National Meetings

Dave Coxon started work for British Railways at the Loco Works in Derby in 1964. During his long career Dave has worked for the LM CM&EE, the DM&EE and R&DD, for Serco and latterly for Bombardier in Derby. Dave was part of the Commissioning Section at the RTC Derby who were involved with testing and…

This presentation is a variety of images with a definite cold winter theme starting in the UK then moving through Europe, to Ukraine and on to China. If (as is likely based on recent years) we have missed out on a White Christmas, this will make up for it; and if perchance the weather is…

A further presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight's is the second of the three parts,  featuring Southern and Western (the railways which would be amalgamated into the Southern, GWR and LMSR in 1923). The Ken…

A further presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight’s is the final part, featuring Welsh railways, ventures to Belgium and France, and then a wider look at British railways in 1914 and 1915, when it was…

Peter Robins presents images from his trips to India (and on into Pakistan) in the 1980s. India was always a wonderful but slightly frustrating country that was full of surprises - some good, some not so. From visits made in 1981 and 1987, this presentation includes a variety of steam classes at work on both…

A look back at what I was photographing at the start of this century, now over twenty years ago - so near or so far? A varied mix of steam, diesel and electric, on main, preserved and narrow gauge lines, at home and abroad. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket. Free for…

A further look back at what I was photographing in the first decade of this century, now some twenty years ago – so near or so far? A varied mix of steam, diesel and electric, on main, preserved and narrow gauge lines, at home and abroad. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket.…

Michael Grieves started taking cine film in the 1960s, and, as steam in Britain came to an end, made many European trips in search of it, taking many films of what he found - these have now been scanned into digital format. Tonight he will show a miscellany drawing from his trips to France between…

Geoff Plumb returns with another presentation of his excellent photography, this time looking back at 1965. Steam was still in evidence on his local line, the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint, while he also made many visits to the South Western Mainline, the Isle of Wight, North Wales, and other steam strongholds round the country,…

Black & White Photos from the Restoration & Archiving Trust Collection, presented by Mike Dodd. Every region is covered, including GWR, LMS, LNER and Southern ranging across Scotland, England and Wales. The images to be shown this evening come from a few of the negatives held at the archive, from the collections of five photographers:…

A personal view of Steam on the Great Little Railways of Wales in the present century. Railways featured include the Welsh Highland, Festiniog, Talyllyn, Corris, Vale of Rheidol and Welshpool & Llanfair. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket. Free for RCTS members, but a £2.00 donation will be requested at the checkout.…