HTC Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch
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A 10th Colour Rail Journey
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 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…
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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.
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Re-Creating the Past
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by Des Shepherd. Doors open 19:00. Details to follow.
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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.
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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…
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The Last Four Years of Steam
HTC Hitchin St Mark's Church, St Mark's Close, Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 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…
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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.…