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SWL Radyr, Cardiff

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Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road
Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF United Kingdom Get Directions
Phone 07709 993127 or 07963 439903
Website https://www.radyrandmorganstown.org/

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  • Over the years at The Tremorfa and Castle works

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    The RCTS South Wales branch are proud to announce that Brian Rolley will be presenting what promises to be a fascinating talk on the internal system at the Tremorfa and Castle Steel works in Cardiff. Expect plenty of images from a railway that is not normally accessible or even visible to the general public. Doors…

  • Transforming The Transport for Wales Fleet

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    A talk by Andrew Gainsbury with photography by Jeremy Segrott

  • The men and machines of the US 756th Railshop Battalion in South Wales

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    In the run up to D-Day many parts of the UK rail network were taken over by the United States Army to prepare the rolling stock that would be needed to run on the railways of France and Europe after the invasio, including the iconic S160 Locomotive, many of which were at Ebbw Junction Shed…

  • Branch Social Meeting

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

  • The Fourth Rowland Pittard Memorial Lecture: An evening of images from the collection of Bob Masterman

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    For the fourth annual Rowland Pittard Memorial Lecture, The RCTS South Wales branch is delighted to welcome Robert Masterman back to The Old Church Rooms in Radyr. Bob is widely regarded as one of the foremost railway photographers of his, or any, generation and is perhaps best known for his work documenting the ever evolving…

  • The Barry Dock and Railway Company

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Peter Fortune will provide an historical overview of the development and operation of this small but very successful railway company which transformed the coal trade in South wales for three decades in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. A Great Western Railway 56XX tank brings  short freight over the Barry Railway's iconic Walnut Tree…

  • A Tale of Two Continents David Waldron

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Dave Waldron will return to the Branch to present a post-COVID five day test-trip to The Netherlands featuring steam trains and trams followed by two adventures in the NW USA which included 'trains, planes and automobiles '- plus a few boats.

  • A Tale of Two Continents

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Dave Waldron will make a welcome return to the Branch with a photographic selection of images, particularly from the USA

  • Branch AGM followed by A South Wales Showcase

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    The Branch AGM will be followed by a medley of images from a number of members of the Railways in South Wales Facebook Group led by Jeremy Segrott, Branch Chairman

  • UK Steam Hauled Goods Trains since 1980

    SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Tony Wardrobe will make a welcome return to the branch to present a varied selection of his own slides featuring steam hauled goods trains across the whole of the UK.