SRPS Winter Meetings 2019-2020

The Scottish Railway
Preservation Society

WINTER MEETINGS

2019 - 2020

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

Meetings organised in conjunction with
The Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (RCTS)
and are held on
Thursday evenings at 7.30pm or
Saturday afternoons at 2.30pm

in the Meeting Room,
Quaker Meeting House
7 Victoria Terrace
Edinburgh
EH1 2JL

Organisers -
Vacant (SRPS)
Richard Thorburn (RCTS) Tel: 07774 066009

Thursday 10 October 2019
Cine Films from the 1960s
W Stuart Sellar
Stuart shows some of his fascinating footage taken by himself on Britain’s railways.

Thursday 14 November 2019
From the Caledonian Railway Association Archive
Alistair Maclean
A look at images held in the large CRA Archive, featuring locomotives, stations and more.

Thursday 12 December 2019
A Walk Along the Balerno Branch
Kenny Williamson
An illustrated look at this Edinburgh suburban line.

Saturday 25 January 2020
A Review of 2018-2019
Keith Sanders
A renowned photographer displays more of his images taken over the last couple of years.

Saturday 8 February 2020
Railway Rambles
Bob Cleary
A selection of images taken over many years.

Thursday 12 March 2020
Steam in Northumbria and the Waverley Route in the 1950s and 1960s
Ian McInnes
A look at railways in the areas around the Scotland / England border.

Thursday 9 April 2020 Cancelled due to coronavirus
The Story of Wormit and the Tay Bridge Disaster
Charlie Armstrong
New information comes to light on the disaster and its causes, and various accidents at Wormit.

Other Railway Talks in Edinburgh are organised by
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
ML1 3AD

Ramped access is available from Crawford Street, just below the church.

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

Tuesday 8 October 2019
Sixty Years Behind the Camera – part 2
Keith Sanders
A renowned photographer displays more of his fine images.

Tuesday 12 November 2019
A Creative Tourist Eclipses the Scouts
David Hall & Hamish Stevenson
An illustrated account of Sam Wood’s collection of material from CTAC Tours, Leyburn Excursions, Scout Rail Cruises.

Tuesday 10 December 2019
NBLs and Electrostars
Jim Watson
An itinerant PWay Engineer's reflections on constructing a UK railway in South Africa and on main line steam around Johannesburg.

Tuesday 14 January 2020
The Story of Wormit and the Tay Bridge Disaster
Charlie Armstrong
New information comes to light on the disaster and its causes, and various accidents at Wormit.

Tuesday 11 February 2020 Meeting postponed due to adverse weather forecast
The Benhar Road
David Hall & Hamish Stevenson
A collection of images taken by various photographers of the line from Uddingston Junction to Edinburgh Princes Street.

Tuesday 10 March 2020 Note change of meeting
The Benhar Road
David Hall & Hamish Stevenson
A collection of images taken by various photographers of the line from Uddingston Junction to Edinburgh Princes Street.
The scheduled meeting Through the Lens of Iain Gilbert has been postponed to a later date


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