WMD West Midlands branch
A Touch of Eastern Promise – Java & Sumatra
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomThe first part of the presentation will show images from a 1977 visit made by myself and fellow photographer John Hunt. In an effort to find working steam we did almost all of our travelling by rail and often on the footplate. We made a counter-clockwise trip around Java and suitable maps will be shown.…
POSTPONED: AGM + Members images
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomSteam Memories 2
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United Kingdom
The Ian Allan Story
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United Kingdom
The LMS 10000 Project
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomChange of date: Is it ‘A Clear Road Ahead for the Railways’
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomOur local transport expert, Fraser Pithie, turns his attention to the national scene and asks the question "Is it "A Clear Road Ahead" for the Railways. Change of date: The meeting has been deferred by a week from its original date of 19th September owing to the Funeral of The late Queen Elizabeth taking place…
Moving Coal by Rail
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomThis presentation takes us from the beginning of moving coal by rail on early waggon ways and progresses through to the present day.
The Long Lost Roy Vincent and Tom Williams Collections
WMD Coventry Cheylesmore Community Centre, Arundel/Poitiers Road, Coventry, United KingdomFor many years both authors and publishers alike would have loved to include images from these collections in their titles. In this presentation our own well versed speaker, Chris Youett, will explain their stories in detail. Roy Vincent was an official photographer for the LNER and later British Railways Eastern region. We will also include…