SRPS Winter Meetings 2011-2012

The Scottish Railway
Preservation Society

WINTER MEETINGS

2011 - 2012

Each year since its formation the Scottish Railway Preservation Society has held a series of winter meetings. This winter's meetings are at two venues :

Edinburgh
Motherwell

The meetings cover diverse topics, from historical reviews of Scotland's railway heritage and studies of the contemporary railway scene, to examining practices abroad. The broad range of topics are bound to appeal no matter what anyone's individual interest, and are highly recommended to anybody in the area.
Admission to all meetings is free and is open to all, whether members or non-members.
A collection is made to help defray room hire costs.

EDINBURGH

Edinburgh Map

All meetings are held
Thursday evenings at 7.30pm

in the Meeting Room,
Quaker Meeting House,
7 Victoria Terrace
Edinburgh.

Organiser - Dr Peter Howell
Tel: 0131 334 5232

Thursday 6 October 2011
A Baptism of Fire
Professor John Hume
The Early Days of the SRPS

Thursday 3 November 2011
Penmanshiel Revisited
Jim Summers
The impact of the collapse of the Penmanshiel tunnel on railway operations

Thursday 1 December 2011
Members' Slides Evening
followed by seasonal refreshments.
Contributions welcome - contact Peter Howell

Thursday 12 January 2012
Scotland’s Railways in the 1970s
Ken Falconer
Mainline and Preserved Railways through the camera lens

Thursday 2 February 2012
Railway Tales
John Evans
Films and tales of railway operations in the 20th century

Thursday 1 March 2012
Scottish Railways between 1967 and 1974
Keith Jones
Colour slides of Scottish railways taken between 1967 and 1974.

Thursday 5 April 2012
NBLs and Electrostars
Jim Watson
Recent journeys of a permanent way engineer

Other Railway Talks in Edinburgh are organised by
The Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (RCTS)
The Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA)
Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG)

MOTHERWELL

Motherwell Map

All meetings are held on
Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm

in the Vestry Hall,
Holy Trinity Church,
Avon Street,
Motherwell

Organisers -
Fred Landery Tel: 01698 457777
Alistair Maclean Tel: 01698 263814

Tuesday 11 October 2011
The 1960s Digitised
Keith Sanders
Pure nostalgia from his own slides and negatives

Tuesday 8 November 2011
SRPS Grand Challenge Quiz
Questionmaster - Angus Rex
Teams from the Society display their railway knowledge in their annual bid to win the SRPS Challenge Trophy.

Tuesday 13 December 2011
Steam in Britain Over the Last 40 Years (2)
Alistair Maclean
Digital photographs and digitised slides covering the even years from 1966 to 2011

Tuesday 10 January 2012
Some disasters - a few triumphs
Jim Summers
Scottish Railways in the Front Line

Tuesday 14 February 2012
Roaming Railways through the Years
Bob Cleary
A selection of his photographs taken over many years

Tuesday 13 March 2012
The Last Year in Pictures
Ian Lothian
Ian takes us up-to-date with slides from his own camera


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