Class 50s in Cornwall

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

Thames Valley branch · Presenter: David Keogh

1966 Farewell to steam

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

Thames Valley branch · Presenter: Mike Beale

A Little History of the Cadeby Light Railway

Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

Many people will be aware of the Cadeby Light Railway which the Rev.Teddy Boston built around the garden of his Leicestershire rectory between 1963 and 2005.  In this presentation Dave gives us a personal account of visiting the railway, and his experiences of helping to run the various railways on the Cadeby rectory site.  After 2005,…

An Indian Railway Tour

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

This talk will take us on two tours of Indian railways, the first in 1985, and the second in 2000.  Highlights of the 1985 tour include seeing steam traction in operation on both the broad gauge and metre gauge systems.  The tour in 2000 includes a superb and most eventful expedition to the Darjeeling Himalayan…

North Staffordshire Railway (Part 1)

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

This presentation is an amalgam of a talk that the late “Tommy” Tomalin put together many years ago entitled “North from Uttoxeter” plus various other images from a variety of sources to fill in the gaps.  Tommy’s slides have now been converted into a digital format.  This presentation also includes some pictures of the Cromford and…

Czech Railways

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

A tour around the Czech Republic by rail by Robert Pritchard with some general interest photos and maybe the odd tram thrown in! From Prague to Ostrava, Brno to Liberec we tour around the whole country, area by area, drawing on Robert’s extensive travels from 2011 through to this year.

Current GWR Scene

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

Mark Hopwood CBE (Managing Director GWR) will give us an update on current GWR operations and developments