The SWRS meeting scheduled for 31st December has been cancelled.

The rapid spread of the omicron variant of Covid-19 is causing major concern. Following Prof. Chris Whitty's advice: "Don't mix with people you don't have to.", and mindful of the health of our members, the Committee have felt it appropriate to cancel this Friday's meeting.

The next scheduled meeting is on 7th January 2022. It will take place via Zoom, and details will be sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List.

Check back with the website, or our Twitter feed, for updates.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

The SWRS meeting scheduled for 17th December has been cancelled.

The rapid spread of the omicron variant of Covid-19 is causing major concern. Following Prof. Chris Whitty's advice: "Don't mix with people you don't have to.", and mindful of the health of our members, the Committee have felt it appropriate to cancel Friday's meeting.

Frank Banfield's archive ciné film evenings are always highly enjoyable, so hopefully it will be possible to re-schedule a show sometime in the New Year.

Please note that the "Members' Evening" on 31st December has also been cancelled. The next scheduled meeting is on 7th January 2022, and a decision will be taken nearer the time as to whether this will be held in The Manor, or will take place over Zoom.

Check back with the website, or our Twitter feed, for updates.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Frank Banfield presents another of his very popular evenings of archive 16mm ciné film, shown using a vintage projector on our big screen.

Previous evenings have included documentaries, BTC publicity, vintage adverts, cartoons, and excerpts from home movies. Films mostly feature railway subjects, but trams, buses, canals, docks, heavy road haulage and air travel may also make an appearance. The December shows usually have a bit of a festive twist too.

This is the last meeting before Christmas – our 'party' – so there will also be party food (please 'bring and share'!) and hopefully the beer train will make its annual appearance on the model railway.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Yes! It's time for the Annual SWRS Photo Competition.

As 2019-2021 has been a tad unhelpful in providing photographic opportunities, the SWRS competition rules were modified this year to allow photos taken at any time over the past TEN years (it's usually five), and members have been busy submitting their entries to John Fowler.

The closing date has passed, and we will be holding the competition at The Manor on Friday night as usual. This year, as a trial, the evening will also be shown live on Zoom, allowing some of our more distant members to participate (in some way!). As ever, it's a festive social evening, so do join us for drinks and nibbles at the break, (please 'bring and share' some party food)! !

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Experience John Coke's unique style of auctioneering, join in the witty banter, and bag yourself a bargain, or ten... Yes! It's nearly time for the legendary SWRS Auction!! (raising money towards the upkeep of Slough Estates No.3).

So, dig through your cupboards, lofts and shelves for any spare railwayana, unwanted Christmas presents, and all those other things you never use.
Bring it along on the night, for us to sell...
...and don't forget your wallet: we need you to buy things as well!

Further Details: eg what kind of things to bring...

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

To call this a Members' Quiz Evening is rather underselling it! John Coke, long-time Social Secretary of the SWRS, will be showing us slides from the archives of the Slough & Windsor Railway Society, and quizzing us about who was involved or what was going on.

Not just a quiz: this will be a fascinating trip down memory lane for members, and an intriguing insight into the Society's history for everyone else.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Taking to the water this time, Colin will be giving a presentation about three pretty amazing 'Maritime Adventures':

1. A trip to Dubai in November 2018, primarily to visit and stay on board the hotel ship 'Queen Elizabeth 2' in Port Rashid.
2. A cruise up the Amazon in February 2018, all the way to Manaus and back, on board Fred. Olsen's MV 'Braemar' (pictured).
3. A northbound trip on the Norwegian Coastal in April 2014, on board Hurtigruten's wonderful heritage ship MS 'Lofoten'.

Regulars of The Manor will remember Colin from his talks about foreign railtours he has organised for the Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB).

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

A detailed look at the two mile long Turnchapel branch, the lesser-known LSWR line that served Plymouth’s docks and industries; featuring trains, flying boats, civil engineering, and the world’s oldest roll-on roll-off operation.

Author and historian Paul Joyce is well known to SWRS members for his entertaining talks about canal restoration and the railways around Reading and the South, copiously illustrated with archive photographs from his extensive collection.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Videographer and tram enthusiast, John Laker, and retired photographer Keith Spillett, are presenting another evening of their high-definition video, complete with sound system and live commentary.

This evening's show will feature footage of preserved steam on heritage railways all over Britain, including, among others: the Bo'ness and Kinneil, Llangollen, East Lancs, and West Somerset Railways; GWR 175 celebrations at Didcot; and narrow gauge in the form of the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Londoners are used to going underground, being home to the world's first underground metropolitan railway, we have perhaps become a little blasé about entering subterranean spaces.

However there is more underneath London than the Tube, and in this virtual tour, Rob will tell you about twelve more subterranean London spaces you can visit. Crypts, caves, tunnels, vaults and bunkers beneath London will be revealed along with their history and the stories of the people that made them.

Rob Smith is a qualified tour guide with Footprints of London.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Railfuture is the UK's leading independent organisation campaigning for better rail services for both passengers and freight. Railfuture campaigns have helped to open over 950 km of new routes and more than 400 new stations since 1960 .

Bruce Williamson – Railfuture's national press officer, and a BBC freelancer – will be talking about his background in the media, how he gets publicity for Railfuture and railway causes, including making the national headlines, and will talk about some of Railfuture's campaigning successes. Hopefully, Ray King, editor of Railwatch, will be attending too.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Unfortunately, Paul Joyce is unable to give us his talk on the Turnchapel Branch, "Plymouth Branch Line Ramble", this week. It is hoped it can be rescheduled for another Friday evening soon.

Stepping into the breach is the never-before-seen double act of Frank Taylor and Rob Holder (SWRS Secretary and Treasurer respectively). They will be using the SWRS's new projection equipment for an evening of miscellaneous transport videos and more. Exactly what will be seen will depend on whether all the new technology works as intended, but – as those who've seen Rob's past shows can testify – we're bound to have a great evening regardless!

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Simon's presentation will include steam power in Bosnia and Sweden, featuring working 21st-century steam in the Bosnian coal industry and preserved steam in Sweden, including the Gävle 100 celebrations with ancient Beyer Peacock locomotives on passenger trains.

The picture shows 750mm narrow gauge steam power in 2015 at the RMU Banovići (Banovići Brown Coal Mines) site in Bosnia. Locomotive 83-158 is a 2-8-0 of the Yugoslav State Railways class 83, built by Ðuro Ðakovic in 1948.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Charles Horsey has had a long career in transport and engineering. In recent years, an opportunity arose to research the re-construction of the Metropolitan's electric locomotives, one hundred years ago. The talk will include the research results, and will cover the long story of the electric locomotives that served the Metropolitan Railway and its successor London Transport.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

The welcome return of our very popular evenings of vintage transport cinema, after nearly two years...

Frank Banfield presents a further selection from his extensive collection of archive 16mm ciné film, shown using a vintage projector on our big screen.

Previous evenings have included documentaries, BTC publicity, vintage adverts, cartoons, and excerpts from home movies, all on a transport (mostly railway) theme.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join in are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Our very own John Coke will be giving us an evening of 35mm slides from his extensive collection of transport photographs, with the added bonus of some choice examples brought along by members.

Most presentations these days are based on laptops and LCD projectors, digitised images and remote control. Well, here is an opportunity to experience an 'old-school' analogue slide presentation on our giant screen. And since film photography has been very much on the wane in the past few decades, all the photos will have a definite 'vintage' charm as well.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join in are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Explore Chingford's history from forest village to London suburb and meet an unexpected cast of characters along the way.

Joanna Moncrieff is a qualified tour guide with Footprints of London.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join in are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

'Anything Goes' evenings: big screen video, ciné, projected prints, or slides, presented by SWRS members and featuring railway or other transport subjects from Great Britain or further afield. (It's open to all, not just SWRS members!)

If you have films or photos to share with fellow enthusiasts, please bring them along on Friday. (And if you contact info@swrs.co.uk in time, we can advertise your contribution in advance.)

Meetings will be taking place at The Manor, not online, as our refurbished meeting place is now available for use.

Experience John Coke's unique style of auctioneering, join in the witty banter, and bag yourself a bargain, or ten... Yes! It's nearly time for the legendary SWRS Auction!! (raising money towards the upkeep of Slough Estates No.3).

So, dig through your cupboards, lofts and shelves for any spare railwayana, unwanted Christmas presents, and all those other things you never use.
Bring it along on the night, for us to sell...
...and don't forget your wallet: we need you to buy things as well!

Further Details: eg what kind of things to bring...

The Friday night programme published in Triangle magazine T126 has been disrupted since it is not yet possible to use The Manor for normal meetings.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

A chance to munch on a burger or hot dog in the sunshine, chat to fellow enthusiasts, and watch the trains go by.

The Manor forecourt has a grandstand view of Slough Railway Station and the trains passing on the GW main line – an ideal venue for our annual barbecue.

The Friday night programme published in Triangle magazine T126 has been disrupted since it is not yet possible to use The Manor for normal meetings.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

London has numerous closed and abandoned railway lines and stations. Some have completely vanished leaving no physical trace, such as Holborn Viaduct and Broad Street stations in the City whilst in other places there are tantalising reminders of the past, such as Crystal Palace High Level and Spa Road Bermondsey. In some cases no longer needed railway buildings have found new uses as can be seen at Denmark Hill and Merton Park. Join Stephen as he roves across London and shares with you many of the lost and forgotten railways of London.

Stephen Benton is a qualified tour guide with Footprints of London.
A Londoner by birth, Stephen is fascinated by how and why London is like it is, with a particular interest in the way transport has shaped the city.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join in are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List.

The Friday night programme published in Triangle magazine T126 has been disrupted since it is not yet possible to use The Manor for meetings.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

John Coke will be giving us another evening from his extensive photographic collection.

John Coke will be giving us another evening from his extensive photographic collection.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join in are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List.

The Friday night programme published in Triangle magazine T126 has been disrupted since it is not yet possible to use The Manor for meetings.

Please see the Programme page for the latest information.

Hugh Rhodes is a keen amateur musician, playing piano and guitar to accompany his singing. He has an eclectic taste, encompassing both popular and classical music; in his words: "from Kylie Minogue to Shostakovich".

This evening will be rather different from previous Friday nights. To begin, Hugh will regale us with his memories and observations about pop music, from the Swinging Sixties to 1990's Britpop. He has some unconventional ideas about the subject and hopes we will have a good discussion afterwards as he expects people will want to disagree with him!

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join the Zoom meeting are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List. Please see the Programme page for further information.

Adrian Shooter was formerly the chairman of Chiltern Railways and DB Regio UK. He is currently chairman of Vivarail, a company which is upcycling withdrawn London Underground D78 Stock into the Vivarail D-train, the basis of the Class 230 DEMUs and the Class 484 EMUs introduced this year on the Isle of Wight.

The first Class 230s are diesel-electric units running Bedford-Bletchley services, but another fleet under construction are state-of-the-art zero-emission trains for the Wrexham-Bidston line in Wales. The battery-electric technology is ideal for this hilly route featuring frequent station stops.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join the Zoom meeting are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List. Please see the Programme page for further information.

Jim will describe a railway visit to Guatemala and follow with descriptions of some of the many railways serving the sugar industry in Cuba. Mostly steam, mostly American-built locos, and lots of narrow gauge …plus personal impressions and experiences.

Jim Ballantyne is our resident expert on industrial railways, Eastern Europe, boilers, and steam-hauled railways worldwide. He is also a frequent finalist in the annual SWRS Photographic Competition.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join the Zoom meeting are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List. Please see the Programme page for further information.

Brian Hall, from the B17 Steam Locomotive Trust, will describe their project to recreate a now-extinct class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive for use on mainline and heritage railways. LNER Class B17 no. 61673 will be named Spirit of Sandringham. Of particular interest to SWRS members is that the tender that once resided with Slough Estates No.3 at Stoke Place forms part of the project.

Nigel Gresley introduced the B17 in 1927 as a lightweight yet powerful 4-6-0 to handle the severe weight restrictions on the Great Eastern Main Line between London and Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich. The locomotives were built between 1928 and 1937. All 73 examples passed into British Railways ownership, with the last example not withdrawn until 1960. None survived into preservation.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join the Zoom meeting are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List. Please see the Programme page for further information.

This week, quizmaster Chris Zaremba will preside over another of his popular Zoom Railway Quizzes. Questions could be on anything to do with rail transport, home or abroad (but mainly home!) This time all the answers start with the letter 'C', so it's time to gen up on your Cromptons, Castles, catch points and catenary!!

Don't worry if your railway knowledge is limited; the quiz is self-marked, with no prizes – just 'bragging rights' and a bit of fun. We always marvel at how many things we don't know about the railways of Britain!

As well as the quiz, there will be social time to chat to other members and to pass on any news you may have.

So, why not grab yourself a pen and paper, and a drink, and join us on Friday?

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join the Zoom meeting are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List. Please see the Programme page for further information.

The Hejaz Railway runs between Jordan and Syria. Several steam locomotives are preserved in working order in the country.

Peter Robins will be describing his visit to the area on a Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB) tour in 1998

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join the Zoom meeting are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List. Please see the Programme page for further information.

Jeremy Harrison, from The Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB), will be showing us a further selection of black and white images (scanned glass plates), from 1913 and before, from the historic Ken Nunn collection (now in the care of the National Railway Museum).

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join the Zoom meeting are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List. Please see the Programme page for further information.

The Burma Railway, built during World War 2 to supply troops and weapons for the Japanese army's Burma Campaign, was constructed by Allied prisoners-of-war alongside civilian labourers. Conditions for the workers were so bad that more than 100,000 died during the line's construction.

Former TA officer Paul Whittle is a military historian, railway enthusiast and travel lecturer. This evening's illustrated talk will cover the infamous WW2 Burma-Thailand 'Death Railway', the iconic 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai, and the many differences between fact and fiction.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software.
Instructions to join the Zoom meeting are sent to the SWRS Members' Mailing List. Please see the Programme page for further information.

The past year hasn't been great for train-spotting (or anything else, come to that!) but SWRS Social Secretary John Coke, and a group of intrepid SWRS members, have been gathering regularly at Twyford station to see what's running. This evening, John will continue showing us what he's seen at Twyford, and elsewhere, during 2019 and 2020.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

An engaging tour of Windsor focusing on the history of infectious disease in the town over one thousand years: monarchs escaping London for Windsor Castle, treatments, hospitals, and why the Windsor Board of Health was very grateful when the Great Western Railway came to town!

Amanda Bryett is a Blue Badge Tourist Guide* based in Windsor. In a former life, Amanda worked for a major pharmaceutical company specialising in vaccines, so she is well qualified to relate the history of medicine, indeed, doubly-qualified for this talk as she has also lived in Windsor for over 25 years.

( *accredited by the Institute of Tourist Guiding )

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

Following the end of steam on the Southern in July 1967 (one of Derek's previous shows), the only place to see BR steam was the north of England. Knowing that the end of steam was only a year away, the plan was to make as many visits as time, and particularly money, would allow.

Derek will be showing the results of two visits made at the start and end of August 1967, hopefully including some sound recorded at the time.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

Tim Shoveller, Managing Director of Network Rail North West, will be giving us a talk titled – "The highlights and low lights in my career from a Junior Porter at Alton in 1987 to MD of NR North West and Central in 2021!"
...well, that was the original title for the talk, but it wouldn't fit on our posters!

Nevertheless, it nicely summarises Tim's talk, as he has had a very interesting career, which included the inception of Eurostar from Waterloo (hence the photo).

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

Our historian will be telling us about the Great Western Railway's 'broad gauge': the trains and engineering related to the wider 7ft track used by the GWR until they adopted the 'standard gauge' in 1892. As well as this overview, the evening will introduce the Broad Gauge Society Modelling Group, the Broad Gauge Project at Didcot Railway Centre, and the Fire Fly and Iron Duke locomotive projects.

Dave Grant is a member of both the SWRS and the Great Western Society, Didcot, and has spent a great deal of time researching the broad gauge era of the GWR.

This evening has been rescheduled from February 19th, when technical difficulties interrupted proceedings.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

The aim of the 'GCR Reunification Project' is to connect the two surviving halves of the Great Central Railway to create an eighteen-mile heritage main line, stretching across the East Midlands. The ambitious scheme will rebuild the missing half-a-kilometre of infrastructure known as the 'Loughborough Gap'.

This presentation is led by journalist, author and broadcaster Tom Ingall, detailing the story so far and the next steps to bringing the two halves of the Great Central Railway together.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

Over 6000 km of narrow gauge railway (2ft 6in gauge or less) was built in the Indian subcontinent. This presentation shows visits to the railways at Janakpur, in Nepal, and Changa Manga, Kohat and Mari Indus, in Pakistan, during the early 1980s when all traffic was still steam-hauled.

Geoff Warren is making a welcome return visit to talk to the SWRS.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

All members are encouraged to attend this important meeting. Further details here.

This meeting will also cover the official business of the 2020 AGM, which was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

When held at The Manor, the aim would be to finish the official business of the evening by half-time, so that in the second half (after 'drinks and nibbles') we could enjoy a film show provided by John Coke. As this meeting is being held over Zoom, you will have to provide your own drinks and nibbles! (Whether there will be 'second half entertainment' is unknown at present.)

Southern Locomotives Limited (SLL) is a company dedicated to the restoration, operation and maintenance of a number of steam locomotives that ran on the Southern Region of British Railways.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

Jeremy Harrison, from The Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB), will be showing us black and white images (scanned glass plates), from 1913 and before, from the historic Ken Nunn collection (now in the care of the National Railway Museum).

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

The East Lancashire Railway is a 12 1⁄2-mile heritage line in north-west England which runs between Heywood in Greater Manchester and Rawtenstall in Lancashire. It is particularly noted for its extensive collection of historic diesel locomotives and multiple units.

David Wright, retired Army Logistics Officer, was Chairman of the East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society for six years, and is a volunteer guard, signalman, and occasional "Fat Controller" on the ELR.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

The Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme (the Somme Bay Railway), is a preserved metre gauge railway in northern France. It has become well known for the occasional Fêtes de la Vapeur (Steam Festivals) that have been held there every three years or so, featuring both standard and narrow gauge traction.

Michael Bunn is Secretary of the French Railways Society and has given several presentations to the SWRS at The Manor.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

Our historian will be telling us about the Great Western Railway's 'broad gauge': the trains and engineering related to the wider 7ft track used by the GWR until they adopted the 'standard gauge' in 1892.

Dave Grant is a member of both the SWRS and the Great Western Society, Didcot, and has spent a great deal of time researching the broad gauge era of the GWR.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

Jim Seaton, Train Crew Manager and Travelling Ticket Inspector (TTI) at the Severn Valley Railway, will be giving us a behind-the-scenes view of working at one of England's best-loved heritage railways.

[Built in 1907 at the St Rollox Works, Glasgow, No. 419 is the last-surviving Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T. It was the first locomotive secured by the then-fledgling Scottish Railway Preservation Society, in 1964, and has since become the Society's flagship. A moment of fame occurred when 419 took part in the Stockton and Darlington 150th anniversary cavalcade in 1975.]if needed]

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

This week, quizmaster Chris Zaremba will preside over another of his popular Zoom Railway Quizzes. Questions could be on anything to do with rail transport, home or abroad (but mainly home!)

Don't worry if your railway knowledge is limited; the quiz is self-marked, with no prizes – just 'bragging rights' and a bit of fun. We always marvel at how many things we don't know about the railways of Britain!

As well as the quiz, there will be social time to chat to other members and to pass on any news you may have.

So, why not grab yourself a pen and paper, and a drink, and join us on Friday?

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

Mark Ashmole, former director of the Scottish Railway Preservation Society, has been instrumental in the preservation of several steam locomotives based at the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, in Scotland.

Built in 1907 at the St Rollox Works, Glasgow, No. 419 is the last-surviving Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T. It was the first locomotive secured by the then-fledgling Scottish Railway Preservation Society, in 1964, and has since become the Society's flagship. A moment of fame occurred when 419 took part in the Stockton and Darlington 150th anniversary cavalcade in 1975.

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

David Evans is from the Poulton and Wyre Railway Society.

(More details to follow.)

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

This evening is a milestone for Slough & Windsor Railway Society, as we welcome our first overseas Zoom speaker, Wolfgang Meyenberg, all the way from Germany.

To the enthusiast familiar with British practice, the signalling used on German railways may appear rather complicated. Fortunately, Wolfgang is an expert on the subject (and speaks fluent English!) and will be able to tell us the difference between a Hauptsignal and a Vorsignal; where we might see a Geschwindigkeitsvoranzeiger; who needs a Schneepflugsignal; and a great deal more besides.

[ Wolfgang's website: German Railway Signals ]

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.

As organiser of overseas study tours for members of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB), Adrian Palmer has an extensive knowledge of railways worldwide.

(Derek will be showing the results of two visits made at the start and end of August 1967, hopefully including some sound recorded at the time.)further details!)

This meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing software. Members on the SWRS Mailing List will receive instructions for how to take part. If you are an SWRS member and not on the Mailing List, please see the News page for details of how to join.