Virtual Meeting
Virtual meetings are held using Zoom. Attendees should pre-register using the unique link provided for that event. Numbers may be limited.
‘Twixt War and Grouping
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA selection of images of Britain's Railways between 1919 and 1922 - the period between the Armistice and the Grouping, now a century ago - drawn from the Ken Nunn collection (of the LCGB/NRM), and presented by Jeremy Harrison.
Was That Really 40 Years Ago?
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomTime to turn the clock back over 40 years! Having re-discovered his camera, David Allen journeys throughout BR between 1978 and 1981, with a presentation of the often neglected BR Blue era for all to enjoy.
The Paul Riley Commemorative Show – Part 1 1961-1965
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomThis presentation, by Tony Bowles of The Restoration & Archiving Trust, covers all regions of BR & a wide variety of traffic. It is all colour and covers the Western & Southern Regions in the first half and the remainder after the break.
The Phoenix Railway-Photographic Circle
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomThe Phoenix Railway-Photographic Circle is an organisation whose principal aim is to encourage the creation of high-quality, imaginative railway photographs of the contemporary railway scene. In this meeting we will hear about the Circle's work; how it was formed and how it operates; and the inside story behind the book, "50 Years of Phoenix", published…
Southern Coaches – Part 1, The Maunsell Era
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomWhile locomotives - especially of the steam variety - took the glory, the coaches that they hauled were just as important. Mike King comes to tell of those introduced by the Southern Railway between the grouping of 1923 and the late 1930s, under the supervision of Richard Maunsell, its first Chief Mechanical Engineer.
The Wrexham & Shropshire Railway
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMerseyside, Cheshire & North Wales branch · Presenter: Geoff Plumb
Steam Variety in Northern China
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomPeter Robins returns, with a presentation showing the splendour of steam in China, the fruit of several visits that he made. Starting with an April 1988 visit which covered from Nancha in the North East to Lanzhou in the West, the show includes loco construction at Datong and Tangshan as well as the older JF/RM/SL…
Revolution Very Light Rail Development, by Darren Smith
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomDARREN SMITH, from Transport Design International, presents a talk about the Revolution Very Light Railway Train currently being tested at Ironbridge.
Getting The Balance Right
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomFor this National - International - Zoom Meeting we are joining the Locomotive Club of Great Britain and the Continental Railway Circle, for a presentation by Australian author and historian Trevor Edmonds from Dorrigo, New South Wales, on 'How the British Army learned to operate military railways before the First World War', an experience which…
Magnus Volk and His Amazing Railways
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMagnus Volk was a true pioneer of all things electrical, and today is chiefly remembered for the creation of Volk’s Electric Railway, which opened in 1883 and still runs along Brighton seafront, now recognised as the oldest electric railway in the world. He also built an even more extraordinary railway in Brighton, and this talk…
The Varying Fortunes of the Hatfield to St Albans Railway
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA presentation by Alistair Cameron Bananas, bibles and pot boilers - something for all in this presentation about a local branch line, now a well-used footpath and cycleway. Alastair will tell of the history and current position of the line and the Smallford Station project. Please note this is ZOOM ONLY . After registering please…
Online Transport Archive – The Electric Railways of Merseyside
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomCharles Roberts will delve into the Online Transport Archive to tell the story of Merseyside's Electric Railways. Spanning the period from the Early 1950s to the present day, he will cover the Liverpool Overhead Railway (the 'Docker's Umbrella'), the former LMS lines from Liverpool Exchange to Southport/Ormskirk and from Liverpool Central to the Wirral, the…