Specialist Societies: Meetings and Events
Q4 2024
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October to December 2024
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British Overseas Railways Historical Trust (BOHRT):
Periodic magazine ‘British Overseas Railway Journal’ (Spring 2024) now out
​Super Tuesdays:
General library open days on the second Tuesday in the month, except August.
Venue: West Greenwich House, 141 Greenwich High Rd, London SE10 8JL
Admission free.
Sunday 13 October
‘Egyptian State Railways from Postcards’
Presented by Julian Rainbow
Starts 7pm
November (precise date to be notified)
BORHT AGM
Venue: West Greenwich House, 141 Greenwich High Rd, London SE10 8JL
Followed by a presentation by Julian Rainbow on ‘Railways of Sierra Leone’
- Broad Gauge Society
Bi-annual magazine ‘Broadsheet’ (Autumn 2024) now out
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- Colonel Stephens Society
Quarterly magazine ‘The Colonel’ (Autumn 2024) due out soon
Wednesday 23 October
Talk (by Zoom): ‘The Hereford to Abergavenny Plateway’
Presented by Dave Hagger
Wednesday 20 November
Talk (by Zoom): ‘The Railways of Donegal Part 1 The County Donegal’
Presented by Joe Begley
Wednesday 18 December
Talk (by Zoom): ‘Light Railways in Model Form’
Presented by Ned Williams
- Continental Railway Circle
(Venue: St. Paul’s Church Centre, 5 Rossmore Road, Marylebone, starts 7.15pm)
Thursday 10 October
Film Show:
Sound cine movies converted to digital format, followed by DB175 a digital video of German Railways in the Mosel and Eifel celebrating 175 years of German railways. Also Steam in the Andes Ecuador and Peru in the 1980s.
Presented by Nick Lera
Thursday 14 November
‘Italy, Austria and Yugoslavia.’ A traditional chemical slideshow mainly featuring the steam era in these countries.
Presented by Donald Wilson
Thursday 12 December
‘The DDR Scenes from the German Democratic Republic’. A mixture of traditional chemical and digital slides.
Presented by Gordon Wiseman
- Engine Shed Society
Quarterly magazine ‘LINK’ (Autumn 2024) now due out
- The Gresley Society
Tri-annual magazine ‘The Gresley Observer’ now due out
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Saturday 30 November: AGM
AGM, followed by ‘The Last Man of Steam’ presented by Tony Streeter and Ian MacCabe
Venue: Grantham Railway Sports & Social Club, Huntingtower Road, Grantham. Starts 2pm
- The Industrial Railway Society
Quarterly magazine ‘Industrial Railway Record’ (Issue No. 258) now out
‘Bulletins’ (UK and Overseas Bulletins) and e-Bulletin now out
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IRS Archive at Statfold Barn has now re-opened.
- The Military Railway Study Group
Latest newsletter ‘Bulletin’ now out
- The Narrow Gauge Railway Society
Quarterly magazine ‘Narrow Gauge’ (October 2024) now due out
Latest newsletter ‘Narrow Gauge News’ is now out
Wednesday 9 October: Visit
To Burnley & Pendle Miniature Railway Society
Saturday 12 October: Visit
To Reading Society of Model Engineers
- Rail Riders Club
Quarterly magazine ‘Rail Riders Express’ is now out
Friday 11 October:
Visit: Hope Cement Works Visit
- Railway Performance Society
Quarterly magazine ‘Milepost’ (October 2024) now due out
Thursday 24 October
Kemble Area Meeting:
Venue: The Tavern Inn, Kemble
Starts 12 noon
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- Railway Ramblers
Quarterly magazine ‘Railway Ramblings’ is now out
Saturday 12 October
Conwil - Llanpumpsaint (Wales) (4m)
Sunday 13 October
Gwys – Garnant (Wales) (7m)
Monday 14 October
Swansea – Oystermouth via Langland Bay (Wales) (9m)
Tuesday 15 October
Hengoed – Quakers Yard. (Wales) (8m)
Wednesday 16 October
Llanmorlais – Black Pill. (Wales) (5½m)
Thursday 17 October
Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway (and Area Planning Meeting) (Somerset) (3m)
Saturday 26 October
The Van Railway (Y Fan - Caersws 6½m)
Wednesday 4 December and Thursday 5 December
Bath Area Festive Break and Meal
- Signalling Record Society
Quarterly magazine ‘The Signalling Record’ (Autumn 2024) is now out
Saturday 19 October
Event: Signalling Archive Open Day
Venue: Kenilworth Study Centre, Princes Drive Industrial Estate, Coventry Road, Kenilworth CV8 2FD
Saturday 19 October
Event: London Meeting
Venue: Keen House, 4 Calshot Street, London, N1 9DA
Saturday 9 November
Event: Signalling Archive Open Day
Venue: Kenilworth Study Centre, Princes Drive Industrial Estate, Coventry Road, Kenilworth CV8 2FD
Saturday 14 December
Event: Signalling Archive Open Day
Venue: Kenilworth Study Centre, Princes Drive Industrial Estate, Coventry Road, Kenilworth CV8 2FD
- Southern Electric Group
Quarterly magazine ‘Live Rail’ (September 2024) is now out
- Southern Electric Group (South Hants)
(Venue: Eastleigh Railway Institute, 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh SO50 9FE, starts 7.30pm)
Monday 7 October
A selection of tram related videos made on Bob’s recent visits to Portugal and Gent.
Presented by Branch member Bob Hodges
Monday 4 November
Branch Annual General Meeting
Followed by members’ digital images.
Monday 2 December
‘Mixed Railways’ (a further selection of slides from his extensive collection)
Presented by Martyn Davies
- Southern Electric Group (Sussex)
(Venue: Southwick Community Centre, 24 Southwick Street, Southwick, Brighton BN42 4TE, starts 7.30pm)
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Monday 14 October
Details of meeting to be announced
Monday 11 November
‘A celebration of Signal Boxes’
Presented by Andrew Marshall
Monday 9 December
Members evening
- Talking of Trains
(Venue: Surbiton Library Room, Ewell Road, Surbiton KT6 6AG, starts 7pm)
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Wednesday 2 October
‘British Main Line Steam From 2005’
Presented by Michael Smythe
Wednesday 9 October
‘Rail Days in Birmingham’
Presented by Dick Crane
Wednesday 16 October
‘A Colour Rail Journey’
Presented by Paul Chancellor
Wednesday 23 October
‘On The Route of The Palatine’
Presented by Dick Crane
Wednesday 30 October
‘Bringing The Elizabeth Line to Life’
Presented by Howard Smith, Chief Operating Manager, Elizabeth Line
Wednesday 6 November
‘Borderlines’
Presented by Dick Crane
Wednesday 13 November
‘A Day in The Life of The Ffestiniog Railway’
Presented by Nigel Smith.
Wednesday 20 November
‘London’s Steam Heritage Railway’
Presented by Eddie Veckranges
Wednesday 27 November
‘Hampshire’s Railways Revisited’
Presented Dick Crane
Wednesday 4 December
‘Not So Much a Hobby - More A Way of Life’
Presented by Jim Connor
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