Specialist Societies: Meetings and Events
Q3 2026
July to September 2026
Note this calendar is based on information provided as at 18 June 2026. 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. Note Societies often change their events, often on little notice.
- British Overseas Railways Historical Trust (BOHRT):
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.
- Broad Gauge Society
Bi-annual magazine ‘Broadsheet’ (Spring 2026) now out
- Colonel Stephens Society
Quarterly magazine ‘The Colonel’ (Summer 2026) now due out
Wednesday 15 July: Talk (by Zoom)
‘600mm Narrow Gauge Railways, Before, During and After World War 1’
Presented by Phillip Benstead
Wednesday 19 August : Talk (by Zoom)
‘A visit to the K&ESR in 1949’
Presented by Ralph Gilham
Wednesday 16 September : Talk (by Zoom)
‘A mid-Wales meander’
Presented by Leon Coast
- Continental Railway Circle
(Venue: St. Paul’s Church Centre, 5 Rossmore Road, Marylebone, starts 7.15pm)
Thursday 9 July:
Taiwan and India - a two part programme
Presented by First Dafydd Fell
Followed by ‘Indian Narrow Gauges’
Presented by Ray Schofield
Thursday 10 September
To be advised
- Engine Shed Society
Quarterly magazine ‘LINK’ (Summer 2026) now due out
- The Gresley Society
Tri-annual magazine ‘The Gresley Observer’ now due out
The Summer Meeting usually held in July
- The Industrial Railway Society
Quarterly magazine ‘Industrial Railway Record’ now out
‘Bulletins’ (UK and Overseas Bulletins) and e-Bulletin now out
- Light Rail Transit Association
Monthly magazine ‘Tramways and Urban Transit’ now out
- The Military Railway Study Group
Latest newsletter ‘Bulletin’ now out
- The Narrow Gauge Railway Society
Quarterly magazine ‘Narrow Gauge’ (July 2026) now due out
Latest newsletter ‘Narrow Gauge News’ is now out
Summer Trips
Saturday 4 July
Hillcrest Light Railway, Oxfordshire
Sunday 5 July
Barn Well Hill Railway, Oxfordshire
Sunday 5 July
Banbury Model Engineers
Sunday 9 August
Exbury Steam Railway
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September
Flair Light Railway
Saturday 19 September
Audley End Miniature Railway
Saturday 26 September
Coppice Railway
- Rail Riders Club
Quarterly magazine ‘Rail Riders Express’ is now out
- Railway Performance Society
Quarterly magazine ‘Milepost’ (July 2026) due out soon
Tuesday 21 July
Leeds Area Meeting:
Venue: The Grove Inn, Back Row, Holbeck, Leeds
Starts 12.30pm
- Railway Ramblers
Quarterly magazine ‘Railway Ramblings’ is now out
Wednesday 1 July
Walk: Historic Rowsley walk and visit to Peak Rail
Thursday 9 July
Walk: The Caistor Canal (Lincolnshire)
- Signalling Record Society
Quarterly magazine ‘The Signalling Record’ (Summer 2026) is now out
Saturday 18 July
Event: Signalling Archive Open Day
Venue: 35 Vine Street, Coventry CV1 5NH
Saturday 15 August
Event: Signalling Archive Open Day
Venue: 35 Vine Street, Coventry CV1 5NH
Saturday 19 September
Event: Signalling Archive Open Day
Venue: 35 Vine Street, Coventry CV1 5NH
- Southern Electric Group
Quarterly magazine ‘Live Rail’ (June 2026) is now out
- Southern Electric Group (South Hants)
(Venue: Eastleigh Railway Institute, 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh SO50 9FE, starts 7.30pm)
Talk meetings resume in September - Awaiting Programme
- Southern Electric Group (Sussex)
(Venue: Southwick Community Centre, 24 Southwick Street, Southwick, Brighton BN42 4TE, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 8 July
‘The Train Ferries of World Wars 1 and 2’
With Gordon Adams
Wednesday 12 August
'First London Tram Rides. 1950/1952'
Chris Warren presents.
Wednesday 9 September
‘The Railways of South Wales’
With Stephen Bigley
- Talking of Trains
(Venue: Surbiton Library Room, Ewell Road, Surbiton KT6 6AG, starts 7pm)
Autumn season starts in September
Wednesday 23 September
‘Looking Back’
Presented by Dick Crane
Wednesday 30 September
‘North Wales Revisited’
Presented by Dick Crane
- The Tramway and Light Railway Society
Bi-monthly magazine ‘ Tramfare’ now out