Merseyside, Cheshire & North Wales [MCN]
Welcome to the Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales branch pages. Below are listed the details of our programme for the next few months, showing the location of meetings together with reports of recent activities. Please let us know of any further information you require and if we can be of any help.
What's on
Venues
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Donations
There is no charge for guests or members to attend meetings but donations are encouraged and will go to the branch.
When attending a virtual meeting please donate here (in multiples of £2). When attending a physical meeting a cash collection will be taken.
Contacts
Treasurer
Meeting reports
East Midlands Day Ranger
The branch made full use of the East Midlands Day Ranger ticket for their April outdoor fixture which had been put back one week owing to ASLEF strikes taking place…
Read MoreVisit to Doncaster
Only six members attended with several regulars being unavailable. The amount of freight seen was an improvement on the previous October 2023 Doncaster visit although traffic levels continue to disappoint.…
Read MoreCheshire Day Ranger
This fixture to Cheshire and Merseyside was well supported with 9 members attending and all meeting up at Chester station. We set off first of all to Shotton intending to…
Read MoreVisit to Stafford
In contrast to the Stafford December fixture the weather was sunny and very cold. Six members attended and were rewarded by a good deal of freight activity and several interesting…
Read MoreVisit to Stafford
Seven Members congregated at Stafford on the usual pre Christmas fixture. The new timetable was introduced on 11 December and there have been many changes to both LNWR & Avanti…
Read MoreVisit to Doncaster
The song, “Where have all the flowers gone” replaced by “Where have all the freight trains gone” could easily have applied to the MC&NW branch visit to Doncaster on the…
Read MoreVisit to Doncaster & Peterborough
Eight members attended arriving at Doncaster & Peterborough at different times and by different routes. Owing to the unreliability of TP services from Liverpool one member arrived at Doncaster @…
Read MoreVisit to Hull
Seven Members attended the fixture travelling from Liverpool and various other points west. Travel was via Doncaster in both directions utilizing Trans Pennine, Hull Trains & Northern Trains. Hull was…
Read MoreVisit to Central Scotland
The Branch has not visited Strathclyde since 2019 so it was deemed imperative that a visit was undertaken this year. As usual the main party met at Warrington Bank Quay…
Read MoreVisit to Newcastle
The choice of location was dictated by our need to see as many Tyne & Wear Metro units before their withdrawal. Our preference was to travel via York but the…
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