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'Next Meeting' Banner Advert Archive

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Reference archive of 'Next Meeting' banner adverts from the home page.

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• [Research notes]
• [website URL]

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"Description. (Photographer – Date – via Wikimedia Commons)"

UPDATE THIS: ALT text:
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Image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption:
[text of source caption]
(Photographer – Date – Geograph [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)

Not YET publicised on social media.

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20, 27 December 2024 –
"Members' Evening"

Photo caption:
"DB Class '001' (DRG Class '01') coal-fired 4-6-2 No.001 111 in largely original condition, climbing the Schiefe Ebene on a Bamberg–Hof express. Feb 1973 (Hugh Llewelyn [CC-by-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)"

ALT text:
"A snowy scene featuring a large German steam locomotive leading an express passenger train into a deep wooded cutting on a two-track mainline railway. The cold temperature exaggerates the exhaust steam billowing from the locomotive's chimney and cylinders."

Image from Wikimedia Commons –
Source caption: "DB Class '001' (DRG Class '01') coal-fired 4-6-2 No.001 111 in largely original condition with small boiler, narrow chimney and front fall plate, 02/73. 001 111 is climbing the Schiefe Ebene on a Bamberg - Hof express. Scanned photograph taken with an Exacta camera. – February 1973"
Full attribution: Hugh Llewelyn [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Not publicised on social media.

13 Dec 2024
Year 2001 Travel Log – Adrian Palmer

• 2024 banner initially just 'anonymised' 2023 banner!
• [Research notes] Previous talks by Adrian Palmer:
• "2000 Travel Log – Continued!" – 15 Dec 2023 – part 2!
• "2000 Travel Log" – 10 Feb 2023 – first part of this talk!
• NB - This talk uses the same photo and most of the same text as 10th Feb 2023 talk.
• "Travelling on Overseas Tours with LCGB" – 08 January 2021
• "Brazil and Madagascar" – 20 May 2016

UPDATE THIS: Photo caption:
"Wood burning Pacific 231.501 about to leave Phnom Penh, Cambodia with a special train. January 2000. – Adrian Palmer"

UPDATE THIS: ALT text:
"Cambodia, January 2000: In front of a row of tall palm trees, under a cloudless blue sky, a large wood-burning steam locomotive is leaving a station with a mixed train. The train comprises bogie freight wagons and a few carriages. The station platform is a wide weed-free paved area level with the track, which, by contrast resembles a garden lawn: the rails being completely obscured by the foliage."

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06 Dec 2024
SWRS Members' Festive Photographic Competition

Photo caption:
"Enthusiast snapping A4 60019 'Bittern' on steam special leaving Huntingdon, 29 November 2008 (John Webber – Geograph [CC-by-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)"

ALT text:
"In the background, a mainline steam locomotive (A4 Pacific 60019 Bittern) pulls a passenger train away from a major station. On the empty platform opposite is a lone trainspotter, complete with long anorak, hoping to capture the scene on his tripod-mounted camera."

Image from Geograph via Wikimedia Commons – Source caption: "An enthusiast appreciated the sight of preserved class A4 60019 Bittern accelerating its special train away from a signal check in Huntingdon station on a foggy winter morning. – John Webber: 29 November 2008".
[CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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29 Nov 2024
A Trip to the Queen and Amtrak – Matt Francis

• [Research notes]
• [website URL]

Photo caption:
"RMS Queen Mary in New York Harbour (from vintage post card). ([CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)" "

ALT text:
"Archive shot of the Queen Mary setting off from New York Harbour (from a colour post card)."

Image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption:
RMS Queen Mary in New York Harbour (from vintage post card).
(Geograph [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)

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22 Nov 2024
Snow and Scandinavia – Geoff Warren

• Text is taken, largely unaltered, from the introduction written in Geoff's email, hence no need to copy here. The changes were limited to: changing first- to third-person (two instances); and replacing the first 'operation' (para 1) with 'working practices', to avoid the two instances of 'operation' appearing above one another on adjacent lines!
• Photo selected by Geoff to allow cropping (particularly for Facebook). A severe crop was used for website as the small graphic would not have really shown anything obviously railway-related. Instead you get loco, snow and logs, which seems good enough!

Photo caption:
"Kolari is the furthest north railway station in Finland, some 90km north of the Arctic Circle. On 14th April 2022, class Dr16 locos wait until departure time with their overnight trains to Helsinki – Geoff Warren"

ALT text:
"Partly-hidden by drifting snow, several centre-cab diesel locomotives await their next turn of duty."

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15 Nov 2024
Both Sides of the Tweed – Dennis Lovett

• Text from Dennis's email:
  This talk covers two cross country lines which ran on either side of the River Tweed between St. Boswells and Berwick-upon-Tweed on the English / Scottish borders. Starting at the Waverley Route junction station of St. Boswells we travel via Duns to enter Berwick from the north, having joined the East Coast Main Line at Reston for the run into the historic border town. After crossing the Royal Border Bridge, we reverse at Tweedmouth to travel over the North Eastern Railway route towards Kelso. At Kelso we join the North British line to return to the junction station at St. Boswells. We also take in the branch line to Jedburgh during our photographic trip.
  
  The two routes may no longer be in use, but there are numerous remaining structures including stations and viaducts still standing and we also visit one of the newest railway stations to reopen in Scotland at the former junction station of Reston.
  
  Dennis Lovett is a former railway manager who spent most of his career working in audio visual, advertising, marketing and public relations for the British Railways Board, BR Southern Region, Central Advertising Services (South - Waterloo), Network SouthEast, InterCity, North London Railways, Silverlink and Virgin Trains, where he was Deputy Director Corporate Affairs. Dennis spent the last 13 years of his working life as Public Relations Manager for model railway manufacturer Bachmann Europe and then worked part time as Marketing Manager for the Locomotion Models division of the Railway Museum, York and Locomotion, Shildon.
  
  Dennis first travelled by train to the Scottish Borders at the age of six weeks when his mother took him to her hometown of Galashiels to introduce him to relations. Fortunately, his father was a Bletchley train driver and visits were made several times a year using free passes until closure in 1969 forced journeys to be made by road. He has visited Scotland several times a year ever since!
  
  In 2008, Dennis began work on the first of several books as joint author with Roger Darsley for Middleton Press and more recently with former Virgin Trains colleague Allan McLean. The talks available are based on the research and images that were collected prior to publication. The twentieth book is nearing publication.

Photo caption:
"Wearing TransPennine Express livery, bi-mode multiple unit 802219 is seen at Reston in June 2022 – Dennis Lovett"

ALT text:
"A modern, streamlined electric multiple unit pauses at an equally modern station."

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08 Nov 2024
Euston to Carlisle in the 50s and 60s – a black and white slide show – David Cross

• Text from David's email:
  David Cross the son of Derek Cross a prolific railway photographer in the 50 s 60s and 70 s will present a selection of his late Fathers slides in Slough on 8/11/24.
  
  The title of this show will be a journey from Euston to Carlisle with pictures taken between 1958 and 1968 . This all steam show will include locomotives from the LM Region GWR LNER and BR Standard classes on passenger and freight services in the heyday of British Railways … clean named locomotives on pristine permanent way !
  
  The perhaps unusually is all in black and white a medium that Derek Cross used extensively and once which he felt was very effective for railway photography.
  
  The show has around 150 images about a dozen of which depict now preserved locos during their time working on BR.

Photo caption:
"Un-rebuilt and un-named Patriot 45510 on a Euston-Manchester express near Watford Gap with infant M1 in the background in June 1960. – Derek Cross"

ALT text:
"A large steam locomotive hauls an express passenger train along a low, straight embankment in open countryside, adjacent to the recently-built M1 motorway."

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01 Nov 2024
Class 91 Presentation – Ben Denton-Cardew

• Photo from 225 Website (at their suggestion), caption from presentation slide.
• Needed cropping for website banner.
• Instagram couldn't cope with original either, so another crop was used for that!

Photo caption:
"The classic view at York. 91023 working the 1700 from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh on Monday 30th August 1993. – Carl Looker"

ALT text:
"A partly-streamlined electric passenger loco under a dramatic overall station roof."

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25 Oct 2024
Some aspects of the Political Economy of Victorian Railways in Britain and Beyond – Andy Brown

• Original title: Britain, India and the US in the 19th Century
• Monopoly photo provided by Andy Brown
• Original text from email:
  As per my voicemail the revised title is:
  
  - - 'Some aspects of the Political Economy of Victorian Railways in Britain & Beyond' - -
  
  Its a better title I think given where I have got to with the research.
  
  The talk will cover the changing nature of the relationship between government and the railways up to WW1 and compare/contrast the British government's approach to railways in Ireland (especially) and India to those at home. This picture I have attached may intrigue and is probably a bit different (below). Its hard to come up with a single picture because one character, railway company or locomotive doesn't really do it. The talk will cover the roles of characters as diverse as Thomas Malthus, William Gladstone, Sir Rowland Hill and The Earl of Balfour amongst others and how they have impacted railways directly or sometimes via their intellect. The talk will cover issues such as railway rates, competing lines, the reasons for nationalisation being a popular approach in a railway context, and the success or otherwise of government actions. Its a huge topic actually, hence why I am going to talk about 'some aspects'.

Photo caption:
"Train game piece on a Monopoly board"

ALT text:
"Train game piece on a Monopoly board"

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18 Oct 2024
STAND-IN EVENING:
Travelling with my Camera in 1994 – Derek Spicer

Active from Thursday evening...

Photo caption:
"LMS Princess Coronation Class 46229 Duchess of Hamilton on a mainline railtour, near Maidenhead, in 1994. (Derek Spicer)"

ALT text:
"A large British steam locomotive hurries a railtour train through a shallow four-track cutting in open countryside."

Photo provided by Derek.

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18 Oct 2024
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED:
LCGB Tour of Japan – Colin Miell

Active Tuesday-Wednesday until Colin emailed to say he was ill and couldn't do the talk.

Photo caption:
"1930-built 2-6-4T locomotive C10 8 preserved and running on the Oigawa Railway in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. (Colin Miell – 2023)"

ALT text:
"A Japanese steam locomotive hauls a passenger train underneath the overhead electric wires of its home heritage railway. Behind the tree-lined railway boundary, a blanket of trees spreads up the steeply-sided mountain and out of sight."

Photo provided by Colin.

Not publicised on social media.

Following was active Wednesday-Thursday evening:

11 Oct 2024
Chasing Elusive Steam in the 70s and 80s – Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia – Donald Wilson

Photo caption:
"Preserved 2-6-2T locomotive FCS 400 on the viaduct near Belvi-Aritzo, Sardinia, Italy. (Manfred Kopka – 8 December 2015 – via Wikimedia Commons)"

ALT text:
"Leaving a smoky trail behind it, a small steam locomotive hauls a short mixed train across a stone viaduct spanning a steeply wooded valley."

Image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption:
Preserved 2-6-2T locomotive FCS 400 on the viaduct near Belvi-Aritzo
(Manfred Kopka – 8 December 2015 – via Wikimedia Commons)

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4 Oct 2024
Medium Gauge Steam – 1: Europe – Neil Kearns

Notes and photo provided by Neil. (See email for more: Neil last visited about 2004-5!)

From Neil Kearns's emailed description:

Medium gauge needs to be defined. It's narrower than standard gauge but can be capable of moving standard gauge loads. (Yes I know Brunel described standard gauge as "narrow gauge".) The railway photographer Dusty Durrant regarded it as being between 3 and 4 feet gauge. Effectively there are three gauges, 3 foot, metre and 3 foot 6 inches. At one end it's about pottering on rural byways, but at the other can be the mainline. In this show we'll look at steam- and electric-powered medium gauge across Europe using my own slides. I was going to include Africa and Canada, but I thought it best to concentrate on European material. All the pictures were taken when travelling by rail, or the occasional local bus or lake steamer...

(Maybe Africa another time when it’s cold and wet?)

Biographical notes. I spent most of my railway career in planning either timetables or engineering access. Since taking retirement in 2017, I have become more involved with Romsey Signal Box museum, Eastleigh Railway Preservation Society working on restoring S15 828 and assisting the planning for mainline operations of 35028 Clan Line. I even manage to get out and take photos occasionally!

ALT text:
"Across the side of a snow-covered mountain, runs an electric railway. The masts and wires are highly visible against the virgin snow. A vintage Swiss Crocodile loco helps propel an even more vintage steam-powered snow blower to clear drifts from the track."

Photo caption:
"Steam Snow Blower Xrot 9213 assisted by Benina Line krokodil number 182, at Ospizio Bernina, Switzerland. Most winters the Rhatische Bahn run (expensive) excursions to photograph the snow blower in action. – 18 February 2018 – Neil Kearns"

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27 Sep 2024
Edge Hill and its Complex Railways – George Howe

Photo caption:
"A view west from Edge Hill Station, with the four lines snaking towards the tunnels to Liverpool Lime Street. (William Starkey – 14 March 2015 – Geograph [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)"

ALT text:
"A neatly dressed stone arch bridge frames the view along the track into a deep cutting beyond. A four car electric multiple unit is dwarfed by its surroundings. Four tracks snake away towards two arched tunnel mouths in the distance. Above the tracks is a jumble of bracketry for the overhead wires."

Image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption:
Western view from Edge Hill Station.
(William Starkey – 14 March 2015 – Geograph [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)

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20 Sep 2024
By 'Super D' to Barry Island (Part 2) – Ken Mumford

• [Research notes]:
• Ken's last visit was 24th April 2015, although think he had visited previously.
• Ken sent some material but the images were not suitable.
• Part 1 was on Jun 14th.

Photo caption:
"An unidentified 'Super D' entering Albion Station, heading along the Stour Valley line in the Wolverhampton direction. – 1st January 1960. – Original photo by the late John Evans, copyright 2010, The Steve Jones Collection. – [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons"

Photo ALT text:
"Archive view of an 0-8-0 steam locomotive, normally used for freight, hauling a passenger train through an industrial landscape"

Image from Wikimedia Commons –
Source caption: "An unidentified 'Super D' entering Albion Station, heading along the Stour Valley line in the Wolverhampton direction. The train is just about to cross Union Road level crossing. No trace of the station remains today, although the site can easily be identified by the two canal bridges. – 1st January 1960 Original photo by the late John Evans, copyright 2010 The Steve Jones Collection. –
[CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons"

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13 Sep 2024
Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire Branch Lines – Dick Crane

Original photo, Sun-Mon:

Photo caption:
"At the terminus of the Hertford East branch line, Thomson L1 2-6-4T 67709 runs round its train of suburban coaching stock on 4th April 1959. The line was electrified in November the following year. (Ben Brooksbank – Geograph [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)"

ALT text:
"A terminus station for a small provincial town, a little distance to the north of London, in 1959. An elderly 2-6-4T steam locomotive runs round its train of suburban carriages. There are no passengers to be seen and the platform canopies show years of neglect."

Image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption:
Hertford East Station, with an L1 2-6-4T.
View eastward from the barriers; ex-Great Eastern terminus of line from Liverpool Street via Broxbourne. The Thompson L1 2-6-4T, which has just brought in a suburban train and about to run round, is No. 67709. The line was electrified in November 1960.
(Ben Brooksbank – 04 April 1959 – Geograph [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)

Photo used from Tuesday, provided by Dick Crane:

Photo caption:
"Happier days at Buckingham with a steam service from Bletchley interchanging with one of the single coach DMUs working to/from Banbury in 1961. (Photo provided by Dick Crane)"

ALT text:
"A provincial town station in the Home Counties in 1961. A steam-hauled suburban service has arrived behind a large tank locomotive, whilst on the other platform an almost new, very early, diesel railcar waits for onward passengers."

From Dick Crane's emailed description:

The home counties of England may not have suffered as severely in the rail closures of the 1960s and 1970s as areas of a more rural nature yet when we look at the contrast in the railway maps of the 1950s and 2024 it reminds us that many of the 'local' branch lines have almost past from our memories.

In the presentation on 13th September Dick Crane seeks to take us on a tour of branch railways, past and present within the counties of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. Some rural lines are happily with us in the 21st Century but how many remember the enchanting railways that once served the county town of Buckingham or the much regretted loss of the likes of the Buntingford branch line in rural Hertfordshire.

The evening seeks to provide nostalgia but also the potential for the branch railways that have survived in the two counties.

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06 Sep 2024
Steam in Germany, Service to Plandampf – Bob Stonehouse

Never did get confirmation of what the talk was to be about! (Email sent on Sat 31st Aug.)
A good example of an advert created purely from the talk title and some internet research!

Photo caption:
"1964-built East German (Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)) 4-6-2 locomotive 01 519 (owned by Zollernbahn Railway Society) in Schifferstadt, Germany hauling a scheduled passenger train (or 'plandampf') – User: LosHawlos – 02 October 2005   [Wikimedia Commons - CC-by-SA-3.0]"

ALT text:
"A large German steam locomotive in the distinctive livery of all-over black with bright red highlights on the wheels, motion and running plate."

Image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption:
A German class 01.5 steam locomotive in Schifferstadt, Germany
– User: LosHawlos – 02 October 2005   [Wikimedia Commons - CC-by-SA-3.0]
(Google's translation from German comment: Steam locomotive 01 519 of the Zollernbahn Railway Friends on the planned steam trips in Schifferstadt.)

Not publicised on social media.

30 Aug 2024 –
"Train Spotters' Barbecue"

Photo caption:
"'Bar-B-Que sausages' – Photo by User:Salimfadhley – from Wikimedia Commons"

Original image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption: "'Bar-B-Que sausages'"
– Photo by User:Salimfadhley – from Wikimedia Commons

ALT text:
"Sausages cooking on a barbecue"

Not yet publicised on social media.

Different photo used for social media:
c:\Users\SWRSweb\~~GD\Support\Pictures
\From PeterJewell\2024-07-26_TrainspottersBarbecue_20230728_202527

ALT text:
"Rail enthusiasts enjoying a barbecue outside their wooden Victorian meeting hut, overlooking Slough station, as a train from Windsor arrives in the bay platform. – 28 July 2023 – Peter Jewell"

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02, 09, 16, 23, 30 –
"Members' Presentation Evenings"

Photo caption:
"Big Screen Transport Mix Presentation (P Jewell)"

ALT text:
"A montage of small images of vintage transport subjects, including: a London bus, Isle of Wight hovercraft and tube train, steam and diesel locomotives, and a traction engine. The overall background photo shows a Thames Turbo train in the Windsor bay platform at Slough station."

Source image (original): SWRS Transport Mix (P Jewell montage) - Original

Source image (letterbox/Facebook): SWRS Transport Mix (PJ) - Compressed height

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26 Jul 2024 –
"Train Spotters' Barbecue"

Photo caption:
"'Bar-B-Que sausages' – Photo by User:Salimfadhley – from Wikimedia Commons"

Original image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption: "'Bar-B-Que sausages'"
– Photo by User:Salimfadhley – from Wikimedia Commons

ALT text:
"Sausages cooking on a barbecue"

Not yet publicised on social media.

Different photo used for social media:
c:\Users\SWRSweb\~~GD\Support\Pictures
\From PeterJewell\2024-07-26_TrainspottersBarbecue_20230728_202527

ALT text:
"Rail enthusiasts enjoying a barbecue outside their wooden Victorian meeting hut, overlooking Slough station, as a train from Windsor arrives in the bay platform. – 28 July 2023 – Peter Jewell"

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19 Jul 2024
Strictly Freight Only (Part 1) – Brian Ringer

Notes and photo provided by Brian.

Model Railway for Part 1:

1. Collett 0-6-0 (eg) with wagon-load freight
2. 9F or 2-8-0 with Shell-BP bogie oil tanks (inc barrier wagons)
3. (branch) London Transport Pannier with engineering wagons

Model Railway for Part 2:

1. Large Logo (Scottie) 37 with Speedlink freight
2. Yeoman 59 with Yeoman hoppers (or) Green 50 with container train
3. (branch) Blue 08 with couple of TTAs

ALT text:
"A boxy diesel locomotive hauls a train of bogie oil tank wagons through a modern passenger station in South Wales."

Photo caption:
"DB Class 60 No. 60020 passing Newport High Street station on the 0500 Robeston to Westerleigh Murco oil tanks – April 2014 – Brian Ringer"

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12 Jul 2024
Heritage Diesels – Shaun Bradbury

Originally advertised: Colin Miell – LCGB Tour of Japan
This talk was never actually arranged, but it was advertised in the December 23 Triangle!
Frank Taylor only realised his mistake late on Monday...

• [Research notes]
• Previous talks by Shaun Bradbury [no useful text]:
• "Transport Mix" - 2nd June 2017, "Modern Traction Show" - 18th Nov 2022
• Initially, same photo (Western on WSR) used as for 18th Nov 2022; but on emailing Shaun (after initial update), he sent one of his own photos plus a description of his talk, so updated with that.

Revised Banner (Wednesday(23:59)-Friday+):

Photo caption:
"Resplendent in BR Rail Blue livery, Class 42 'Warships' D821 'Greyhound' and D832 'Onslaught' double-heading at Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway during the 2023 Autumn Diesel Gala. This event will feature in one of tonight's videos. – 28 September 2023 (Shaun Bradbury)"

ALT text:
"Two heritage diesel locomotives, freshly painted in British Rail's corporate Rail Blue livery, pulling away from a preserved station. The Warship locomotives are hauling a passenger train of 1950s-vintage coaching stock. The rural nature of the heritage railway is emphasised by the line of trees behind the train."

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Original Banner (Tuesday-Wednesday):

Photo caption:
"With the sun in the west behind it, D1035 Western Yeoman (actually D1010 Western Campaigner with temporary name and numberplates), hauls the last train of the day away from Watchet on the West Somerset Railway. – 20 July 2013 (Geof Sheppard – [CC-by-SA-4.0], via Wikimedia Commons)"

ALT text:
"A heritage diesel locomotive, in 1960s British Railways maroon livery, hauls a three-coach train around a sharp curve towards the viewer. The train is in a deep cutting whose banks are lined with rosebay willowherb in full bloom. The locomotive exhaust smoke casts a haze over the background."

Image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption:
"With the sun in the west behind it, D1035 Western Yeoman (actually D1010 Western Campaigner with temporary name and numberplates), hauls the last train of the day away from Watchet on the West Somerset Railway.
– Geof Sheppard  20 July 2013 [Wikimedia Commons - CC-by-SA-4.0]"

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05 Jul 2024
Transport Mix – Rob Holder

Originally scheduled: Steve Wakeland – Duke of Gloucester Trust
Postponed due to ill health. Not yet rescheduled. Rob Holder stepped in at short notice.

Photo caption:
"1970 Chevrolet Chevelle... plus trailer! – Rob Holder"

ALT text:
"A bright red American sports coupe from 1970, parked on a harbour-side road amid brick-faced apartment blocks in a European city."

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28 Jun 2024
A Year in Steam – Simon Colbeck

• [Research notes]:
• From Frank/Simon's email, 19-20 May 2024:
• "Highlights from my steam photography over the last year in the UK and India, with an archive section on steam on the Indian Hill station railways."
• Photo provided by Simon (although one from Wikimedia Commons was used initially for a few hours)

Photo caption:
"Darjeeling Himalayan Railway B-Class locomotive 01B on a downhill service near Mahanadi, 16th January 2024. – Simon Colbeck"

Photo ALT text:
"A long but low saddle tank locomotive pulling a passenger train on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. The bright blue livery of the dirty locomotive and its two short coaches contrasts starkly with the scrubby surrounding vegetation clinging to the sheer rock face beside the line. Two railway workers are standing on the front of the engine, watching the track ahead, while the driver and fireman are looking out from the cab."

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21 Jun 2024
Over 60 years of Railway Photography – David Canning

• [Research notes]:
• Notes from David Canning email, 14th June 2024:
• David Canning - Born 24th September 1944. - Over 60 Years of Railway Photography.
  The presentation covers from his first photograph taken at Newbury station on 11th August 1958 right up to as near as he can to the presentation date at that station. With a multitude of photographs at various locations around Britain and some on the near continent in between.
  It covers how he first became interested in railways before that and the became a press photographer before joining BR as a signalman in 1967 until his retirement in 2004. How he met his wife in 1971 and how they formed a team still together today and were out all hours photographing the electrification on the Berks and Hants Line.
  One or two non railway photographs are included which people find of interest as well.

Photo provided by David Canning.

Photo caption:
"David Canning working Thatcham Signal Box in 1974"

ALT text:
"Archive interior view of a mechanical signal box. The smartly uniformed signalman is at the lever frame looking away towards the train arriving at the station platform."

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14 Jun 2024
By 'Super D' to Barry Island (Part 1) – Ken Mumford

• [Research notes]:
• Ken's last visit was 24th April 2015, although think he had visited previously.
• Ken sent some material but the images were not suitable.

Photo caption:
"An unidentified 'Super D' entering Albion Station, heading along the Stour Valley line in the Wolverhampton direction. – 1st January 1960. – Original photo by the late John Evans, copyright 2010, The Steve Jones Collection. – [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons"

Photo ALT text:
"Archive view of an 0-8-0 steam locomotive, normally used for freight, hauling a passenger train through an industrial landscape"

Image from Wikimedia Commons –
Source caption: "An unidentified 'Super D' entering Albion Station, heading along the Stour Valley line in the Wolverhampton direction. The train is just about to cross Union Road level crossing. No trace of the station remains today, although the site can easily be identified by the two canal bridges. – 1st January 1960 Original photo by the late John Evans, copyright 2010 The Steve Jones Collection. –
[CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons"

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7 Jun 2024
The Great Train Robbery – Ian Boskett

• [Research notes]:
• Same photo used for Geoff's first visit, "The Ramblings of a Railwayman", 10th June 2022.
• (ditto) for second visit, "Rambling Railwayman's Recollections", 9th June 2023.

Photo caption:
"D337 – a split-headcode Class 40, similar to D326, the locomotive involved in the heist – heads north along the Grand Junction line at Bescot circa 1960. – Image copyright 2010, The Steve Jones Collection. – [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons"

Photo ALT text:
"Archive view of a large British Railways diesel, of the type involved in the heist, hauling a passenger train."

Image from Wikimedia Commons –
Source caption: "D337 at Bescot, whistling north along the Grand Junction line circa 1960. Image copyright 2010, The Steve Jones Collection. –
[CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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31 May 2024
Scenic Rails Around the World – Part 1 – John Laker & Keith Spillet

• [Research notes]
• Previous talks by John Laker & Keith Spillet:
• "Preserved Steam Part 4" - 25th Nov 2022 - advertised as "High Definition Photography"!
• "Preserved Steam Part 4" - 25th Feb 2022
• "Preserved Steam Part 3" - 5th Nov 2021
• "Preserved Steam Part 2" - 10th Sep 2021 (Blu-ray failure)
• "Steam Railway Miscellany" - 1st Feb 2019 ('Keith & John Laker' !!)
• "Steam on the Underground" - 1st Dec 2017 ('John Laker' - didn't show us any LT Steam, as the only footage is on their DVD which they didn't show!!)
• "British Second Generation Tramways" - 17th Mar 2017 ('John Laker')
• "British Trams and Trolley Buses in HD" - 28th Oct 2016 ('John Laker')
• Email response from John: "The programme is titled Scenic Rails Around the World Part 1. It will include the Puffing Billy Melbourne, California Zephyr, the Grand Canyon Railroad, Durango to Silverton, Pikes Peak Cog Railway, Steam from Andalsnes in Norway, and two steam metre gauge lines in the Dresden area."
• Updated page on the Thursday to reflect this.

Photo caption:
"British Railways Standard Class 4MT 2-6-0 76079 taking part in the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Steam Gala – 17 Apr 2015 – [Charlie Jackson - CC-by-SA-2 - Wikimedia Commons]"

ALT text:
"A steam-hauled passenger train dwarfed by the surrounding scenery, forests and mountains."

Image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption:
BR 76079 - NYMR Steam Gala, 17/04/2015
– Charlie Jackson   [Wikimedia Commons - CC-by-SA-2.0]"

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24 May 2024
Railway Scenes in Germany – Berlin - Brandenburg – Steve Ollive

Photo provided by Steve Ollive.

Photo caption:
"BD ICE-TD no: 605-003 at Berlin Hauptbahnhof on 13th April 2014 – Steve Ollive"

ALT text:
"A modern German streamlined passenger train stands at a curving platform under the arched glass overall roof of a major station."

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17 May 2024
Railway Accidents and Incidents – Geoff Burch
Tales of a former Southern Region steam locomotive driver.

• [Research notes]:
• Same photo used for Geoff's first visit, "The Ramblings of a Railwayman", 10th June 2022.
• (ditto) for second visit, "Rambling Railwayman's Recollections", 9th June 2023.

Photo caption:
"Steam on the Southern: Bulleid wartime Q1 class 0-6-0 33027 passing through Clapham Junction station with a down milk train, 18 July 1964. (Ben Brooksbank – Geograph [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)"

Photo ALT text:
"Archive view of an austerity-design steam locomotive, a Bulleid Q1, hauling a train of milk tank wagons through a large inner-city station in London."

Image from Geograph via Wikimedia Commons –
Source caption: "Down milk empties at Clapham Junction (Windsor Lines).
View eastward, towards Waterloo etc.: ex-LSW and LB&SC major junction, also connecting with West London Extension Line. The train, probably from the Milk Depot at Vauxhall, is passing under the great 'A' signalbox (with its wartime steel canopy) and along the Platform 4 line towards Putney, Richmond etc., headed by Bulleid wartime Q1 class 0-6-0 No. 33027 (built 7/42 as C11, withdrawn 1/66). – Ben Brooksbank: 18 July 1964".
[CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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10 May 2024
Railways of Scotland – Stephen Bigley

Banner image provided by Stephen Bigley: "The attached image shows the overnight sleeper for Euston before departure from Glasgow Central on 30 June 2017"

Photo caption:
"The overnight sleeper for Euston before departure from Glasgow Central on 30 June 2017. – Stephen Bigley"

ALT text:
"Interior view across the deserted platforms of a major city station, late on a summer evening. Dominant above, the overall roof is supported by an intricate mesh of iron girders; while On the furthest platform, a sleeper train awaits its turn to head south."

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03 May 2024
Great Western Railway in Preservation – Richard Morris

Original image from Wikimedia Commons
– Source caption: "Newly built GWR 2900 Class Lady of Legend and 4073 class 4079 Pendennis Castle stand alongside each other as Pendennis prepares to take over afternoon Mainline demo duties from Lady of Legend as she celebrates her 100th birthday at Didcot. 3rd March 2024
User: BWard 1997 from Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0)

Photo caption:
"New and Old – Newly built GWR 2900 Class Lady of Legend stands alongside 4079 Pendennis Castle, celebrating her 100th birthday, on the mainline demonstration line at Didcot Railway Centre. – 3rd March 2024 – User: BWard 1997 from Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0)"

ALT text:
"Two preserved steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway."

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26 Apr 2024
Trains Before the Great War: Part 3 – Jeremy Harrison

Original image from Wikimedia Commons
– Source caption: "York station approaches – Scan from Hartnell, F.S. (unknown, circa 1910 - 1916) 'All About Railways', London: Cassell". [Public Domain]
Previously used for Jeremy's earlier talks: 12 Mar, 28 May 2021

Photo caption:
"York Station Approaches, circa 1910 (not from Ken Nunn collection) – [Public Domain]"

ALT text:
"View circa 1910: complicated pointwork leads to the platforms at which no less than seven passenger trains are waiting beneath the four arched spans of the grand overall roof of York Station." "

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19 Apr 2024
From Railways to Royalty: An Evening with Jack Boskett

• Research notes:
• Talk advert on Visit Evesham website – source of talk description text (para 1, 3, 4). Slightly edited for length. Original stored in text file with photo.
• Jack Boskett – Railway Photography – source of talk description text (para 2)

Banner image 'borrowed' from Jack Boskett website:
– https://www.jackboskett.co.uk/uploads/7/1/1/2/7112657/9122590.jpg

Photo caption:
"Photo copyright: Jack Boskett"

ALT text:
"A large steam locomotive hauling a passenger train along an embankment, silhouetted against a sunset sky"

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CSS Note: The talk's unusual sub-title obviates the need for a speaker line, but standard format doesn't allow sufficient whitespace between subtitle and time/location. Simply displaying a blank speaker block is too tall, so had to cheat in subtitle. Lazy, yes, but time constraints...

12 Apr 2024 –
Slough & Windsor Railway Society – Annual General Meeting

Published with last year's date, and nobody noticed!!!

• Use a PRJ photo of No. 3 (DSCF1661.JPG) from SWRS Middleton Trip, 2015, for Social Media.
• [ALT text]:
  "A small 0-6-0 steam locomotive in front of a wooded countryside background.
  [Full caption]: 1924-built Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST "Slough Estates No.3" simmers gently at the far end of the Middleton Railway in Leeds, October 2015 (Photo: Peter Jewell)"

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05 Apr 2024
Incredible Flying Boats – from luxury travel to warplanes – Lorimer Burn

Banner image provided by Lorimer Burn: "a montage I copied from an A3 paperback in the series 'Aeroplane Icons', entitled "Sunderland, the RAF's Legendary Protector of the Sea-Lanes". The picture is titled "The Sunderland and the fight against the submarine". There is no Publisher's information except for the date which was 2012, so I've been unable to obtain permission to use this. I feel it is unlikely that there would be any objection though."

Photo caption:
"The Sunderland and the fight against the submarine."

ALT text:
"Painting of a Sunderland Flying Boat attacking a submarine on the surface of a rough sea"

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29 Mar 2024
Chris's Super (Railway!) Quiz – Chris Zaremba

Banner image/caption/ALT text copied from location page.

Photo caption:
"'The Manor', Slough railway station, with repainting nearly complete, on the occasion of the Trainspotter's Barbecue, 30th July 2021."

ALT text:
"The single-storey, Victorian, wooden building known as 'The Manor' facing Platform One of Slough railway station, with the two unusually-shaped office blocks behind."

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22 Mar 2024
Train Ferries of WW1 + WW2 (and associated railways) – Gordon Adams

Banner image provided by Gordon Adams

Photo caption:
"WD loco being unloaded at Dieppe 1944 from WW1 Ferry"

ALT text:
"A large War Department steam locomotive being unloaded from a WW1 train ferry in 1944."

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15 Mar 2024
Graham Bilbé's 'Black and White Night' (or 'Things I wish I had seen!')

Banner image provided by Graham Bilbé.

Photo caption:
"'The Great Bear', the Great Western Railway's unsuccessful, and only, Pacific (4-6-2) locomotive."

ALT text:
"Archive picture of the large Great Western steam locomotive 'The Great Bear', standing adjacent to a substantial coaling facility, whose top storey is comprised exclusively of water tanks."

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08 Mar 2024
Talking Turkey – Peter Robins

Banner image provided by Peter Robins, initially with a severe crop for the website (so the train was more visible), but on preparing the social media realised that even on the website the original (very good) photo was far better.

Photo caption:
"Steam in Turkey: a 44001 class (Prussian G8) no. 44055 is seen heading out of Egridir with an afternoon train to Dinar on 8th October 1983. – Peter Robins"

ALT text:
"Rural Turkey: the lower slopes of a mountain range are covered by a scattering of houses surrounded by many trees. Against this backdrop, a large steam locomotive is hauling a mixed train of one passenger coach and two vans onto an embankment alongside a substantial inland lake, having just crossed a spindly metal viaduct. The arid appearance of the embankment and fields around the lake is a stark contrast to the abundant woodland beyond."

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01 Mar 2024
The Early Years of the Wycombe Railway (1846–1906-ish) – David Lane

• Research notes:
• Titanic Boat Train Heritage Trust website

Banner image provided by David Lane, but severely cropped for the website.

Photo caption:
"Computer render of the original broad gauge High Wycombe station – (David Lane)"

ALT text:
"Computer-generated image of a Broad Gauge station train shed, with a broad gauge steam locomotive in front"

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23 Feb 2024
Transport Film Show (archive 16mm ciné films) – Frank Banfield

ORIGINAL ADVERT – was live from Sunday 26 to Thursday 30 November 2023.
Frank had to cancel due to ill health and Rob Holder stepped-in instead.
Seemed simplest to just re-use for this event...

Photo caption:
"View to the west of Slough station on Sunday, 3rd May 1959. The goods shed is to the left; ex-GWR 4029 70029 'Cardigan Castle' is working the 17.00 Paddington - Paignton/Plymouth on the down relief line, due to track relaying on the fast lines; and a materials train is in the down siding, blocking the West (or 'Royal') curve to the Windsor branch. Fascinating photo. (Ben Brooksbank – Geograph [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)"

Image previously used for:
01 Dec 2023 - "Seasonal Film Show" - Frank Banfield [First use, but postponed]
23 Feb 2024 - "Transport Film Show" - Frank Banfield [(effectively) First use]

ALT text:
"A monochrome view of the western approaches to Slough station on a Sunday in 1959. A large steam locomotive (a GWR 'Castle' class) heading west with an express passenger train to Plymouth on the down relief line. The fast lines on the right are being relaid."

Image from Wikimedia Commons –
Source caption: " A 'Castle' on a Down express on the Slow line west of Slough.
View eastward, towards Slough and Paddington; ex-GWR main line Paddington - Reading and the West. It is a Sunday and the Fast lines (on the right) are being relaid. A materials train is on the Down siding, across the west curve from the Windsor Branch. Built right back in 6/25, No. 4087 'Cardigan Castle' has recently been renovated with a double-chimney and is working the 17.00 Paddington - Paignton/Plymouth; it gave another 4½ years service. – 3rd May 1959"
Full attribution: Ben Brooksbank [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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16 Feb 2024
Titanic Boat Train Heritage Trust – Ian Giles

• Research notes:
• Titanic Boat Train Heritage Trust website

Banner image taken from Titanic Boat Train Heritage Trust website. Facebook to use screen grab from maximised webpage; others to use the 'crop' created by using a smaller browser window and choosing a pleasing width. (On website, crest is centred relative to window width, while background image is anchored left; hence, can select how much train is visible.)

Photo caption:
"Titanic Boat Train Heritage Trust – (from the Trust's website)"

ALT text:
"The crest of the Titanic Boat Train Heritage Trust, superimposed on a painting of a vintage steam train on the dockside adjacent to ocean liner RMS Titanic"

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09 Feb 2024
Winter Railwayana & Miscellaneous Auction

Photo caption:
"Christie's Auction Room (edited) - Plate 006 from 'Microcosm of London' (1808) - (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)"

ALT text:
"Interior view of a 19th century art auction house, with auctioneer in action, an audience of bidders, and framed oil paintings on the walls."

Original image from Wikimedia Commons – Source caption: "Christie's auction room in London: This engraving was published as Plate 6 of Microcosm of London (1808). [Public domain]"

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02 Feb 2024 –
ABC of PG's Travels – Peter Greatorex

After consultation (and only one day's use) Peter sent through additional photos to use. Before/after details below:

[Initial] Photo caption:
" Ex-GWR 0-6-0PT 6412 at Chinnor Station on the occasion of the SWRS visit to the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway on 17th August 2017 – Peter Greatorex"

[Initial] ALT text:
"A modest steam locomotive at the head of a short passenger train, surrounded by the exquisitely recreated paraphernalia of a 1930s GWR branch line station on a heritage railway."

[Ultimate] Photo caption:
Unidentified Class 47 under overhaul at Eastleigh Works on 20th October 2018 – Peter Greatorex"

[Ultimate] ALT text:
"Interior view of an early 20th century locomotive workshop, complete with overhead crane. A freshly painted Class 47 diesel locomotive sits alongside components of other rolling stock."

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26 Jan 2024
The Yorkshire Wolds Railway – Matthew Brown

• Research notes:
• Yorkshire Wolds Railway website
• YWR on Wikipedia
• Media on Wikimedia Commons

Image from Geograph via Wikimedia Commons – Source caption: "GEC Locomotive 5576 pictured at Fimber Halt on the Yorkshire Wolds Railway – Paul Harrop: 01 May 2015".
[CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Photo caption:
"Former Shotton Steelworks shunting locomotive, English Electric 0-4-0DH 5576 'Sir Tatton Sykes', pictured at Fimber Halt on the Yorkshire Wolds Railway. – Paul Harrop: 01 May 2015. ([CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)"

ALT text:
"A beautifully restored industrial 0-4-0 diesel shunting locomotive."

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19 Jan 2024
The Marlow Donkey (Film Evening) – Adam Baxter

• Research notes:
• "The Marlow Donkey Film Show" – event entry on The Marlow Society's website
• "Edition 180 of 'The Marlow Donkey' (magazine of the Marlow & District Railway Society)" – to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the branch line, this [PDF] contains much information about the branch, and many photos.

Photo caption:
"The 'Marlow Donkey': ex-GWR Class 14xx 0-4-2T no. 1445 and a single autocoach on the Marlow branch. This 'auto-train' arrangement, where the driver could control the locomotive from the far end of the carriage, allowed economic services on small branch lines by avoiding the need for the engine to run round the train at the termini. – John Bristow: 11 February 1962. ([CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)"

ALT text:
"A small steam locomotive and single carriage (specifically: a GWR Class 14xx and auto-trailer) seen in flat countryside."

Image from Geograph via Wikimedia Commons – Source caption: "The 'Marlow Donkey' in 1962 – John Bristow: 11 February 1962".
[CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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12 January 2023
Slide Night (Members' Slides)

Same photo as last week.
Website only update at 17:30 on Friday!!

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05 January 2023
Epidiascope Night (Members' Photographs)

Photo previously used prior to 2018. (Not yet looked when!)

Photo caption:
"GWR 2-6-2T 5164 in the snow at Kidderminster Town on the Severn Valley Railway. 23rd March 2013 (Tony Hisgett [CC-by-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)"

ALT text:
"A wintry scene at a heritage railway where a restored Great Western Railway tank locomotive stands waiting for its next duty, partly obscured by falling snow."

Image from Wikimedia Commons –
Source caption: "5164 in the Snow 2 – 23rd March 2013 "
Full attribution: Tony Hisgett [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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