Virtual Meeting
Virtual meetings are held using Zoom. Attendees should pre-register using the unique link provided for that event. Numbers may be limited.
Scenes from the 60’s in Colour
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomThis presentation centres on the railway scene from late 1965 to 1967 in the North West, although a few scenes from elsewhere do feature. The emphasis is on the variety of BR steam motive power still around at that time but occasional diesels and various steam types in industrial service also appear. All the pictures…
Steam in Africa
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomLive from Germany Guenter treats us to an evening of steam. Beginning with the South African Railway, in the second half he moves on to the National Railways of Zimbabwe, East African Railways in Kenya, Tanzania and Eritrea
Roger Harrison’s East Anglian Railways
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomRoger Harrison was an avid and loyal member of the Norfolk Railway Society from its inception in 1955 until he passed away in 2010. He was extraordinarily generous to the Society in his will, not only with a sizeable donation to Society funds, but also in making a bequest of his LNER photos and negatives…
The Experiences of a Railway Chaplain
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That was the Year that Was – 1965
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomGeoff 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,…
‘More from Oz in the 1990s’, by Rob Freeman
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMore of Rob's travels in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and a bit of Queensland in 1990, 1998 and 2000, featuring a wide range of locations and motive power showing some of the changes that took place in that decade as the political structure of the railways was changing and a new generation of diesels was…
A Pictorial Journey along the East West Rail Route – Bletchley to Bicester 2022
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomBranch committee member Clive Pepper shows the progress made on reinstating the East-West link between Bletchley and Bicester via our online ‘Zoom’ meeting.
After the Grouping
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomJeremy Harrison presents a selection of images from the LCGB/NRM Ken Nunn collection, covering the period 1923-1929. This year marks the Centenary of the 1923 Grouping, when most of the Railways of Great Britain were amalgamated into the 'Big Four' - the greatest reorganisation they had suffered in their first century, which was marked by…
Through the Lens, Through the Years – Cornwall
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomNigel says - 'We start way down west in Penzance and then work our way east, we'll visit the branch lines to St Ives, Falmouth (of course), Newquay and Looe. We'll also look at the clay lines and the Bodmin & Wenford Railway. We cross the border into Plymouth and finish on the Gunnislake branch,…
The Railways of Mid-Anglia, 1845 to 2023
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomAn exploration of the railway network of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire: how and why it developed in the way it did and the impact the railways have had on the region’s landscape, towns (particularly the major rail centres of Cambridge, March and Peterborough), industries and agriculture, as well as motive power and rolling stock. Until taking…
Out and about post the pandemic – Robert Pritchard
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomRobert presents a wide selection of photos of his recent travels in the UK and Europe from 2021-22 For this virtual event there is a suggested donation of £2. If you wish to contribute just follow the SFD Sheffield branch link below.
Railways at the Dawn of Nationalisation
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA presentation (via Zoom) of photographs from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley Archive of over 2000 photographs taken by Percy Moseley between 1911 and the 1970s. This presentation will cover the years from 1946 to 1949 - the time of Nationalisation, when the Big Four became British Railways - and will be made by…