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September 2026 |
Harrison |
"Part 2 of 'Railways before the War - that's the Great War'" A presentation of Black and White images, drawn from the Ken Nunn collection and scanned from glass plates, illustrating railways in Britain before the Great War. Tonight's is the second of three parts, starting with a few images from before the Great Boer War (as it was known at the time), and then featuring Eastern England, Scotland and Ireland. The Ken Nunn collection was acquired by the LCGB after Ken's death, and although it has now been transferred to the NRM, 'showing rights' to the scanned images were retained, and Jeremy Harrison is making this presentation wearing his LCGB hat October 2026 Woodworth "Scenic Highlights of the USA" Following Col. Don Woodworth's excellent presentation from his home in Illinois, USA in May 2025 we welcome him back this month. The United States is a huge country that literally takes a life time for a gricer to cover at least all of the more notable railway photographic locations. Our chairman's long-time friend Col. Don Woodworth, USAF (Retired), now in his early 80s, has used up a fair amount of his life in trying to do just that!! With 8 years of his life spent gricing in the UK instead of covering additional far-flung points in the US, he is in a unique position to contrast scenic highlights of his own country with those of the UK and will be sharing appropriate photos from across the United States during his presentation. November 2026 Langton "A Railway Career 'Up North' 1992 - 2010" David spent the last 25 years of his full-time railway career working in Manchester as timetable planning manager, through the turbulent years of privatisation, initially with Regional Railways North West and First North Western, then with TransPennine Express. Accompanied by resources planning colleague Bob Casselden, this presentation will reflect on the many ups and downs of this exciting period. December 2026 McCallister "With Lance King in Ulster Part 2. The Northen Counties Committee (including the last mainline steam in the UK) 1957 - 1970" The background to Leslie's talk is the Northern Island Government's statement in 1958 that it wished to close many of its railways, something that it achieved in 1965 with the closure of lines such as Lisburn-Antrim and Portadown-Derry, both of which are likely to feature this evening - and with steam operation! |
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