LOCAL RAILWAY SOCIETIES
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Q1. 2025
January to March 2025
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Note this calendar is based on information provided as at 1 January 2025. As full details of meetings are not always published a full quarter in advance, up-dates to this calendar will occur periodically through the quarter.
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- Abergavenny & District Steam Society
(Venue: Kings Arms, Neville Street, Abergavenny, starts 8pm)
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Tuesday 14 January: Talk
‘Snailbeach District Railways’
Presented by Nigel Lewis
Tuesday 11 February: Talk
Ebbw Vale Steel Works
Presented by Lee Holland
Tuesday 11 March: Talk and Show
‘More from his large collection of railway films’
Presented by Michael Clemens
Alcester Railway Circle
(Venue: Alcester Unionist Club, High Street, Alcester B49 5AB, starts 7.30pm)
Monday 20 January: Talk
‘Steam Around Great Britain’
Presented by Davud Gouldthorpe
Monday 17 February: Talk
‘The Storey of the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway’
Presented by R Cragg
Monday 17 March: Talk
To be announced
Presented by Ian Greig
Aln Valley Railway
(Venue: The Old Waiting Room, Alnwick Station, 'Barter Books' bookshop, Alnwick NE66 2NP, start 7pm for 7.30pm)
Thursday 16 January: Talk
‘The Amble Branch’
Presented by Bart Rippon
Thursday 20 February: Talk
‘Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway’
Presented by Dr. Becky Peacock
Thursday 20 March: Talk
‘Pacer Trains’
Presented by Simon Haddon
Altrincham Electric Railway Preservation Society
(Venue: Altrincham Methodist Hall, Barrington Road, Altrincham WA14 1HF, starts 7.30pm)
Friday 10 January: Talk
‘Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Engine Sheds’
Presented by Noel Coates
Friday 14 February: Talk
‘Macclesfield Area Railways in the 1950s and 60s’
Presented by Martin Welch
Friday 14 March: Talk
‘Navigation Road and All That’
Presented by Ted Buckley’.
- Basingstoke and District Railway Society
(Venue: Wote Street Club, Basingstoke, RG21 7NG, starts 7.45pm)
Wednesday 8 January: Picture Show
A picture show of classic and modern image traction with Terry and Justin Foulger
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Wednesday 12 February: Talk
‘Eastern European Roundabouts’
Presented by John Godfrey
Wednesday 26 February: Talk
‘The Late Frank Saunders Collection’
Presented by Mike Dodd
Wednesday 12 March: Talk
‘PRINCE OF WALES - Brand new steam for the 21st century’
Presented by Chris Hardy
Wednesday 26 March: Talk
‘Steam Photo Charters’
Presented by Stephen Bigley
- Bath Railway Society
(Venue: Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath, BA1 2RH, starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 9 January: Talk
‘East Somerset Railway’
Presented by Nick Waton
Thursday 6 February: Talk
‘The Sugar Mill Railways of Cuba’
Presented by Brian May
Thursday 6 March: Talk
‘Locomotion No. 1’
Presented by Dr. Michael Bailey
Blandford Forum Railway Club
(Venue: Blandford Scout Hall, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7BS)
Awaiting Programme
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- Bradford Railway Circle
(Venue: Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library, 76 Kirkgate, Bradford BD1 1SZ, starts 2pm)
Wednesday 8 January: Talk
‘Travels on Fuji Provia Film 2020 to 2024’
Presented by Paul Corrie
Wednesday 5 February: Slide Show
‘Home & Home Again’
Presented by Alan Ward
Wednesday 5 March: Talk
‘The Slides of the late Alan Lovcey’
Presented by Andy Barclay
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- Bristol Railway Circle
(Venue: Redland Parish Church Hall: Times 1pm to 3pm)
Tuesday 21 January: Talk
Meeting (details to be announced)
Tuesday 4 February
DVD Evening (at President’s House)
Tuesday 18 February: Talk
Meeting (details to be announced)
Tuesday 4 March
Ten Minute Papers (at President’s House)
Tuesday 18 March: Talk
Meeting (details to be announced)
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- Bromsgrove Railway Club
(Venue: St Godwald's Church Hall, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove B60 2EA, starts 7:45pm)
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Wednesday 8 January: Talk
‘Swiss Railways’: an evening with Gareth Wigley (a Club committee member)
Wednesday 12 February: Digital Presentation
‘Worcester to Paddington’
Presented by Chris Smith
- Buntingford Railway & Local History Society
(Venue: The Crown, 17 High Street, Buntingford, starts 8pm)
Friday 17 January: Annual General Meeting
AGM followed by a Quiz
Friday 21 February: Talk
‘100 years of the Hertford Loop’
Presented by David Dent
Friday 21 March: Talk
‘History of the De Havilland Aircraft Factory’
Presented by Alistair Hodson
- Burton Railway Society
(Venue: Marston’s Sports & Social Club, Shobnall Road, Burton-on-Trent DE14 2BG, starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 2 January: Talk
‘Derbyshire Transport & Trails’
Presented by Andy Harris
Thursday 6 February: Talk - PSOV
Presented by Dave Richards
Thursday 6 March: Talk
‘ECML Part 2’
Presented by Stephen Gay
Thursday 27 March: AGM
Annual General Meeting
- Cambridge Railway Circle
(Venue: Arbury Community Centre, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD
Friday 3 January: Talk (by Zoom)
‘Highley in the early days and now up to date’
Presented by David Postle (Severn Valley Railway)
Friday 7 February: Talk
Photographs of the S&C, 1964-2024
Presented by Michael Smyth
Friday 7 March: Talk
‘EastWest Railways - Engineering aspects of a non-electric railway, the options leading up to a 2040 diesel ban'
Presented by Gail Buckland
- Cardiff & Avonside Railway Society
Saturday 25 January: Trip
A one-day visit to Birmingham, intending to include a visit to Tyseley Steam Works
Saturday 15 February: Trip
A one day visit to Chester
Cirencester Railway Society
(Venue: Bingham Library, 1 Dyer Street, Cirencester, GL7 2PZ, starts 7.30pm)
Friday 3 January: Talk
‘Trials and Tribulations of Creating a Heritage Railway in the 21st Century’
Presented by Howard Parker
Friday 7 February: Talk
‘Barry Docks, the Barry Railway and Woodham's Scrapyard’
Presented by Alan Price
Friday 7 March: Talk
‘The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway - 1979 to date’
Presented by Mark Bladwell
- Cornwall Railway Society
(Venue: Memorial Hall, Redruth Methodist Church, starts 6.30pm)
Saturday 11 January: Talk
David Letcher entertains The Cornwall Railway Society
Saturday 8 February: Talk
‘Excerpts from the Millennium Project 25 years ago’
Presented by Peter Bragg and Roger Winnen
Saturday 8 March: Talk
The AGM, together with the Cornwall Railway Society Photographic Competition presented by Ian
McKey
- Friends of the Railway Studies Collection
(Venue: Newton Abbot Library, Passmore Edwards Centre, Market Street, Newton Abbot, starts 7pm)
Tuesday 21 January: Illustrated Talk
‘From Ireland to Austria’
Presented by David Goodyear
Tuesday 18 February: Illustrated Talk
‘The Trials and Tribulations of Running a Heritage Railway’
Presented by Ernest Elsworth-Wilson.
Tuesday 18 March: Illustrated Talk
‘Swindon Works The Early Years’
Presented by Rev Brian Arman
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- Giggleswick Railway Circle
(Venue: Settle Victoria Hall, starts 10.30am)
Wednesday 22 January: Talk
'Railways in the Lake District':
Presented by Martin Bairstow
Wednesday 26 February: Talk
'Steam in 3D'
Presented by Steve Armitage
Wednesday 19 March: Talk
'Stately Trains':
Presented by Stephen Middleton
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- Gosport Railway Society
(Venue: Christ Church Parish Centre, Stoke Road, Gosport, starts 7.30pm)
Awaiting Programme Details
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- Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts Society
(Venue: Emmanuel Baptist Church, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1BB, starts 7.30pm)
Tuesday 7 January: Railway Videos
Gentlemen start your engines (Classic Films)
Thursday 23 January:
Social evening and Quiz
Tuesday 4 February: Talk
‘Solent Railway - Part 3’
Presented by Tony Riley
Thursday 20 February: Talk
‘It’s time for a PEP talk’
Presented by George Marcar
Tuesday 4 March: Talk
‘Berlin Telephone Tap’
Presented by Bob Gibbs
Thursday 20 March: Talk
‘4732 – The 4SUB at Margate’
Presented by Graeme Gleaves
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- Grimsby & Cleethorpes Railway Group
(Venue: The No.1, Station Approach, Cleethorpes, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 15 January: Talk
'An A to Z of Great Central Railway Locomotives in the LNER'
Presented by Bob Gellatly
Wednesday 19 February: Talk
'Where would you like to go?'
Presented by Anthony Hicks
Wednesday 19 March: Talk
‘Les goes West: Preserved railways in the USA and Canada'
Presented by Paul King & Les Thickett
- Harborough Railway Association
(Venue: Conservative Club, Fairfield Road, Harborough
Awaiting Programme Details
- Haywoods Permanent Way
(Venue: Sports & Social Club, Main Road, Great Haywood, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 31 January: Talk
‘I K Brunel a Victorian Genius’
Presented by Ray Sturdy
Wednesday 28 February: Talk
‘The Lynton and Barnstable Railway’
Presented by Bob Barnard
Wednesday 27 March: Talk
‘Walsall as a Railway Centre’
Presented by Kevin Ellis
- Huddersfield Railway Circle
(Venue: Old Court Room, Town Hall, Huddersfield, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 15 January: Talk
‘Diesel and Electric Locos in the UK 1998 - 2012’
Presented by Howard Bolton
Wednesday 29 January: Talk
‘A 35mm Railway Odyssey’
Presented by Paul Corrie
Wednesday 12 February: AGM
Annual General Meeting, followed by ColourRail slides
Wednesday 26 February: Talk
‘Gricer’s Year’
Presented by Robert Clarke
Wednesday 12 March: Talk
‘Seeing is Believing (India)’
Presented by Gavin Morrison
Wednesday 26 March: Talk
‘The Peter Fox & Alan Lovecy Collections’
Presented by Andy Barclay
- Ipswich and District Historical Transport Society
(Venue: Ipswich Citadel, 558 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 4PH, starts 7.30pm)
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Wednesday 26 February: Talk
‘The History of the Port of Felixstowe’
Presented by David Gledhill
Wednesday 26 March: Talk
‘Platforms, Pirates & Pop -The History of Rough and Maunsell Towers’
Presented by Andy Beharrell
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Irish Railway Record Society - London
(Venue: The Gallery at Alan Baxter, 77 Cowcross Street, Farringdon, London EC1M 6EL, starts 6pm).
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Friday 17 January: Talk (by Zoom only)
‘Loughrea – The Last Branch Line’
Presented by Jonathan Beaumont
Friday 21 February: Talk (by Zoom only)
‘Ballycastle and its Railway Station’
Presented by Mal McMichael
Friday 21 March: Talk
‘1954 UTA Green Book - Justification for closing 16 railway lines?’
Presented by Jim Edgar
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Irish Railway Record Society - Manchester
(Venue: Waldorf Pub, Central Manchester, starts 6.30pm)
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Thursday 9 January: Talk
‘Exploring the MGWR, through the IRRS Archives’
Presented by Richard McLachlan
Thursday 13 February: Talk
‘Dundalk Newry and Greenore Railway’
Presented by John Martin
Thursday 13 March: Talk
‘Rhapsody in Blue”’
Presented by Ken Grainger
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- Kettering & District Locomotive Society
(Venue: Cornmarket Hall, London Road, Kettering NN15 7QA, start 7.45pm)
Awaiting Programme Details
- Leicester Railway Society
(Venue: Braunstone Civic Centre, 209 Kingsway, Braunstone, Leicester LE3 2PP, starts 7.30pm)
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Tuesday 21 January: Talk
‘A look at Railways at the dawn of Nationalisation in 1948’
Presented by Robin Mathams
Tuesday 18 February: Society Report AGM
Followed by Michael Chapman /Brian Holland on GWR Didcot 2nd part 50years & Swindon Museum visit.
Tuesday 18 March: Talk
‘West Midlands Freight in 1960/1970's’
​- Lincoln Railway Society
(Venue: St Hugh's Church, Harewood Crescent, North Hykeham, Lincs, LN6 8JB, starts 7.30pm)
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Monday 13 January: Talk
‘East German Railways 36 Years On’
Presented by Graham Lightfoot
Monday 10 February: Talk
‘On The Lines Of Duty (Part 1 - UK and EUROPE)’
Presented by Alan Stennett
Monday 10 March: Talk
‘The Brian Morrison Collection’
Presented by Richard Tuplin
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​- Lutterworth Railway Society
(Venue: The Pavillion, Recreation Ground, Coventry Road, Lutterworth, LE17 4RB, starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 2 January: Talk
‘Merry go Round Expansion’
Presented by Bob Newitt and Ian Collinson
Thursday 16 January: Talk
‘Midland Main Line Reflections’
Presented by Phil Lindsey
Thursday 6 February: Event
Bring a Thing Evening
Thursday 20 February: Film
‘Stanton on Film’
Presented by Steve Flinders
Thursday 6 March: Illustrated Talk
‘Stainforth & Keadby Sliding Railway Bridge’
Presented by Alan Bilton
Thursday 20 March - AGM
Annual General Meeting
- Marlow & District Railway Society
(Venue: Bourne End Comunity Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End, starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 26 January: Talk
Barry Scrapyard - Where are they now?
Presented by Alan Price
Thursday 20 February: Talk
‘India Part 1’
Presented by Peter Robins
Thursday 20 March: Talk
‘50 Years of Photographing Railways’
Presented by Charles Roberts
Matlock Railway Club
(Venue: The Duke William, Church Street, Matlock, starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 9 January: Talk
‘Cuban Steam Part 1 – Steam and the Dragon’
Thursday 23 January: Talk
‘RCTS - That Was The Year That Was 1964’
Presented by Geoff Plumb
Thursday 6 February: Talk
‘Great Western Castles – Steam Across Britain’
Thursday 20 February: Talk –
‘British Steam In The 21st Century’
Presented by Jeremy Harrison
Thursday 6 March: Talk
‘Railways Through The Mountains’
Colin Boocock
Thursday 20 March: Talk
‘Ilkeston Electric Tramway’
Presented by Stephen Flinders
- Norfolk Railway Society
(Venue: URC Hall, Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6QR, starts 7.30pm)
​Thursday 2 January: Talk (Zoom Meeting)
‘Review of the UK railways over the past year’
Presented by Robert Pritchard (Editor Railways Today UK)
Thursday 16 January: Talk
‘Selection of his photographs from the steam and diesel years’
Presented by Richard Keeys, Chairman 2023/24
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Thursday 6 February:
’The Bramley Line (March to Wisbech) then and now’
Presented by Clive Freeman
Thursday 20 February:
‘Railway History of the North-East from the Humber to the Tweed'
Presented by Peter Willey
Thursday 6 March:
’From Chocolate to Cider’ (family railway history)
Presented by Paul Stanford
Thursday 20 March:
‘Deltics as worth successors to the A4s'
Presented by Michael Smyth
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- Nuneaton Railway Circle
(Venue: Chilvers Cotton Conservative Club, 18 Bridge Street, Coton, Nuneaton, starts 7.45pm)
Thursday 9 January: Talk
‘Twin Lens Travels’
Presented by Alan Stubbs
Thursday 23 January: Talk
‘Locomotive Sheds Part 12’
Presented by Chris Banks
Thursday 6 February: Talk
‘From the Back to the Front’
Presented by Jamie Collins
Thursday 20 February: Talk
‘The Moseley Collection’
Presented by Robin Mathams
Thursday 6 March: Talk
‘The Nuneaton, Coventry and Leamington Line – Part 1’
Presented by Graham Walker
Thursday 20 March: Talk
‘The Nuneaton, Coventry and Leamington Line – Part 2’
Presented by Graham Walker
- Oxfordshire Railway Society
(Venue: Kidlington Baptist Church, High Street, Kidlington, OX5 2DS, starts 7pm)
Awaiting details
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Peak Railway Association: Buxton Branch
(Venue: The Conservative Club, 3-5 Concert Place, Buxton SK17 6EE, starts 7.30pm)
Awaiting details
Peak Railway Association: Derwent Valley Branch
(Venue: Darley Dale Methodist Church Hall, Dale Road North, Darley Dale, DE4 2FS, starts 7.30pm)
Awaiting details
Peak Railway Association: Sheffield Branch
(Venue: Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP, starts 7pm)
Monday 6 January: Digital Talk
‘North Wales & the North West in the days of steam’
Presented by Rhys Jones
Monday 3 February: Digital Talk
‘Day Return from Settle Junction to Carlisle in the 1980s’
Presented by Keith Marshall
Monday 3 March: Digital Talk
‘Railways of Mallorca’
Presented by Colin Boocock
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​- Pennine Railway Society
(Venue: Doncaster Town Fields Sports Club, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster DN2 6AA, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 15 January: AGM
AGM followed by Tony Caddick - 'More Scanned Memories'
Wednesday 5 February: Talk
'Multitude of Colour'
Presented by Rob Hay
Wednesday 19 February: Talk
'The South Yorkshire Joint Railway Part 1 - Brancliffe Junction to Maltby'
Presented by Bob Gellatly
Wednesday 5 March: Talk
‘A Twelfth Colour Rail Journey'
Presented by Paul Chancellor
Wednesday 19 March: Talk
'The ECML (and other places) In the 1950s - The Brian Morrison Collection'
Presented by Richard Tuplin
- Pewsey Vale Railway Society
(Venue: Woodborough Social Club, Smithy Lane, Pewsey SN9 5PL)
Tuesday 14 January: AGM
AGM & Railway Quiz
Starts 2.45pm
Tuesday 11 February: Talk
‘Travels of a Railway Writer’
Presented by Chris Milner
Starts 2.45pm
Tuesday 11 March: Talk
‘8F Loco 48773’
Presented by Jeff Ryan
Starts 2.45pm
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- Plymouth Railway Circle
(Venue: St Edward's Church Hall, Home Park Avenue, Peverell, Plymouth, starts 7.30pm)
Monday 6 January: Talk
‘Thirty Years of Diesel Traction 1970-1999’
Presented by Paul Maycock
Monday 20 January: Talk
‘Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean’
Presented by Bernard Mills
Monday 3 February: Talk
‘From Sectorisation to Privatisation – the next ten years, 1991-2002’
Presented by Steven Andrews
Monday 17 February: Talk
‘Spirit of Northern Rails’
Presented by David Goodyear
Monday 3 March:
Members’ Photographic Medley
Monday 17 March: Talk
‘A 12th Colour Rail Journey’
Presented by Paul Chancellor
Monday 31 March: Talk
‘On Swiss Rails along the Route of the Rhone’
Presented by Mervyn Kendall
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- Railway Club of the New Forest
(Venue: Brock Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst, starts 7.30pm)
Friday 31 January: Talk
‘The Swanage Railway’s Wareham Project’
Presented by Mike Walshaw
Friday 28 February: Talk
‘Railways of Scotland in the 70s, 80s and 90s’
Presented by Stephen Bigley
Friday 28 March: Talk
‘Colonel Stephens and the Economical Railway’
Presented by Chris Jackson
- Reading Transport Group
(Venue: Church House, Caversham, starts 7.45pm)
Wednesday 8 January: Talk
‘Looking Back at 2024 in Motion’
Presented by Derek Spicer
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Wednesday 15 January: Talk
‘Claverton Pumping Station’
Presented by George Eycott
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Wednesday 22 January: Talk
Awaiting details
Wednesday 29 January: Talk
Awaiting details
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Awaiting details of further programme
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- Redditch Railway Interest Group
(Venue: Forge Mill & Bordesley Abbey Visitors Centre, Needle Mill Lane, Redditch, starts 2pm)
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Friday 10 January: Talk
‘The Stainmore Line: the highest railway route in England’
Presented by John Douglas
Friday 14 February: Film
‘Nostalgia of Steam: Railways on Film from 1920s to 2005’
Presented by Chris Pratt
Friday 14 March: AGM
Annual General Meeting
followed by ‘RRIG Members Railwaymen’s Recollections: Part 2’
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- Shropshire Railway Society
(Venue: The Gateway Education & Arts Centre, Chester Street, Shrewsbury SY1 1NB, starts 7pm)
Thursday 9 January: Talk
‘GCR Reunification project update & Harz Mountain Railway’
Presented by Philip Hamson
Thursday 23 January: Talk
‘British Columbia 2008’
Presented by Stewart Henderson
Thursday 13 February: Talk
‘Trans-Pennine upgrade’
Presented by Peter Sollitt
Thursday 27 February: Talk
‘Rebuilding the Welsh Highland Railway from a volunteer’s perspective’
Presented by Dave Waldren
Thursday 13 March: Talk
‘Steam on the main line & heritage railway’
Presented by Barrie Hawkin & Nick Burden
Thursday 27 March: Talk
‘Narrow gauge railways’
Presented by Derek Shuker
- Slough & Windsor Railway Society
(Venue: The Manor, Slough Railway Station, Brunel Way, Slough, starts 7.30pm
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Friday 3 January:
Members' Presentation Evening
Friday 10 January
Members' Presentation Evening
Friday 17 January
Members' Presentation Evening
Friday 24 January
Members' Presentation Evening
Friday 7 February
Members' Presentation Evening
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Awaiting Programme Details
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- South East Essex Railway Society
(Venue: Dundonald Drive, Leigh on Sea, Essex, starts 8pm)
Thursday 23 January: Talk
‘Steam tours in the 1960’s’
Presented by Chairman Peter Sedge
Thursday 27 February:
Members’ Photographic Evening
Thursday 27 March: Talk
‘The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway’
Presented by Charles Summers (B.E.M. of the L & B Trust)
- Southern Counties Railway Society
(Venue: George Lee Room, Christ Church, Freemantle, Southampton, starts 6.45pm)
Saturday 18 January: Members Photographic Evening
Slides or memory stick with pictures on no more than 15 mins slide show each person
Saturday 22 February: Talk
‘Mixed Transport’
Presented by Martyn Davis
Saturday 15 March: Talk
‘Railways of Scotland’
Presented by Stephen Bigley
- Stevenage Locomotive Society
(Venue: Community Arts Centre, Roaring Meg Retail Park, Stevenage, starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 30 January: Talk
‘Confessions from an Editor’
Presented by Murray Brown
Thursday 27 February: Talk
‘An evening with Jack Boskett and his favourite railway photographs’
Presented by Jack Boskett
Thursday 27 March: Talk
‘From dream to steam’
Presented by Liz Gibson
- Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Group
(Venue: St. Andrews Church Hall, Shottery, CV37 9HQ, starts 7.30pm)
Monday 27 January: Talk
‘Cheltenham to Swindon via M&SWJR and GWR'
Presented by Chris Smith
Monday 24 February: Talk
'The Barry Scrapyard Story - Where are they now?'
Presented by Alan Price
Monday 24 March: Talk
'Restoring 76077 - The Forgotten Standard’
Presented by Ian Crowder
- Sutton Coldfield Railway Society
(Venue: St James Church Centre, 61 Mere Green Road, Sutton Coldfield B75 5BW, starts 7.45pm)
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Wednesday 15 January: Talk
‘Railways in the East’
Presented by Derek Huntriss
Wednesday 22 January: Talk
‘In Conversation with Ray Poole’
Presented by Less Ross
Wednesday 29 January: Talk
‘The Deltics’
Presented by Richard Walsh
Wednesday 5 February: Talk
Test track and chit chat night
Wednesday 12 February: Talk
‘Aspects of the Midland Red’
Presented by Colin Cooksey
Wednesday 19 February: Talk
‘The Romance of Railways’
Presented by Robert Matthams
Wednesday 26 February: Talk
The Great Central Reunification Project’
Presented by Tom Ingall
Wednesday 5 March: Talk
Test track and chit chat night
Wednesday 12 March: Talk
Railway Engineering
Wednesday 19 March: Talk
The Peter Skelton Collection
Presented by Mike Wathen
Wednesday 26 March: AGM
Annual General Meeting
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​- Sutton Railway Group
(Venue: St Clement's Church Hall, Church Lane, Sutton on Sea, Lincs LN12 2FE, starts 7pm)
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Thursday 2 January
First quiz night 2025
Thursday 6 February
Group AGM, group discussion and videos
Thursday 6 March:
To be announced
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- Tewkesbury YMCA Railway Society
(Venue: YMCA, 97 Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RS, starts 7.45pm)
Tuesday 7 January:
Show entitled “Railways Around Bromsgrove”
Presented by Bryan Boskett
Tuesday 14 January: Talk
Show entitled “Railway Photos From Richard Moreton’s Loft”
Presented by Chris Wilkinson
Tuesday 21 January: Members evening
Bring your photos & DVDs to share
Tuesday 28 January: Talk
Show entitled “The Broad Gauge – Paddington To Swindon”
Presented by Rev Canon Brian Arman
Tuesday 4 February: Members evening
Bring your photos & DVDs to share
Tuesday 11 February: Talk
Show entitled “Railways Around Tewkesbury And The Midlands”
Presented by Dave Waldron
Tuesday 18 February: Members evening
Bring your photos & DVDs to share
Tuesday 25 February: Talk
Show entitled “West Riding Steam”
Presented by Derek Huntriss
Tuesday 4 March: Members evening
Bring your photos & DVDs to share
Tuesday 11 March: Talk
Mike’s 60th birthday bash – an evening with a free buffet, fun/games & entertainment
Tuesday 18 March: Members evening
Bring your photos & DVDs to share
Tuesday 25 March: Talk
Show entitled “1970’s/80’s Railways Around The UK”
Presented by Peter Robins
- The 8D Association
(Venue: DCBL Stadium/Widnes RLFC, Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes, WA8 7DZ, starts 7pm)
Thursday 9 January: Talk
‘Last days of BR Steam around the Widnes Area’
Presented by Barrie Rushton
Thursday 6 February: Talk
‘Merseyside & North Cheshire in the mid 1970’s’
Presented by Brian Roberts
Thursday 6 March: Talk
‘BR Sectorisation onwards 1990’s / early 2000’s’
Presented by Paul Senior
- The 8E Railway Association
(Venue: Gladstone Club, Station Road, Northwich CW9 5RB, starts 7.45pm)
Tuesday 14 January: AGM
AGM followed by a presentation
Tuesday 11 February: Talk
‘Macclesfield Area Railways in the 1950s & 60s’
Presented by Martin Welch
Tuesday 11 March: Talk
‘Steam in South Africa’
Presented by Phil Braithwaite
- The Enfield Transport Circle
(Venue: Enfield Drill Hall Sports Club, 1 Old Park Avenue, Enfield EN2 6PJ, starts 8pm)
Tuesday 7 January: Talk
‘The History and Development of Engines - Part 3’
Presentation: Peter Moore & Kenneth Crane
Tuesday 4 February: Talk
'The GN, LNER & BR Hertford Loop'
Presentation: David Dent
Tuesday 4 March: AGM
AGM followed by 'The 2025 Malcolm Alderman Tribute Presentation'
Presentation: Kenneth Crane
- WC&P Railway Group
Friday 24 January: Talk
'In and over the Irish Sea' (Isle of Man and Irish railways)’
Presented by Richard Harman
Clevedon Venue: St Andrew's Church Centre, Old Church Road, Clevedon, BS21 7UF
Friday 21 March: Talk
‘Swindon Works from the Beginning (Part 3)’
Presented by Brian Arman
Portishead Venue: Folk Hall, 95 High Street, Portishead, BS20 6PR
- Wells Railway Fraternity
(Venue: Wells Town Hall, Wells, Somerset, starts 7.30pm)
Tuesday 14 January: Members Talks
‘My scanned 1960s negatives’ by Richard Blunden followed by ‘The Listowel & Ballybunion Railway’ by Malcolm Dowson
Tuesday 11 February: Talk
‘The History of Hattons 1946 - 2024’
Presented by Richard Davies
Tuesday 11 March: Talk
‘Lines to the North Cornwall Coast’
Presented by Bob Bunyar
- Weston-Super-Mare Railway Society
(Venue: Conservative Club, 24-26 Alexandra Parade, Weston-Super-Mare, starts 8pm)
Tuesday 7 January: Talk
‘A Review of UK Rail in 2024 plus Ruhr and Rhine’
Presented by Chris Perkins
Tuesday 4 February: Talk
‘A Very Different Railway!’
Presented by Ian Chancellor
​Tuesday 4 March: Talk
‘Steam Recreations (North)’
Presented by Don Bishop
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- Wimborne Railway Society
(Venue: United Reformed Church Hall, Chapel Lane, Wimborne BH21 1PP, starts 7.30pm)
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Thursday 9 January: Talk
‘Galas and Events in 2024’
Presented by Alan Swinburne
Thursday 23 January: Film
‘An evening of films and videos’
Presented by Bob Steedman
Thursday 6 February: Talk
‘Trains and Boats and Planes’
Presented by Trevor Hargreaves
Thursday 20 February:
‘The Railways of Japan and Vietnam’
Presented by Peter Watson
Thursday 6 March: Talk
‘Ships of the Solent’
Presented by Colin Hall
Thursday 20 March: Talk
‘More Far East Railways’
Presented by Peter Watson
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- Worcester Locomotive Society
(Venue: Barbourne Ex-Services Club, The Moors, Worcester WR1 3ED, starts 8pm)
Tuesday 7 January: Video
‘Steam on the Mian Line’ - PSOV Videos
Presented by Dave Waldren
Tuesday 4 February: Talk
‘Mike Paine collection of classic steam’
Presented by Mike Paine
Tuesday 4 March: Talk
‘The Rail Accident Investigation Branch’
Presented by Simon Lomax
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