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  • A look at the history of the Wallingford and Watlington Railway

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

    The presentation will look at the history of the Branch Line from the original opening in 1866 to the current day and an explanation of how the nickname of the “ The Bunk” came about. This includes takeover by the GWR in 1872, building of the station at Cholsey and subsequent growth in traffic pre-WW2…

  • All Change, Britain’s Railways 1967 to 1979

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

    Following Mike’s personal farewell tour of steam around the UK in 1966, railways took a back seat in his life. University, jobs, marriage, and children took over and railway photographs generally resulted from being at a location for other reasons, rather than special trips to photograph trains. However, the photos he did take chart an…

  • Czech Railways

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

    A 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 Kingdom

    Joe 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 Kingdom

    This 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 Kingdom

    This 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 Kingdom

    The 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.

  • 1966 Farewell to steam

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

    Thames Valley branch · Presenter: Mike Beale

  • Class 50s in Cornwall

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

    Thames Valley branch · Presenter: David Keogh