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The Tyne Valley Drags will now take place on four consecutive Saturdays, 22nd September to 13th October, details are available at https://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/sheffield/trains.htm?id=Sheffield/ECML%20Drags%20Summer18 There will also be at least two Saturdays of Drags through Lincolnshire via the...

Many thanks Peter. On reflection, the Immingham/Frodingham trip could even have been June or July, although it was definately a Saturday. The date you mentioned can be ruled out as I was at Biggin Hill Air Fair! It was very unusual for NCTS to run day trips on a Saturday, also after 15th May 1977 t...

After much box ticking to clear various spam/cyber attack entries the sightings submissions to the various dilemmas in https://www.rcts.org.uk/features/diesels/ is now in full working order again. Be very careful though when inserting a date that format dd/mm.yyyy is used. Most severely affected by ...

Oldham Clegg Street Parcels Depot was synonymous with 1970's spotters as one of the hiding places of a Newton Heath Class 08. Personally I never needed to visit as I copped the Newton Heath allocation during visits to Newton Heath and the Manchester / Salford City area. From various references it wo...

The guys responsible for the repatriation of D2289 are trying to compile as fuller history as possible of the locomotive during its British Railways as well Italian days. In order to assist we have expanded the appeal for sightings at https://www.rcts.org.uk/features/diesels/loco.htm?id=diesels/D228...

Have spent some time today updating the 'Ex BR Diesels Exported to Italy' https://www.rcts.org.uk/features/diesel ... sels/italy dilemma. Please take a look if you have not done so recently, it might be that one of the updates might jog a memory.

But the shop window for young enthusiasts is internet based. News is immediate and shared by social media, not a month old and passed from hand to hand in a paper publication. To survive, the Society must recognise that the website is the prime publication, not the RO, and prioritise accordingly. T...

The recently repatriated Class 04 D2289 makes its debut at Rowsley on Saturday (18th August), see https://heritageshuntertrust.wixsite.com/hst1 for further details. Former NCTS committee member John Wade has been involved with D2289's repatriation and is also a leading light with the HST at Rowsley ...

This coming Saturday (18th August) is the first public appearance at Rowsley, see https://heritageshuntertrust.wixsite.com/hst1 for further details, of D2289 since its repatriation. I intend to be amongst the throng at Rowsley on Saturday and will have my files on the Italian mysteries with me shoul...

Afternoon guys, I wonder if you could help. I am trying to find details of a couple of NCTS (I think) trips I went on in 1977/1978. Immingham/Frodingham May 1977. London sheds bash 27 January 1978. (Meet was Manchester-Victoria) Any information would be greatly apperciated, all my information was '...