• TVY Branch – The History of the North London Line

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    The presentation explores the fluctuating history of the North London line and includes a photographic journey from Richmond to the former Terminus of Broad Street.

  • TVY Branch – My time inside the Wall – Memories of Swindon Works

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    Martin, who is well known to many of our RCTS Branch members, having been the host of our successful Swindon Works railway sites tour which we ran last year, comes from a long family line of Swindon railway employees. In this talk Martin will give us some of his personnel experiences of life inside Swindon…

  • TVY Branch – Conditions of Carriage Part 1 – the History of Railway Carriages

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    Railway carriages may be overshadowed by the glamour of the locomotive, but they can be glamorous too - or very basic! This presentation traces the diverse and fascinating story of how carriages evolved from the early stagecoach on rails; to modern day vehicles, with more than a few trials and errors along the way. Take…

  • Britain’s Changing Railway from Outside and In

    TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

    Phil Deaves - a career railwayman, takes us on a journey looking at Britain’s changing railway. Starting in the 1980’s, his early interest in railways with his local church Crusader group holidays, visiting engine sheds and stations, through the various jobs and roles he has had in his railway career. On the way we will…