HTC Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch

Remembering The End of Southern Steam – A Personal View 50 Years On. A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Des Shepherd. 1967 saw the end of steam operation on the Southern Region. In the months leading up to July 1967, Des Shepherd made many visits to experience the final rites of steam…

A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Mike Bunn. A look at the 122-year history of Europe's second busiest and one of the world's densest metro systems, with over 300 stations. The expansion of the network, station architecture, development of rolling stock, including the introduction of rubber tyred trains to five lines, the…

A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch Presentation. Presenter: George Howe A regular at our meetings George has spoken to us several times previously, but tonight he will be recalling his memories as a railwayman, both at Hitchin & Potton. He will be talking about the many tales he had in his time at both…

A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch Presentation. Presenter: Dave Cockle. Dave will be talking about “150 years of GNR from Wood Green to Enfield”. On 1st April 1871, the Great Northern Railway opened their Wood Green to Enfield Branch through Palmers Green & Winchmore Hill. The coming of the railway had a profound impact…

A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation. Presented by Sarah Ponting (Siemens). The decision to re-signal the southern end of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) has been well publicised. It is to be part of the Digital Railway initiative, although ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) and its ETCS component (European Train Control…

A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation. Presented by Jeremy Harrison. In 1986 Network SouthEast and London Transport introduced the One-Day Capitalcard, giving unlimited travel across Greater London by Train, Tube and Bus, with the slogan 'All You Need To Swan Around London'. Jeremy Harrison took advantage of this to Swan Around London with…

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation. Presenter: Geoff Brockett. This presentation will feature all the vintage railways and tramways currently operating on the Island, using slides taken on regular visits. Geoff will also be including a bit of background history and information about the lines. Doors open from 19:00

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation. Presenter: Dave Cockle: The "A Railwayman Remembers" talk covers a thirty-eight-year period from 1968 to 2007 looking at Dave's railway career from unofficial signalman on the Hertford Loop to Operations Compliance Manager for the former train operating company First Capital Connect. His work was predominately in operational…

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch Presentation Presenter: John Hillier. The talk takes us on a journey over the past-200 years or so when the area along on the banks of the River Welland, which form the border between Northamptonshire and Rutland, was transformed into a noisy thriving industrial landscape for about 4 years…

A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch Presentation. Presenter: Colin Hall. Our speaker, the Project Chairman, will give a presentation bringing us up-to-date on the ups and downs of this project to the present day. The LMS-Patriot project is building a working Patriot Class steam locomotive as a National Memorial Engine, recreating a railway heritage…