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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T211151Z
UID:10003250-1773774000-1773783000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:TVY - Britain's Changing Railway from Outside and In
DESCRIPTION:Phil Deaves – a career railwayman\, takes us on a journey looking at Britain’s changing railway.\nStarting in the 1980’s\, his early interest in railways with his local church Crusader group holidays\,\nvisiting engine sheds and stations\, through the various jobs and roles he has had in his railway\ncareer. On the way we will look at some of the projects Phil has worked upon\, with an ‘inside’ view\nof some developments related to his employment.\nAlso\, within this talk\, Phil will give us an ‘inside view’ of his role as role as the infrastructure editor\nfor the RCTS Railway Observer magazine
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/britains-changing-railway-from-outside-and-in/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260217T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260217T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20250809T155840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T211037Z
UID:10003144-1771336800-1771345800@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:TVY Branch - Didcot to Birmingham Snow Hill - featuring the historic slides of Tommy Tomalin
DESCRIPTION:Brian Sullivan returns to give us a further selection of historic scanned slides taken by Tommy\nTomalin\, this time covering the route from Didcot through to Snow Hill station in\nBirmingham. There are stops at various stations along the route to see the railway operations.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/didcot-to-birmingham-snow-hill-featuring-the-historic-slides-of-tommy-tomalin/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,TVY Thames Valley
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260120T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260120T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20250809T151320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T141128Z
UID:10003143-1768917600-1768926600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:TVY Branch - Conditions of Carriage Part 1 - the History of Railway Carriages
DESCRIPTION:Railway carriages may be overshadowed by the glamour of the locomotive\, but they can be\nglamorous too – or very basic! This presentation traces the diverse and fascinating story of how\ncarriages evolved from the early stagecoach on rails; to modern day vehicles\, with more than a few\ntrials and errors along the way. Take your seats….
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/conditions-of-carriage-part-1-the-history-of-railway-carriages/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,TVY Thames Valley
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251216T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251216T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20250809T145546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T140948Z
UID:10003142-1765893600-1765902600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:TVY Branch - My time inside the Wall - Memories of Swindon Works
DESCRIPTION: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 Works in the 1970s and 80s. Martin started his railway career in the early 1970s\, taking up an apprenticeship in the railway works\, before moving on to do a number of roles within the works. In this talk Martin will give us some stories and details of the various activities and projects he worked upon within the works\, during his nine years of Swindon works employment.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/my-time-inside-the-wall-memories-of-swindon-works/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,TVY Thames Valley
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251118T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251118T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20250809T144215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T135804Z
UID:10003141-1763474400-1763483400@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:TVY Branch - The History of the North London Line
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-history-of-the-north-london-line/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,TVY Thames Valley
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251021T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251021T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20250809T134302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T133630Z
UID:10003140-1761073200-1761082200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:TVY Branch - The Mangotsfield Triangle - Lost Midland Railway routes to Bristol and Bath
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-mangotsfield-triangle-lost-midland-railway-routes-to-bristol-and-bath/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,TVY Thames Valley
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250916T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250916T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20250809T115014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T135607Z
UID:10003139-1758049200-1758058200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:TVY Branch - Recent and Future Projects at Didcot Railway Centre
DESCRIPTION:Richard Antliff (Didcot Railway Centre Civil Engineering Adviser) returns to give us a further insight\ninto some of the recent and future planned projects being undertaken at the Didcot Railway Centre\nsite. In addition\, as we celebrate Rail 200 this year\, Richard will also show us some of the activities\nhappening at other railway sites around the country.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/recent-and-future-projects-at-didcot-railway-centre/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,TVY Thames Valley
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250902T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250902T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20250608T151344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T142639Z
UID:10003088-1756810800-1756832400@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Cardiff Central Station and Valley Lines Observation
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/cardiff-station-and-valley-lines-observation/
LOCATION:Cardiff Station\, Central Square\,\, Cardiff\, Wales\, CF10 1EP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250812T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250812T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20250608T151113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250608T151113Z
UID:10003087-1755003600-1755018000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Eastleigh Station Observation
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/eastleigh-station-observation/
LOCATION:Eastleigh Station\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250715T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250715T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20250513T155514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250608T151604Z
UID:10003073-1752588000-1752606000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Banbury Station Observation
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/observations-at-banbury-station/
LOCATION:Banbury Station
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20250608T141659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250608T144814Z
UID:10003086-1750352400-1750363200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Reading Station Observation
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/reading-station-observation-2/
LOCATION:Reading Station
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250520T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250520T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20240828T094708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T123051Z
UID:10002815-1747767600-1747776600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:With Lance King in Ireland 1958-1963
DESCRIPTION: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\, Clara and Youghal. Steam and diesel in daily service on the Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway feature\, as does the memorable railtour with the last “Bandon tank”.  The early days of silver and “black and tan” liveried diesels can be glimpsed along the way. A time of great change.”\nThis talk was first given to the Irish Railway Record Society in 2019\, to whom Lance bequeathed his Irish photographic collection and is one of three talks covering the period from 1957 to 1970\, when steam ended in Northern Ireland.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/to-be-confirmed-8/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250218T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250218T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20240828T090241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241125T205607Z
UID:10002811-1739887200-1739896200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Remembering my lines
DESCRIPTION: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 will see infrastructure works\, trains and railway scenes of all descriptions\, travelling far and wide on gauges broad and narrow.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/remembering-my-lines/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250121T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250121T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20240828T085834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241125T204819Z
UID:10002810-1737468000-1737477000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:North Staffordshire Railway (Part 4)
DESCRIPTION: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 Potteries Loop Line from Etruria Junction to Kidsgrove\, the North Staffs main line from Stoke to Macclesfield\, the Macclesfield Bollington and Marple line (Great Central and North Staffs Joint Line) also known as the Macclesfield Committee Line\, and finally the North Staffs line from Lawton Junction to Sandbach.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/north-staffordshire-railway-part-4/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241015T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241015T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20240816T141202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240816T141202Z
UID:10002765-1729018800-1729027800@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:East Anglian Railway Heritage
DESCRIPTION:The presentation includes visits to Heritage Railways in East Anglia from 2011 and more frequent trips to the area following the presenters daughter’s move to Norfolk in 2018\, looking at heritage infrastructure on the national railway network and the surprising amount of surviving evidence of the many and varied lines through mainly rural areas many of which closed over 60 years ago.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/east-anglian-railway-heritage/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rcts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/thames-valley-branch/241015-IMG_2438-from-Mike-Beale-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240917T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240917T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20240808T114454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T092348Z
UID:10002761-1726599600-1726608600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Ivatt LMS 10000 Recreation Project
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society plan to recreate\, and operate 10000. \nIn the first half of this presentation we look at the original twins LMS 10000 and 10001 (the first British mainline diesel electric locomotives)\, and their place in history.   10000 and 10001 were designed by H.G. Ivatt and built by the LMS at their Derby Loco Works in 1947 / 48.  These locos proved many parts and concepts that are still in use on the  railway network today.  However before the  preservation movement had started to take notice of historically important diesel  locomotives\, 10000 was scrapped in 1968. \nIn the second half of this presentation we look at the current project which is planning to recreate 10000.  In recent years this has progressed to the construction of a locomotive chassis in 2022.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-ivatt-lms-10000-recreation-project/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rcts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/thames-valley-branch/240917-DL-10000-from-Tony-Ellershaw.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240910T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240910T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20240517T153314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240517T153314Z
UID:10002636-1725969600-1725984000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Afternoon Observation Meeting - Cardiff Central Station
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/afternoon-observation-meeting-cardiff-central-station/
LOCATION:Cardiff Station\, Central Square\,\, Cardiff\, Wales\, CF10 1EP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240813T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240813T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20240517T152452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240517T152452Z
UID:10002635-1723554000-1723572000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Afternoon Observation Meeting - Eastleigh Station
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/afternoon-observation-meeting-eastleigh-station/
LOCATION:Eastleigh Station\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240716T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240716T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20240517T150118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240517T154347Z
UID:10002634-1721138400-1721156400@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Observation Afternoon and Evening - Banbury Station
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/observation-afternoon-and-evening-banbury-station/
LOCATION:Banbury Station
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240620T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240620T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20240517T152840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240517T152907Z
UID:10002632-1718902800-1718913600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Observation Evening - Reading Station
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/observation-evening-reading-station-5/
LOCATION:Reading Station
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240430T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240430T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20240102T143359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240104T104755Z
UID:10002542-1714485600-1714492800@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Swindon Works and Railway Sites Walkaround Tour
DESCRIPTION:We plan to have a walkaround tour of the various remaining railway sites in Swindon. The tour will last approximately two hours and will be led by a former Swindon works employee and lifelong Swindon resident Martin Telling. During the walkaround tour we plan to visit the various workshops that still remain in the former works complex (many now converted for other uses)\, as well as a number of other GWR buildings in the vicinity of the railway works site. \nOur Guide Martin Telling started his railway career in September 1973 aged 16 as an Apprentice in the BREL Swindon Works Training School in Dean Street\, Swindon. Martin is proud to say that he is a fifth generation Swindon Railwayman. He served his time inside ‘the wall’ that encompassed Swindon Works\, completing his Apprenticeship in refurbishment of Locomotives and Rolling Stock in May 1977. Following this he then worked as a Technical Officer in the Works Drawing Office\, working on projects including the re-organisation of the Works\, Kent Coast Stock refurbishment\, Gloucester Y25 Bogies\, Plasser & Theurer Cranes\, Gun Boats for Nigeria and a Traversing Turntable for Hong Kong Railways. In 1983 Martin was promoted to the British Rail Western Region CM&EE’s department (still located within the Railway Works) where he worked on a number projects throughout the Western Region\, and following privatisation throughout the UK railway industry. Martin retired from the railway industry after over 45 years service in April 2019. \nLimited spaces available. Email tv-fixtures@rcts.org.uk to book your place. A £5 per person\ndonation (in aid of a local charity) will be taken on the day
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/swindon-works-and-railway-sites-walkaround-tour/
LOCATION:Swindon
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240220T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240220T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20231104T151537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T095424Z
UID:10002467-1708437600-1708446600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Western Enterprise
DESCRIPTION:Significant 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 connections with musings on the railway’s legend through time. Idiosyncratic\, controversial\, pioneering\, often successful but sometimes also accused of building ‘castles in the air’\, the three letters GWR continue to evoke great passion
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/western-enterprise/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rcts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/thames-valley-branch/240220-Western-at-Paddington-1-from-Colin-Brading-scaled.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231219T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231219T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20230424T160329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T160942Z
UID:10002276-1703012400-1703021400@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Railways following Branch AGM
DESCRIPTION: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  to passenger and freight depots.  He also saw the remains of the Hejaz railway and some tourist sites as well.  All this and more will be revealed in this show.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/kingdom-of-saudi-arabia-railways-following-branch-agm/
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231121T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231121T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20230424T154618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T135948Z
UID:10002275-1700575200-1700584200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:All Aboard the Pines Express (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this is an afternoon Meeting \nBack 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 Junction.  In this second talk we travel from Burnham on Sea across the levels to Evercreech Junction\, before heading South towards Bournemouth West via Templecombe (change for Waterloo and the West Country).  In this talk Chris not only shows us the express trains on this route\, but also the various freight and local passenger traffic serving the numerous stations\, yards\, and depots along the route. \n 
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/over-the-mendips/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231017T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231017T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20230424T153335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T160111Z
UID:10002273-1697569200-1697578200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:WW1 & WW2 Cross Channel Train Ferries and Associated Railways
DESCRIPTION:The 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 associated with movement of rolling stock and troops\, and in addition the significant involvement of the US army during WW2. \n 
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/ww1-ww2-cross-channel-train-ferries-and-associated-railways/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230919T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230919T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20230424T152605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T160158Z
UID:10002272-1695150000-1695159000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Swindon Works - The Final Years
DESCRIPTION:When 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 Buses\, and manufacture of cooling groups for Class 56 locos.  Swindon Works was awarded the contract for the refurbishment and rebuilding of the Kent Coast EMUs\, as well as maintenance work on DMUs\, and Class 03 and 08 diesel locos. During this time Harry also managed to increase the workforce from 2\,000 to over 4\,000 staff.  Swindon Works even built (under licence from Hunslet) 0-8-0 diesel hydraulic shunters for Kenya Railways.  Swindon Works finally closed in 1987 when Tarmac took over the site for redevelopment.  However some of the works buildings still remain today as part of the “Designer Outlet Village” and the Swindon Steam GWR Museum.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/swindon-works-the-final-years-2/
LOCATION:TVY Didcot\, Didcot Civic Hall\, Britwell Road\, Didcot\, OX11 7JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Indoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230815T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230815T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20230424T141336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T142602Z
UID:10002271-1692118800-1692129600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Observation Evening - Didcot Parkway Station
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/observation-evening-didcot-parkway-station/
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230718T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230718T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20230424T140939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T142529Z
UID:10002270-1689688800-1689710400@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Observation Afternoon Evening - Banbury Station
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/observation-afternoon-evening-banbury-station/
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230622T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230622T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20230424T140601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T142500Z
UID:10002269-1687453200-1687464000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Observation Evening - Reading Station
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/observation-evening-reading-station-3/
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230621T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230621T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T005148
CREATED:20230426T140712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T142603Z
UID:10002277-1687365000-1687377600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Observation Evening - Eastleigh Station
DESCRIPTION:This coincides with the RCTS Solent Branch Observation Evening
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/observation-evening-eastleigh-station-3/
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Event,TVY Thames Valley
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