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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260908T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260908T163000
DTSTAMP:20260901T160935Z
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UID:10003316-1788876000-1788885000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:A Wee Look Around Scotland
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin &Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Robin Mathams. \nDetails to follow. \nDoors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/a-wee-look-around-scotland/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260714T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260714T163000
DTSTAMP:20260901T212952Z
CREATED:20251128T104831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T212952Z
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SUMMARY:A Plug for Brunel
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Colin Brading. \nDetails to follow. \nDoors open at 13:30 for 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/a-plug-for-brunel/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T163000
DTSTAMP:20260901T212953Z
CREATED:20251128T104547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T212953Z
UID:10003312-1781013600-1781022600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:London's Underground Trains of the Past
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Brian Hardy. \nDetails to follow. \nDoors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/londons-underground-trains-of-the-past/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings,Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T163000
DTSTAMP:20251126T161023Z
CREATED:20251126T161023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T161023Z
UID:10003308-1778594400-1778603400@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Oliver Bulleid and 35028 "Clan Line"
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Simon Martin. \nDetails to follow. \nDoors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/oliver-bulleid-and-35028-clan-line/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260414T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260414T163000
DTSTAMP:20251126T160659Z
CREATED:20251126T160659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T160659Z
UID:10003307-1776175200-1776184200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Vintage Trains Story - To a Train Operating Company
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Mike Corbett. \nDetails to follow. \nDoors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-vintage-trains-story-to-a-train-operating-company/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T163000
DTSTAMP:20260303T114102Z
CREATED:20251126T115602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T114102Z
UID:10003305-1773151200-1773160200@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Timetable Planning - A Dark Art\, Plus More.
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Dave Hepper. \nAfter a career in Operational Planning\, retired Anglia Train Planning Manager Dave Hepper will be talking on how (and how not) to plan a timetable. But not just timetabling\, Dave will also explain how traction and traincrew diagrams resource the timetable\, and touch on traincrew rosters too. \nA complex subject\, but by using examples from the Elizabeth line timetable\, where Dave retired after 43 years service\, hopefully the myth that timetabling is a ‘Dark Art’ can be dispelled. \nDoors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/timetable-planning-a-dark-art-plus-more/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260210T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260210T163000
DTSTAMP:20251126T114432Z
CREATED:20251126T114432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T114432Z
UID:10003302-1770732000-1770741000@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Last Years of Steam 1966-1967
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Michael Smyth. \nDetails to follow. \nDoors open 13:30 for  14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-last-years-of-steam-1966-1967/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260113T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260113T163000
DTSTAMP:20251126T112448Z
CREATED:20251126T110758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T112448Z
UID:10003301-1768312800-1768321800@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Eurostar - 30 Years & Counting
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Chris McCanless. \nDetails to follow. \nDoors open at 13:30 for a 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/eurostar-30-years-counting/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251209T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251209T163000
DTSTAMP:20251126T105846Z
CREATED:20250728T151457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T105846Z
UID:10003134-1765288800-1765297800@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:Sugar\, Steam and Sunsets (Java)
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by David Longman. \nIn the early years of this century\, David Longman made a series of trips to photograph the remaining steam locomotives working on the narrow gauge sugar lines in Java.  Unwilling to join an organised group he travelled the length of the island by bus\, motorcycle and becak\, locating the various ‘pabrik gula’ and bringing back a snapshot not only of the railways but also the lives of the people of this Indonesian island.  Whilst there is now little or nothing left of these wonderful little railways\, as road transport has rendered them largely redundant\, David will be recalling the people he met\, the ‘Beast Of Tasik Madu’ and places his visited during his photographic wanderings. \nDoors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start. \nThere will be an extended interval break! (with Christmas “nibbles”)
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/sugar-stam-and-sunsets-java/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T163000
DTSTAMP:20251029T181742Z
CREATED:20250728T150835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T181742Z
UID:10003133-1762869600-1762878600@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:From Litchurch Lane to Temple Mills via Paris - A working life on the rails.
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Hugh Driscoll. \n(This replaces the previously advertised presentation) \nHugh will be describing his railway career\, from his initial training at Derby Carriage Works\nthrough varied BR engineering training scheme placements\, then on to working in depots for\nBR\, Intercity and Eurostar in a variety of roles. \nHugh will also describe time he spent working for Network Rail on the Anglia Zone\, dealing\nwith infrastructure specialists and train operators. \nDoors open 13:30\, presentation starts 14:00.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/25-years-of-early-diesels-1959-1984/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T163000
DTSTAMP:20251002T143839Z
CREATED:20250629T145045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T143839Z
UID:10003114-1760450400-1760459400@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Last Four Years of Steam
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation by George Howe. \nGeorge tells us that: \nThis will be a slide show which will take you back to the steam era 1964 to 1968 if you were around in that time. If younger hopefully it will show life\, and how I travelled about to capture live steam. \nI travelled all four regions to where steam locomotives were still in use\, and witnessed diesels coming in to replace them. Steam gradually disappearing over this time\, leaving the last area of the country to see them being the north west of England. \nThe reason for my title of this presentation is\, I started using slide films in 1964\, and steam finally came to an end in 1968. About sixty one years ago when I started with slide films\, and four years before steam on service trains finally disappeared. \nDoors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start.
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-last-four-years-of-steam-2/
LOCATION:St Marks Church Hall\, Hitchin SG5 1UR\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250909T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250909T163000
DTSTAMP:20250821T103921Z
CREATED:20250629T144333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T103921Z
UID:10003112-1757426400-1757435400@rcts.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Midland Main Line - Bedford to St Pancras
DESCRIPTION:A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City branch presentation\, from the Peter Bland Collection\, by Bryan Cross. \nA digital presentation of images mostly scanned directly from the negatives of Peter Bland & Harold Clements. \nWe will travel along the ex-Midland Main Line\, Bedford to St Pancras & Moorgate. Looking at the early history\, aided by maps & diagrams but mostly photographs covering the period mid 1950’s to 1961 and the end steam hauled suburban services. \nDoors open 13:30 for a 14:00 start. \n 
URL:https://rcts.org.uk/event/the-midland-main-line-bedford-to-st-pancras/
LOCATION:HTC Hitchin\, St Mark's Church\, St Mark's Close\, Lancaster Avenue\, Hitchin\, Hertfordshire\, SG5 1UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings – in person only,HTC Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City,Indoor Event
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