Moseley between 1911 and the 1970s. This presentation will cover the years 1952 and 1953 - a period when British Railways was getting into its stride as an organisation, but in many ways…
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Croydon & SL Branch AGM and Members’ Images
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomOur Annual General Meeting, to be followed by Members’ Images. Your chance to speak up and show off! Since our last AGM a year ago, it is fair to say the Branch has had another somewhat problematic year, struggling to keep going. So I would urge you all to attend, to discuss the future of…
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The Heritage Railway Association
CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United KingdomChief Executive Steve Oates comes to tell us about The Heritage Railway Association, the UK-wide trade association and professional support body representing, protecting and promoting the interests of heritage and tourist railways, tramways, cliff railways, railway preservation groups and related museums.