Specialist Societies: Meetings and Events
Q4 2026
October to December 2026
Note this calendar is based on information provided as at 24 September 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.
Saturday 14 November
BORHT AGM
Venue: West Greenwich House, 141 Greenwich High Rd, London SE10 8JL
Starts 1pm followed by:
A talk by a slide show by Nick Lera on ‘Burma's Lost Treasures of Steam’ starting around 2.15pm.
- Broad Gauge Society
Bi-annual magazine ‘Broadsheet’ (Autumn 2026) now out
- Colonel Stephens Society
Quarterly magazine ‘The Colonel’ (Autumn 2026) now due out
Zoom talks for Q4 2026 not yet released
- Continental Railway Circle
(Venue: St. Paul’s Church Centre, 5 Rossmore Road, Marylebone, starts 7.15pm)
Thursday 8 October
‘Travels with the Warwickshire Railway Society’
Presented by Richard Coghlan
Thursday 12 November
‘Cuban steam in video format with sound’
Presented by Vic Allen
Thursday 10 December
‘Railways in Portugal 1960s to 2020s’
Presented by Colin Boocock
- Engine Shed Society
Quarterly magazine ‘LINK’ (Autumn 2026) now due out
- The Gresley Society
Tri-annual magazine ‘The Gresley Observer’ now due out
Saturday 5 December: AGM
AGM, followed by ‘The V2s – My Favourite Gresley Class and Their 90th Anniversary by Chris Nettleton
Venue: Danum Gallery, Library and Art Museum, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BZ
Starts 1.30pm
- 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
Thursday 26 November
‘Photographs from the MTMS collection of the tramways of Bolton, South Lancs Transport, Salford, Warrington, Wigan, St Helens and Preston’
Presented by Geoff Senior
Venue: Friends' Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS
Starts 7pm
Also joint meetings with ‘Southern Electric Group’ as follows:
Tuesday 6 October
Martyn Davies presents another selection of ‘mixed railways’
Tuesday 3 November
SEG Branch Annual General Meeting
Followed by members’ digital images.
Tuesday 1 December
Mark Greening looks at how the railway scene in the South is changing during the 21st century
- The Military Railway Study Group
Latest newsletter ‘Bulletin’ now out
- The Narrow Gauge Railway Society
Quarterly magazine ‘Narrow Gauge’ (October 2026) now due out
Latest newsletter ‘Narrow Gauge News’ is now out
Saturday 10 October: Visit
Visit to the Erewash valley model engineering society
- Rail Riders Club
Quarterly magazine ‘Rail Riders Express’ is now out
- Railway Performance Society
Quarterly magazine ‘Milepost’ (October 2026) now due out
Thursday 22 October
Kemble Area Meeting:
Venue: The Tavern Inn, Kemble, GL7 6AX
Starts 12 noon
- Railway Ramblers
Quarterly magazine ‘Railway Ramblings’ is now out
- Signalling Record Society
Quarterly magazine ‘The Signalling Record’ (Autumn 2026) is now out
Saturday 17 October
Event: Signalling Archive Open Day
Venue: 35 Vine Street, Coventry CV1 5NH
Saturday 31 October
The London Meeting
Starts at 10.30 Welcome and introductions by Stephen Loeber. Followed by:
- Steve Gwinnett, ‘Kings Cross to Hitchin Part 5”, North of Finsbury Park’
- John Francis, ‘Westinghouse Panels’
15.45 Review and closing comments.
Venue: Keen House, 4 Calshot Street, London, N1 9DA (home of the Model Railway Club)
Saturday 21 November
Event: Signalling Archive Open Day
Venue: 35 Vine Street, Coventry CV1 5NH
Saturday 12 December
Event: Signalling Archive Open Day
Venue: 35 Vine Street, Coventry CV1 5NH
- Southern Electric Group
Quarterly magazine ‘Live Rail’ (September 2026) is now out
- Southern Electric Group (South Hants)
(Venue: Eastleigh Railway Institute, 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh SO50 9FE, starts 7.30pm)
Tuesday 6 October
Martyn Davies presents another selection of ‘mixed railways’
Tuesday 3 November
Branch Annual General Meeting
Followed by members’ digital images.
Tuesday 1 December
Mark Greening looks at how the railway scene in the South is changing during the 21st century.
- Southern Electric Group (Sussex)
(Venue: Southwick Community Centre, 24 Southwick Street, Southwick, Brighton BN42 4TE, starts 7.30pm)
Wednesday 14 October
‘Model Trams & How to manage them’
Presented by Paul Coles
Wednesday 11 November
‘British Railways in the 1990s Part 1’
Presented by Andrew Marshall
Wednesday 9 December
The Christmas Party
- Talking of Trains
(Venue: Surbiton Library Room, Ewell Road, Surbiton KT6 6AG, starts 7pm)
Wednesday 7 October
‘The Colonel Stephens Story’
Presented by David Powell
Wednesday 14 October
‘Rail Days At Dover And Folkestone’
Presented by Dick Crane
Wednesday 21 October
‘South Western Railway – Looking Forward’
Presented by Lawrence Bowman
Wednesday 28 October
‘The Deltic Story’
Presented by Michael Smythe
Wednesday 4 November
‘On The Big Screen’
Presented by Dick Crane
Wednesday 11 November
‘The Corris Story’
Presented by Chris Jones
Wednesday 18 November
‘Rail Days At Bletchley And Oxford’
Presented by Dick Crane
Wednesday 25 November
‘Night Rails’
Presented by Dick Crane
- The Tramway and Light Railway Society
Bi-monthly magazine ‘ Tramfare’ now out