HTC Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch
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Six Decades of the Settle & Carlisle
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Michael Smyth. This presentation covers the changing scene on the Settle and Carlisle from the 1960s to the present day. It features the slow decline in traffic towards its planned closure, refusal of closure, and subsequent resurgence of traffic through to the present day. Illustrated by…
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Eurostar – 30 Years & Counting
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Chris McCanless. Details to follow. Doors open at 13:30 for a 14:00 start.
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Six Months at Stratford Depot – My recollections from 1988
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch meeting. Details to follow. Doors open at 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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The Last Years of Steam 1966-1967
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Michael Smyth. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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Appalachian Wanderings
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Tony Field. Details to follow. Doors open at 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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Timetable Planning – A Dark Art, Plus More.
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Dave Hepper. After a career in Operational Planning, retired Anglia Train Planning Manager Dave Hepper will be talking on how (and how not) to plan a timetable. But not just timetabling, Dave will also explain how traction and traincrew diagrams resource the timetable, and touch on…
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The Harwich Branch
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Dave Goodyear. The Harwich branch has a rich and varied history, with its combination of named boat trains to Parkeston Quay and extensive freight services for the Harwich Train Ferries, as well as local passenger and goods services. The line was electrified in 1986 but this…
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The Vintage Trains Story – To a Train Operating Company
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Mike Corbett. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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AGM and My Travels in 2025, Rail 200 and More.
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomThe Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch AGM followed by a presentation by John Tigg. From a very young age, living in North West London between the West Coast Mainline and Metropolitan / Great Central route, John has had an interest in railways. Despite spending his last years before retirement travelling the country for a…
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Oliver Bulleid and 35028 “Clan Line”
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Simon Martin. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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The Railways of Austria
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Richard Morris. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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The Railways of South Wales in Transition
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Jeremy Segrott. This is a change from the previously published programme. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.