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Meetings

MONDAY,APRIL2....................

Peak Rail Association (Sheffield Branch). The Harlequin, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG. 19.30. ‘From Monochrome Memories to Medium Format’: Peter Skelton.

TUESDAY,APRIL3....................

Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts’Society. Emmanuel Baptist Church, Windmill Street, Gravesend DA12 1BB. 19.30. ‘Narrow Gauge Railways’: Dave Hanger.

Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS). Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford WD17 1JJ. 19.00. ‘Disused Stations Web Site’: Alan Young.

Southern Electric Group (South Hampshire branch) and Light Rail Transit Association (Southern area). Eastleigh Railway Institute, Romsey Road, Eastleigh. 19.30. ‘Slides from the Derek Pye collection, covering Hampshire and the surrounding area from the 1950s to the 1970s’: Mark Greening.

WEDNESDAY,APRIL4 ................

Huddersfield Railway Circle. Town Hall, Huddersfield. 19.45. ‘History of Leeds Power Signalbox’: Keith Long.

Pennine Railway Society. Club 39, College Road, Doncaster DN1 3JH. 20.00. ‘Travels in 2017’: Robin Patrick.

RCTS. Haig House Social Club, Woolton Road, Garston, Liverpool L19 5NQ. 14.00. ‘The Railways of St Helens’: Alan Moore.

Warwickshire Railway Society. Lamp Tavern, Barford Street, Highgate, Birmingham B5 6AH. 19.30. ‘Steam in India – 1970s’: Dave Gorton.

THURSDAY,APRIL5 ..................

Bath Railway Society. Church Hall, St Mary’s Church Hall, Bathwick Bath. 19.30. ‘The P2 Project to Recreate a Gresley 2-8-2 ‘Mikado’ Passenger Locomotive’: Huw Parker.

Capital Rail Action Group. Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL. 19.30. Rodger Querns, Programme Director, Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP) will give an illustrated talk on current progress with EGIP and the related capacity improvement works at Edinburgh Waverley.

Great Central Railway Society (Sheffield branch). The Harlequin, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG. 19.30. ‘York to Edinburgh and a bit further’: Mike Eggenton.

Lutterworth Railway Society. United Reformed Church, George Street, Lutterworth LE17 4EF. 19.30. ‘Isle of Wight Railways’: Ray Puddy.

Norfolk Railway Society. United Reformed Church Hall, Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6QR. 19.30. ‘An Interrail Experience in 2017’: Chris Mitchell.

RCTS. The Methodist Church Hall, Silver Street, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes MK11 1BE. 19.30. ‘The Great Railway Time Machine Visits the WCML’: Steve Armitage.

Stephenson Locomotive Society (SLS). St John Ambulance Centre, Sandes Avenue, Kendal LA9 4LL. 19.15. ‘An Illustrated Tour of Irish Railways’: Michael Davies.

Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Darlington Cricket Club, South Terrace, Feethams, Darlington DL1 5JD. 19.10. Monthly meeting.

FRIDAY,APRIL6......................

RCTS (Furness Lakes & Lune branch). Station Hotel, Carnforth.

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