Virtual Meeting
Virtual meetings are held using Zoom. Attendees should pre-register using the unique link provided for that event. Numbers may be limited.
Events at this venue
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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.
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The Wrexham & Shropshire Railway
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMerseyside, Cheshire & North Wales branch · Presenter: Geoff Plumb
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Steam Variety in Northern China
FeaturedVirtual 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…
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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.
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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…
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Magnus Volk and His Amazing Railways
FeaturedVirtual 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…
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Online Transport Archive – The Electric Railways of Merseyside
FeaturedVirtual 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…
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The Art of Timetable Planning
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomSurrey branch · Presenter: Stephen Newman
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A Little History of the Cadeby Light Railway
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomMany people will be aware of the Cadeby Light Railway which the Rev.Teddy Boston built around the garden of his Leicestershire rectory between 1963 and 2005. In this presentation Dave gives us a personal account of visiting the railway, and his experiences of helping to run the various railways on the Cadeby rectory site. After 2005,…
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That Was The Year That Was – 1964
FeaturedVirtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomGeoff Plumb returns with the next installment of his highly enjoyable series, bringing Colour Photos from his schoolboy travels during 1964, including several RCTS tours with Stanier, Bulleid and Gresley Pacifics in England and Scotland. Also featuring are shed scenes and industrials around the London area and parts of Yorkshire; holidays in the Cambrian Coast…
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Zoom Meeting – Roaming the Southern Rails from Portsmouth and Quiz
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomJoin us from the comfort of your own home for more members presentations on Zoom.
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‘Yours Faithfully’, by Bernie Holland
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomA retrospective pictorial tribute to Jack Faithfull, one of the pioneer photographers of the RCTS.