Virtual Meeting
Virtual meetings are held using Zoom. Attendees should pre-register using the unique link provided for that event. Numbers may be limited.
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FeaturedGreat Little Steam Railways of Wales
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventA personal view of Steam on the Great Little Railways of Wales in the present century. Railways featured include the Welsh Highland, Festiniog, Talyllyn, Corris, Vale of Rheidol and Welshpool & Llanfair. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket. Free for RCTS members, but a £2.00 donation will be requested at the checkout.…
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FeaturedBritain’s Railways In The 1950s and 60s
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventBlack & White Photos from the Restoration & Archiving Trust Collection, presented by Mike Dodd. Every region is covered, including GWR, LMS, LNER and Southern ranging across Scotland, England and Wales. The images to be shown this evening come from a few of the negatives held at the archive, from the collections of five photographers:…
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FeaturedThat Was The Year That Was 1965
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventGeoff Plumb returns with another presentation of his excellent photography, this time looking back at 1965. Steam was still in evidence on his local line, the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint, while he also made many visits to the South Western Mainline, the Isle of Wight, North Wales, and other steam strongholds round the country,…
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FeaturedFrench Railways 1965-72 – a Video Miscellany
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventMichael Grieves started taking cine film in the 1960s, and, as steam in Britain came to an end, made many European trips in search of it, taking many films of what he found - these have now been scanned into digital format. Tonight he will show a miscellany drawing from his trips to France between…
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FeaturedTwo Decades Ago … A Further Selection
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventA further look back at what I was photographing in the first decade of this century, now some twenty years ago – so near or so far? A varied mix of steam, diesel and electric, on main, preserved and narrow gauge lines, at home and abroad. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket.…
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FeaturedTwo Decades Ago…
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventA look back at what I was photographing at the start of this century, now over twenty years ago - so near or so far? A varied mix of steam, diesel and electric, on main, preserved and narrow gauge lines, at home and abroad. For this virtual event, you will require a ticket. Free for…
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FeaturedIndia (Part 1)
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventPeter Robins presents images from his trips to India (and on into Pakistan) in the 1980s. India was always a wonderful but slightly frustrating country that was full of surprises - some good, some not so. From visits made in 1981 and 1987, this presentation includes a variety of steam classes at work on both…
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FeaturedRailways before (and during) the War – that’s the Great War! (Part 3)
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventA further presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight’s is the final part, featuring Welsh railways, ventures to Belgium and France, and then a wider look at British railways in 1914 and 1915, when it was…
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Railways Remembered in North East England
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomRecently published by Crécy is Railways Remembered: North East England. This full colour volume covers the area from the Scottish Border to the Tees, and inland to the North Pennines. All facets of railway operations are covered: steam, diesel and electric; town and country; freight and passenger; BR and industry. One of the co-authors, Charles…
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FeaturedNorth from Kings Cross – Photos from the RCTS Archive
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomVirtual EventA photographic review of the southern ECML, drawn from the Society’s Photographic archive by David Jackman. This features both the steam and diesel eras – while not completely forgetting the electric era – with the odd deviation along the way.
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Milton Keynes Branch Zoom Meeting – ‘Colourful North Bucks’
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomJoin us for our second meeting of the year on Zoom – Clive Pepper will take us on a look back over the last forty years at some of the railway traffic and operations in North Bucks. Particular emphasis will be on the wide variety of colourful liveries seen on both passenger and freight workings…
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WFD Branch Zoom Meeting – ‘The History of the Severn Valley Railway’, by Bernie Holland, 4th February 2025
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomBernie Holland takes us from Shrewsbury to Hartlebury and Kidderminster taking in the branch from Northwood to Woofferton. Black and white and colour images from the 1950s and 1960s along with some views of what remains in preservation between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster. Please note this is a virtual Zoom meeting, you will need to register via the…