Events

        The Great Central Railway Society (Sheffield Branch)

        The Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP.
        (500m from Sheffield railway station. 300m from Granville Road/Sheffield College tram stop. Nearest bus stop is Queen's Road.)
        To find our meeting room follow the GCRS sign in the entrance.
        At 7.30pm on the 1st Thursday of the month.
        A donation of £4 is requested.
        Contact: Bob Gellatly 01909 565763 / 0751 901 1213.



        Thur 5 Nov 2026 - 'A Ticket to Ryde' by David Hanger.

        Thur 3 Dec 2026 - Quiz and Review of the Year.

        Thur 7 Jan 2027 - 'The Glory of York - Part 2' by Steve Armitage.

        Thur 4 Feb 2027 - 'The Great Central Reunification' by Tom Ingall

        Thur 4 March 2027 - 'The Settle and Carlisle Line in the 1980s' by Keith Marshall.

        Thur 1 April 2027 - 'Images from the Doug Copley Collection' by Bryan Longbone.

        Thurs 6 May 2027 - 'More on the Cheshire Lines' by Ken Grainger.

        Thurs 3 June 2027 - 'Photos from the Brian Morrison Collection: Part 2' by Richard Tuplin.

        Thurs 1 July 2027 - Evening walk - TBA.

        NO MEETING IN AUGUST

        Thurs 2 Sept 2027 - 'Don't Jump! (Loughborough Accident of 1933)' by Alan Godber.

        Thurs 7 Oct 2027 - 'Roaming the Rails: Twenty Years of Digital Photography' by Chris Booth.


        The Grimsby & Cleethorpes Railway Group

        The No.1, Station Approach, Cleethorpes DN35 8AX.
        At 7.30pm on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
        A donation of £3 requested.
        Contact: Stuart Blackbourn 01472 505853 (sc.blackbourn@ntlworld.com).

        Wed 21 Oct 2026 - 'East German Railways 38 Years On' by Graham Lightfoot.

        Wed 18 Nov 2026 - 'Railways at Home and Abroad' by Les Thickett and Paul King.

        Wed 16 Dec 2026 - 'Kirton Lindsey to Cleethorpes' by Stephen Gay. (ticket only with buffet)

        Wed 20 Jan 2027 - 'One Hundred Years of Immingham Dock' by Bob Gellatly.

        Wed 17 Feb 2027 - 'Small is Beautiful – A Century of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway.' by Colin Brading.

        Wed 17 March 2027 - 'On Your Own! – Visiting the ten least used stations in the UK' by Robert Pritchard.

        Wed 21 April 2027 - 'The Story of Barrow Hill' by Mervyn Allcock.

        Wed 19 May 2027 - 'The Inside Story of the Royal Train' by Geoff Griffiths.

        Wed 16 June 2027 - 'Ten Years ago on French and UK Rails' by Rob Morrey.

        Wed 21 July & Wed 18 August 2027 - Film shows at Phil Sheard's house. Contact Phil at 01472 697334 or 01472 291934.

        Wed 15 Sept 2027 - 'Rails around the UK' by Jason Cross.

        Wed 20 Oct 2027 - 'A Railway Miscellany' from the collection of John Foreman.

        Wed 17 Nov 2027 - 'Where would you like to go?' by Anthony Hicks.

        Wed 15 Dec 2027 - 'Railway Meanderings' by Stephen Gay. (ticket only with buffet)


        The 8E Railway Association (Northwich Branch)

        The Gladstone Club, Station Road, Northwich CW9 5RB.
        At 7.45pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. £3 for non-members.
        Contact: Paul Tench 07790 486 735
        www.8erailwayassociation.org.uk

        Tues 10 Nov 2026 - 'Nantwich and the Railway' and 'One Hundred Years of Trains to Audlem' by Jeremy Nicholls.

        Tues 8 Dec 2026 - 'Industrial Steam in the Lancashire Area' by Russell Hatt.

        Tues 12 Jan 2027 - AGM and a presentation by Steve Blakemore.

        Tues 9 Feb 2027 - 'LNER in the East of Scotland' by John Hooley.

        Tues 9 March 2027 - 'The Norman Harrop Collection - Part One' by Lee Stanford.

        Tues 13 April 2027 - TBA

        Tues 11 May 2027 - TBA


        Lutterworth Railway Society

        The Pavilion, Recreation Ground, Coventry Road, Lutterworth LE17 4RB.
        (Behind the Sports Hall.)
        At 7.30pm on 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month.
        Contact: Phil Lindsey 0755 4192217 or philipmlindsey@gmail.com.
        Facebook page at Lutterworth Railway Society

        Thurs 5 Nov 2026 - 'Fifty Years of Preserving Deltics' by Murray Brown.

        Thurs 19 Nov 2026 - 'Fifty Years of HSTs' by Alex Wood.

        Thurs 3 Dec 2026 - 'Railways of the Forest of Dean – Part One' by Richard Tench.

        Tues 8 Dec 2026 - Zoom meeting by Peter Sedge.

        Thurs 17 Dec 2026 - Quiz and Social Evening.










        The Leicester Railway Society

        The Braunstone Civic Centre, 209 Kingsway, Leicester LE3 2PP.
        At 7.30pm on 3rd Tuesdays. Admission £5.
        Contact: Stephen Hewitt 07980 008370.

        Tue 20 Oct 2026 - 'South Wales' by J.Brigstock and M.Chapman.






        The Gainsborough Model Railway Society

        Florence Terrace, Gainsborough DN21 1BE
        www.gainsboroughmodelrailway.co.uk


        Open Days will be held on the following dates from 1.30pm to 5.30pm.
        Admission £5 (adults), £4 (children) and £15 (family of 2 + 2).
        Cash payments only.

        Sun 6 Dec 2026
        Sun & Mon 27/28 Dec 2026


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