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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250715T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250715T190000
DTSTAMP:20250608T151604Z
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T200000
DTSTAMP:20250608T144814Z
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250520T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250520T213000
DTSTAMP:20250210T123051Z
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250218T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250218T163000
DTSTAMP:20241125T205607Z
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rcts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/250218-Picture4-from-Colin-B.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250121T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250121T163000
DTSTAMP:20241125T204819Z
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rcts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/thames-valley-branch/MACCLE_1-scaled.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241015T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241015T213000
DTSTAMP:20240816T141202Z
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240917T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240917T213000
DTSTAMP:20240828T092348Z
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240910T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240910T160000
DTSTAMP:20240517T153314Z
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240813T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240813T180000
DTSTAMP:20240517T152452Z
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240716T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240716T190000
DTSTAMP:20240517T154347Z
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240620T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240620T200000
DTSTAMP:20240517T152907Z
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240430T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240430T160000
DTSTAMP:20240104T104755Z
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240220T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240220T163000
DTSTAMP:20231107T095424Z
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
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