SRPS Winter Meetings 2016-2017

The Scottish Railway
Preservation Society

WINTER MEETINGS

2016 - 2017

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 -
Dr Peter Howell (SRPS) Tel: 0131 334 5232
Richard Thorburn (RCTS) Tel: 07774 066009

Thursday 13 October 2016
A Scottish Steam Tour Part 3
Sam Woods
Photographs of Scottish Railways in the 1950s from a group of photographers from NE England; includes material from the late Cecil J B Sanderson.

Thursday 10 November 2016
SRPS Grand Challenge Quiz
Questionmaster - Alistair Maclean
Teams from around the SRPS test their railway knowledge in their annual bid to win the SRPS Challenge Trophy.

Thursday 8 December 2016
North Korea by Rail
Keith Jones
Illustrated presentation from this reclusive country from a 2015 visit.

Saturday 21 January 2017
NCB Kinneil Colliery, Bo'ness
Robert Jardine
Its origins in the community: serfs and 'Superpit'. Illustrated.

Saturday 11 February 2017
Digitised Black & White Images of Vintage BR steam, part 2
Dr David Williams

Thursday 9 March 2017
Then and Now on the Great North of Scotland Railway
Dr Mike A Cooper
From a recently completed GNSRA book which he edited.

Thursday 13 April 2017
Bendy Engines
Mike A Stephen
Beyer Garratts, Fairlies, Meyers in Europe, Africa, Australia and Britain.

Thursday 11 May 2017
Railways of Scotland
Dr Les A Nixon
A Circular Tour of Scotland's Railways from the 1960's to the Present Day.

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

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

Tuesday 11 October 2016
A Scottish Steam Tour, part 2
Sam Woods
Photographs of Scottish Railways in the 1950s from a group of photographers from NE England; includes material from the late Cecil J B Sanderson.

Tuesday 8 November 2016
Digitised Black & White Images of Vintage BR steam, part 2
Dr David Williams

Tuesday 13 December 2016
120 Years of Corkerhill Depot, 1896 - 2016
David Coddington
A presentation showing various locomotives, etc. throughout the history of Corkerhill Depot.

Tuesday 10 January 2017
Trains, Boats & Planes - With the Emphasis on Trains
Bob Avery
A selection from his wide and varied collection of images.

Tuesday 14 February 2017
My Cine Films from 1958 Onwards (part 3)
W Stuart Sellar
A welcome return by Stuart, assisted by David Hall.

Tuesday 14 March 2017
Roaming the World's Railways
Alistair Maclean
Images of railways from Britain and around the world with a predominance of steam - of various gauges.


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