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Hornby have now released an 00 scale model of 43014 THE RAILWAY OBSERVER paired with 43013 MARK CARNE. Reference is R3769. They are now available from the Rails of Sheffield and Hattons where they are priced at £260.

Printed 2019 RO Index. Copies of the 2019 RO index are now available from Alan Cooke upon receipt of C5 sized SAE. Alan’s address is 60 Hayse Hill, Windsor, SL4 5SZ. Alternatively they will be available for collection at national events.

Can someone advise who is being talked about here? This was received by RCTS Enquiries. Greetings, Possibly someone at your organisation will be able to provide an answer. About twenty years ago I was watching a television program on our educational channel. The subject was the early days of railway...

Can any member out there assist John Hennis [22732] with his enquiry? I am visiting Vietnam for a month in March/April next year. I am flying in to Saigon, travelling by train eventually finishing in Hanoi for the F1 GP. I wonder if there is anyone in the society to advise on any railway interest, b...

The food was very good especially the Saturday evening dinner which I reckon was the best in many years.

I have been using DJ Bookbinders to bind my ROs for many years, they do a pretty good job. Unfortunately, the proprietor, Dave Roberts is retiring.next year so I may have to look for an alternative bookbinder. Can anyone suggest an alternative, preferably one that they have used and are happy with t...

The ropostbox@rcts.org.uk email address can now be used - it has been forwarded from Robert's new Hotmail address.

ALAN COOKE

For the RCTS to have a long term future it is imperative that we recruit new members. The size of the membership is also important to individual members as the more members we have the better chance the Society has of maintaining membership rates at an affordable level, as our fixed costs remain the...

The item below was taken from Twitter. As promised here is an H Priestley photo of a RCTS excursion at Garthorpe on 24 Sept 1958 (well before your time!). A lively scene, clearly the RCTS were not confined to the platform like ordinary passengers. Both the RCTS and the LCGB were notorious for bad ?t...

There will be no change to the size of the RO in 2018.
There will be no change to the size of the RO unless a majority of the membership approve of the larger format.