National Meetings
Wrexham & Shropshire – a Photographic Retrospective
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomGeoff Plumb gives us a comprehensive look at this short-lived open access operator which nevertheless made a great impact in terms of quality travel. Photographic coverage, with privileged access, from the first crew training turns to the last public run and final empty stock working from Wrexham to Wembley Depot. For this virtual event, you…
Britain’s Railways in the 1930s
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA presentation from the LCGB/NRM Ken Nunn collection, by Jeremy Harrison, of images from the 1930s. Perhaps the zenith of Britain's railways, marked by the new streamlined trains of the LNER and LMSR, the 1930s also saw them celebrate their history, marking the 50th anniversary of the 'Race to the North' with a recreated train…
Irish Rail 2004-2008: A Period of Rapid Change
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomDavid Allen was made aware of an ongoing programme involving resignalling and the delivery a large fleet of dmus, following a meeting in 2003 with the then Modernisation Manager Irish Rail, Oliver Doyle, The aim was to rid secondary routes of loco haulage and at the same time, replace traditional mechanical signalling by centralised control…
From War to Nationalisation: Britain’s Railways from 1945 into the 1950s
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA presentation from the LCGB/NRM Ken Nunn collection, by Jeremy Harrison, of images from 1945 into the 1950s. This was a period of rapid change, as the railways changed from their drab, run down appearence at the end of the war, to a bright, clean new order, with the first glimpses of modernisation and a…
Slovakia’s Railways – 12 years of travels
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomRobert Pritchard will give a presentation on the railways of Slovakia over the last 12 years, from 2012 to 2023. He will give us a tour of Slovakia by rail including some general interest photos and maybe the odd tram thrown in. The talk will be in three geographical sections - covering the capital Bratislava…
A Southern Miscellany, from the RCTS Photographic Archive
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomDavid Jackman will present "A Southern Miscellany", as seen through the lens of photographers who have passed their images to the Society's Photographic Archive, featuring a potpourri of photographs from the 1950s onwards (mainly from the 60s and 70s), including a wide selection of steam, diesel and electric motive power across the region, from the…
European Steam – a Video Miscellany
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMichael Grieves started taking cine film in the 1960s, and from 1969 into the 1970s, took much on various trips to Europe in search of steam, which has now been scanned into digital format. Tonight he will show a miscellany, drawing from trips to Czechoslovakia, Austria - featuring the Vordernberg rack line in winter -…
A 1968 Jet Search for Steam
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomThe introduction of “Pacesetter” fares for under-26-year-olds in 1968 made international air travel much more affordable, and Frank Stamford - our regular Australian attendee - took advantage of them to make a fifteen-week round the world trip in search of steam, visiting Indonesia, the British Isles, Western Europe (from Portugal to West Germany), and South…
Members’ Day and AGM 2024
Grand Station, Wolverhampton Sun Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomThe AGM part of the day will allow remote participation via Zoom. If attending remotely, you must pre-register with Zoom, using the link below. Brunel Suite, Grand Station, Sun Street, Wolverhampton, WV10 0BF Saturday 20th April 2024 (doors open at 10.30 for 11:00 start) Programme for the day 11.00 Welcome and Refreshments Professional photographer Jack…
The Narrow Gauge Railways of France
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomTony Bowles brings us another selection from The Restoration & Archiving Trust, this time comprising a mixture of colour and black & white photographs covering the narrow gauge lines in France that were still existed from the mid 1950s onwards, starting in Corsica & finishing on the Reseau Breton. For this virtual event, you will…
My Early Photography, 1959-1966
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomRobin Patrick gives a presentation of his early black & white photography, from 1959 to 1966, a period in which he started his railway career at Roade. So 1964 with steam on WCML - the year he would most like to go back to - features strongly. But he also travelled around the country, visiting…
Günter Oczko and friends – Steam Worldwide between 1970 and 2024
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomGünter is promising a further selection of excellent Steam photography from around the world, featuring both his own work, and of his friends Bernhard Haseneder and Dirk Hoellerhage. Countries featured include Germany (both West and East), Czechoslovakia, Turkey, India, South Africa and China, over the last half century (and a bit). An event to bring…