HTC Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch
The Epping Ongar Railway
HTC Welwyn Garden City Ludwick Way Methodist Church, 149 Ludwick Way, Welwyn Garden City, United KingdomA 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…
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HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Bryan Cross. Doors open 19:00.
Railtours and Specials from the 1980’s
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by John Day. Doors open 13:30. Note: This is at the new venue in Digswell, Welwyn.
A 10th Colour Rail Journey
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Paul Chancellor. Paul tells us that this presentation covers all regions and motive power from 1955 to the present day using over 300 colour and black and white images exploring how different photographers approached the subject of recording the daily railway scene. Whilst running Colour-Rail Paul…
Mangapps Farm Railway
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by John Jolly. Members of the branch may recall the most enjoyable visit we made to Mangapps Farm railway a couple of years ago. John is the owner. Doors open 13:30.
Re-Creating the Past
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Des Shepherd. Doors open 19:00. Details to follow.
The GER – Rarely Other than Idiosyncratic
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Ray Schofield. Doors open 13:30. Details to follow.
Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch Visit to the Epping Ongar Railway
The Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch annual outdoor visit. This is a confirmed booking. Details have now been finalised with the team at the Epping Ongar Railway. The visit, with Day Rover tickets, will in addition include a tour of the sheds and two signal boxes. You can book your place by contacting the…
The Last Four Years of Steam
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by George Howe. An introduction by George: 1964 saw me making a change from black and white prints, to colour slides. This just happened to be four years before the end of steam on British Railways, hence the title, The last 4 years of Steam. I travelled…
Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch Visit to Epping Signalling Museum
Epping Signalling Museum Station Road, Epping, United KingdomAn opportunity to visit the Epping Signalling Museum. This museum opened a very short while before the start of the Covid-19 restrictions and has therefore only been going properly again for just over a year. Situated alongside live running Central Line trains on the approach to Epping station is this unique LONDON TRANSPORT signal cabin.…
The Line from Doncaster to Hull
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Stephen Gay. Doors open 13:30.
Steam in the 1960’s
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Chris Wright. Chris Wright, a native of Gorleston-on-Sea, spent many school holidays 1959-1965 spotting in Hitchin. In a two-part presentation, the first Tuesday 10th October, the second Tuesday May 14th 2024, he will talk about his early spotting ventures in Norfolk; the end of steam in…