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  • North Staffordshire Railway (Part 4)

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    In the fourth and final part of the North Staffordshire Railway talks series using digitised images from the collection of over 15,000 colour slides taken by the late Tommy Tomalin (who sadly passed away in 2021 at the grand old age of 96). Brian Sullivan continues by showing us views (with historical details) of the…

  • Remembering my lines

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    Colin Brading gives us a very wide-ranging presentation: starting from his early railway interests and lineside haunts to the highlights of a diverse engineering career spanning fifty years, ‘Remembering My Lines’ is an illustrated medley of memories and experiences seasoned with many of the presenter’s own favourites. On this journey ‘from anorak to hi-vis’ we…

  • With Lance King in Ireland 1958-1963

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    Leslie McAllister offers a first selection of colour photographs taken by the late Lance King in the Republic of Ireland in the last years of steam. Lance was a skilled photographer and left a fine record of steam in the Dublin area and on the fondly remembered branches such as Kenmare, Loughrea, Ballaghadereen, Edenderry, Tullow,…

  • Cardiff Central Station and Valley Lines Observation

    Cardiff Station Central Square,, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

    For those interested we are intending to travel on a number of Branches in the afternoon using a " Explore Cardiff and the Valleys Ticket". Meet on platform 3 at 13:00 near the steps up from the subway.

  • TVY Branch – Recent and Future Projects at Didcot Railway Centre

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    Richard Antliff (Didcot Railway Centre Civil Engineering Adviser) returns to give us a further insight into some of the recent and future planned projects being undertaken at the Didcot Railway Centre site. In addition, as we celebrate Rail 200 this year, Richard will also show us some of the activities happening at other railway sites…

  • TVY Branch – The Mangotsfield Triangle – Lost Midland Railway routes to Bristol and Bath

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    The talk describes the long and complex story of railways around Mangotsfield where the first railway transporting coal arrived in 1832. We then follow the history with various railway companies involving both standard and broad gauge, to closure and the establishment of the Bristol and Bath Railway Path which was the first project by Sustrans.

  • TVY Branch – The History of the North London Line

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    The presentation explores the fluctuating history of the North London line and includes a photographic journey from Richmond to the former Terminus of Broad Street.

  • TVY Branch – My time inside the Wall – Memories of Swindon Works

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    Martin, who is well known to many of our RCTS Branch members, having been the host of our successful Swindon Works railway sites tour which we ran last year, comes from a long family line of Swindon railway employees. In this talk Martin will give us some of his personnel experiences of life inside Swindon…

  • TVY Branch – Conditions of Carriage Part 1 – the History of Railway Carriages

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    Railway carriages may be overshadowed by the glamour of the locomotive, but they can be glamorous too - or very basic! This presentation traces the diverse and fascinating story of how carriages evolved from the early stagecoach on rails; to modern day vehicles, with more than a few trials and errors along the way. Take…