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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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