TVY Didcot
Czech Railways
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomA tour around the Czech Republic by rail by Robert Pritchard with some general interest photos and maybe the odd tram thrown in! From Prague to Ostrava, Brno to Liberec we tour around the whole country, area by area, drawing on Robert’s extensive travels from 2011 through to this year.
By Diesel Hydraulics around the Western Region
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomJoe Turner spent most of his career working for British Rail Western Region. In this slide show Joe presents WR diesel hydraulics in their various liveries from the late 1950’s through to the later years of the 1970’s, and on into preservation. As well as the well known Westerns, Warships, and Hymeks, Joe also shows…
North Staffordshire Railway (Part 1)
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThis presentation is an amalgam of a talk that the late “Tommy” Tomalin put together many years ago entitled “North from Uttoxeter” plus various other images from a variety of sources to fill in the gaps. Tommy’s slides have now been converted into a digital format. This presentation also includes some pictures of the Cromford and…
An Indian Railway Tour
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThis talk will take us on two tours of Indian railways, the first in 1985, and the second in 2000. Highlights of the 1985 tour include seeing steam traction in operation on both the broad gauge and metre gauge systems. The tour in 2000 includes a superb and most eventful expedition to the Darjeeling Himalayan…
Eastleigh from Railway Junction to Railway Centre
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThe presentation will cover the development of Eastleigh from its initial location as a junction for the line to Gosport intended to serve Portsmouth to the present day. We will look at the establishment of the Railway Workshops and the Running Shed leading up to the present railway facilities.
POSTPONED Diesel hydraulics around the Western Region
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThames Valley branch · Presenter: Joe Turner
1966 Farewell to steam
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThames Valley branch · Presenter: Mike Beale
Class 50s in Cornwall
TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United KingdomThames Valley branch · Presenter: David Keogh