TVY Thames Valley branch
Current GWR Scene
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomMark Hopwood CBE (Managing Director GWR) will give us an update on current GWR operations and developments
All aboard the Pines Express (Part 2) – Postponed as speaker unable to get home due to closure of Didcot to Oxford Line
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomBack in October 2019 Chris gave us Part 1 of this talk. We are pleased that following an extended break due to Covid Chris is now coming back to give us Part 2 of this talk. In Chris' first talk he took us on the Somerset and Dorset Railway from Bath Green Park to Evercreech…
North Staffordshire Railways (Part 2)
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomPart II of the North Staffs talk covers the line from Derby to Uttoxeter and then onwards to Stoke. We then continue to Kidsgrove via the Harecastle diversions, and then run via Alsager to Crewe.
Observation Evening – Eastleigh Station
This coincides with the RCTS Solent Branch Observation Evening
Swindon Works – The Final Years
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomWhen Harry Roberts was appointed as Swindon Works Manager in the early 1970's many feared that this may be the end of Swindon Works. However Harry was impressed with the capacity and skills available in the works, and set about finding new work for the works to undertake. This included building small cabin cruiser boats, overhauling Bristol…
WW1 & WW2 Cross Channel Train Ferries and Associated Railways
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThe presentation will initially look at how Cross Channel Train Ferries were first introduced during WW1 to move Railway Equipment to France. We will the look at the use in WW2 following commercial introduction of the Harwich Zeebrugge and Dover Calais Train Ferries between the wars. There will also be coverage of British railway activity…
All Aboard the Pines Express (Part 2)
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomPlease note that this is an afternoon Meeting Back in October 2019 Chris gave us Part 1 of this talk. We are pleased that following an extended break due to Covid Chris is now coming back to give us Part 2 of this talk. In Chris' first talk he took us on the Somerset and…
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Railways following Branch AGM
In November 2022 Stuart Hicks and other railway enthusiasts made a maiden visit to the railways of Saudi Arabia, not long after the country had started welcoming tourists. His trip took him to all three standard gauge passenger routes, an after-hours’ visit to the metro in the Women’s university, to the trolley bus route and…
Western Enterprise
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomSignificant investment over recent years has radically changed the face of the Great Western, a railway so rich in history that parts have been considered worthy of UNESCO World Heritage status. Setting the scene with a brief look at today's railway, this talk ranges widely across the route, blending aspects of the speaker's fifty-year western…