WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church]
Events at this venue
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WEN : AGM followed by John Beaumont – Mainly GBRf Views
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomAfter the AGM John Beaumont will be entertaining us with a set of his videos covering GBRf workings throughout the country from his extensive travels in the areas where GBRf operate
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WEN – David Hunt : More 1970s and 80s Nostalgia
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomFor our Christmas meeting, David Hunt will be entertaining us with a traditional slide show with more 1970s and 1980s nostalgia from his extensive archive. The evening promises to take us North East South and West as David entertains us with his travels on the national network with plenty of photos off the beaten track,…
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WEN Geoff Hudson : The Class 50 Story – The British Rail Years
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomOur second meeting of our 2025/26 welcomes Geoff Hudson former Area Fleet Manager, Laira Depot, Plymouth 1989 - 1996 Class 50’s or D400’s as built were the last batch of first-generation diesel locomotives introduced by British Rail under the Modernisation Plan which saw the demise of steam and the transition to diesel traction. Constructed between…
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WEN – “Newton Abbot and its Branch lines” David Mitchell
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomDavid Mitchell opens our 2025/26 programme with his 5th talk on local railways, as the author of a number of local interest books David draws on his extensive archive and the talk will include the Marsh Barton & Heathfield branches with a brief look at the Teign Valley and Moretonhampstead branches before they closed, plus…
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RCTS WEN Branch Meeting : Chris Holland – A Railway Life
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomFor our March meeting we welcome Chris Holland a career railwayman who many will know for his work with Class 50s / Preservation and the Class 57 project for FGW. An accomplished photographer Chris will be entertaining us with a talk about his railway career
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RCTS WEN Branch Meeting : Barry Jones Devolved Diesels
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomFor our February meeting we welcome back Barry Jones from Plymouth who will be entertaining with some more of his excellent photographs of Diesels, the evening will be a photographic tour around Wales and Scotland from the late 1970s to date. A digital show. ****Please note the change of date from the second Saturday…
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RCTS WEN Branch Meeting and AGM: Alan Hopkins South African and Zimbabwe Steam in the 1980s
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomFollowing the AGM Alan Hopkins will be entertaining us with a talk about his visits to South Africa and Zimbabwe in search of steam during the 1980s. It promises to be a fascinating talk about the railways and the steam locos which kept the railways operating
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WEN This and That and Maybe the Other : Almost 20 years of digital photography
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomThe West of England December meeting will be a digital presentation by Charles Woodland, entitled This and That and Maybe the Other : Almost 20 years of digital photography. The presentation will cover HST changes, Mainline Steam and Diesel tours, Loco hauled trains and drags in the West of England area and if there is…
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RCTS WEN Branch Meeting : To be confirmed
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomOur December meeting will take place on Saturday 14th December when we will have a pre-christmas evening of entertainment
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RCTS WEN Branch Meeting : Bob Bradley : A Ray Shinn Retrospective
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United Kingdom***Please note the change of date to the third Saturday in November*** Many members of the branch will remember Ray Shinn, who sadly is no longer with us, and as custodian of his photo collection Bob has now digitised it and will present an evening of Rays photographic exploits. It promises to be a evening…
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RCTS WEN Branch Meeting : David Hunt – Diesels in the 1980s Part 2
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomThe first meeting of our 2024/25 will see David Hunt return to give us a show of his classic images from the 1980s. A tradition slide show, will see us transported back to the years when there were a variety of traffic flows with a the modernisation loco classes, as David goes on tour
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Diesels Through Devon
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomAmyas Crump returns to the branch with a new talk entitled Diesels Through Devon. This will cover new ground for Amyas as rather than a delve into the past of Steam, it will cover vintage diesels in the county from his extensive collection. It will come with Amyas unique eye for the unusual
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