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I am selling my collection of about 240 copies "British Railways Illustrated" Magazines on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/312905014911 There is also a collection of about 150 copies "Model Engineer" Magazines (1976 -1983) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/312905014501 The buyer will have to collect from ...

All the copies available have now been sold.

Just in case John is not aware of it the following website contains some useful information. I can't see any mention of the steam trains though.
https://www.seat61.com/Vietnam.htm

For those unwilling to travel north to Manchester in the winter the talk is being repeated in Birmingham on Saturday, 21st March, 2020 and in London on Monday, 30th March, 2020. Please check the details nearer the time on the Railway & Canal Historical Society website. (www.rchs.org.uk) Non-members ...

Bottoms to TOPS At the next meeting in Manchester of the North West Group of the Railway & Canal Historical Society, Graham Boyes will give a talk entitled “Bottoms to Tops, 40 years of computer development on British Railways.” The talk will be given at the RCHS meeting at the Friends Meeting Hous...

Woodville Road Halt This halt was served by a shuttle service from Cardiff Docks (later Bute Road and now Cardiff Bay) to Maindy Halt. It only had a platform in the northbound direction so anyone wanting to go to Cardiff would have to travel via Maindy. Normally trains terminated at Maindy before r...

THE SECOND RAILWAY KING : The Life and Times of Sir Edward Watkin, 1819 – 1901 by David Hodgkins, published by the Merton Priory Press, 2002 713 pages (226 x 126mm), 53 b/w plates, 21 maps ISBN 1 898937 49 4 The Railway & Canal Historical Society (RCHS) have acquired the remaining stock of this boo...

Can anyone point me in the direction of information and/or publications on the history of the extensive railway system that served Trafford Park Industrial Estate in Manchester? (These railways were quite separate from the Manchester Ship Canal Railway.) I am aware of the article on Wikipedia!

Politics and Railways in Ireland: Dr Phil Lloyd – Saturday 9th November 2019 Following his talk to the Railway & Canal Historical Society in January on politics and railways in Wales, Phil returns to focus on Ireland. The talk will be given at the November meeting of the Railway & Canal Historical ...

Thomas Brassey The year 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Thomas Brassey, one of the foremost railway contractors of the early 19th Century. The inaugural public meeting of the Thomas Brassey Society will be held in Chester on 18th November 2019. During the last 12 months the society...