Marlow & District Railway Society Programme

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Forthcoming Events

PLEASE NOTE: IT IS PLANNED THAT ALL MEETINGS, WILL BE HYBRID, WITH AN ACTUAL MEETING TAKING PLACE AT THE BOURNE END COMUNITY CENTRE, AND ALSO AS A ZOOM PRESENTATION, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

Please note, meetings start at 19.30 and for those on ZOOM, please ensure you have registered before 18.30 on the day of the meeting. Thank you

19^th December 2024	Peter Robins	"Steam Variety In Northern China" Starting with a 1988 visit which covered from Nancha in the North East to Lanzhou in the North West, the show includes loco construction at Datong and Tangshan as well as the older JF/RM/SL classes at work. Later visits made between 1992 & 2004 include various industrial locations on both standard and narrow gauge including Anshan steelworks, Chengde and Hunjiang as well as mainline action at Zhongwei on the edge of the Gobi desert, Yebaishou and the spectacular JingPeng Pass.
16^th January 2025	Alan Price	"Didcot Railway Centre - Developments" Barry Scrapyard - Where are they now? Alan, of the Great Western Society, will take us through a 4 part journey detailing how the locomotives were rescued from Barry Scrap Yard to Didcot Railway Centre. Part One - Introduction - The Barry Docks and Railway Company Part Two - How and why Dai Woodham came to be scrapping railway vehicles on Barry Dock. Part Three - the scrap yard. Part Four - the locomotives then and now.
20^th February 2025	Peter Robins	"India ~ Pt 1" India was always a wonderful but slightly frustrating country that was full of surprises - some good some not so. From five visits made between 1981 and 1996, both presentations include a variety of steam classes at work on broad and metre gauge and on a number of the charming narrow gauge lines at various locations. Industrial lines also feature as does steam over the border in Pakistan. Part 1 starts in 1981 and includes the Punjab, Pakistan, Darjeeling and Ootacamund.
20^th March 2025	Charles Roberts	"50 Years of Photographing Railways" Charles Roberts has been taking photographs of railways since 1973. In this presentation he looks back on the last half century or so of camera work, from an inauspicious start, through his early trainspotting days and subsequent travels throughout Britain and beyond. The talk features some of his favourite railway images and recurring themes, as well as examples of simply being in the right place at the right time. Stories of running the gauntlet of shed masters, guard dogs, armed security staff and border officials to get elusive pictures also feature.

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