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European Steam – a Video Miscellany
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMichael Grieves started taking cine film in the 1960s, and from 1969 into the 1970s, took much on various trips to Europe in search of steam, which has now been scanned into digital format. Tonight he will show a miscellany, drawing from trips to Czechoslovakia, Austria - featuring the Vordernberg rack line in winter -…
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A Southern Miscellany, from the RCTS Photographic Archive
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomDavid Jackman will present "A Southern Miscellany", as seen through the lens of photographers who have passed their images to the Society's Photographic Archive, featuring a potpourri of photographs from the 1950s onwards (mainly from the 60s and 70s), including a wide selection of steam, diesel and electric motive power across the region, from the…
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Railways Remembered – 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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Railways in 1950 and 1951, from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley collection
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA further presentation of photographs from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley Archive of over 2000 photographs taken by the late Percy Moseley between 1911 and the 1970s. Following previous presentations of images from the 1940s, this will cover the years 1950 and 1951 – just after Nationalisation, when British Railways was establishing its own…
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Slovakia’s Railways – 12 years of travels
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomRobert Pritchard will give a presentation on the railways of Slovakia over the last 12 years, from 2012 to 2023. He will give us a tour of Slovakia by rail including some general interest photos and maybe the odd tram thrown in. The talk will be in three geographical sections - covering the capital Bratislava…
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‘Railways in and around World War Two’, by Robin Mathams
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomNote this is a Virtual Zoom Meeting for which you can register via the ‘Register with Zoom’ link below. There is no charge for this meeting but donations would be gratefully received, these can be made by following the ‘organiser’ link, also below.
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East West Rail Update & The Newport Nobby
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomJoin us for another evening of members' presentations on Zoom. Clive Pepper will present an update on the developments with East West Rail and Steve Dexter will take a look back at the Newport Pagnell branch line.
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From War to Nationalisation: Britain’s Railways from 1945 into the 1950s
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA presentation from the LCGB/NRM Ken Nunn collection, by Jeremy Harrison, of images from 1945 into the 1950s. This was a period of rapid change, as the railways changed from their drab, run down appearence at the end of the war, to a bright, clean new order, with the first glimpses of modernisation and a…
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Transforming rail travel across East Anglia – the Greater Anglia story
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Out and about in the UK and Europe 2023 by Robert Pritchard
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomRobert Pritchard returns with his traditional New Year virtual show and will present a wide selection of his photos from recent travels in the UK and Europe. Nine different countries will feature tonight, and whilst most images will be from the UK, Robert will also describe a marathon 21 hour journey by train from Bratislava…
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That was the Year that Was – 1966
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom1966 was a busy year for Geoff: whilst still a schoolboy, he covered a considerable amount of the country. This presentation includes scenes on various North Wales Narrow Gauge Lines and the Cambrian Coast, holidays in the north west of England and several RCTS railtours. These include the ’Somerset & Dorset Farewell’, the ‘Longmoor Military…
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Irish Rail 2004-2008: A Period of Rapid Change
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomDavid Allen was made aware of an ongoing programme involving resignalling and the delivery a large fleet of dmus, following a meeting in 2003 with the then Modernisation Manager Irish Rail, Oliver Doyle, The aim was to rid secondary routes of loco haulage and at the same time, replace traditional mechanical signalling by centralised control…