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The CRC meets at St.Paul’s Church Centre, Rossmore Road, Marylebone, London NW1 6NJ. This is an attractive hall which offers a comfortable environment for our meetings. It is a short walk north from Marylebone station on the west side of the line. Rossmore Road crosses over the railway at the station throat. Bus routes 139 from Waterloo to West Hampstead and 189 from Brent Cross to Oxford Circus pass the door. It is outside the congestion charge zone and parking is free after 18.30 on both single yellow lines and meters. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month from September through to July with an August break.
Meetings start at 18.30 with doors open from 18.00. With a short interval they usually finish by 21.00. Light refreshments are available and there is always a large selection of pre-owned foreign railway books for sale at attractive prices. There is a small admission charge and season tickets are also available offering further savings.
The last meeting of the current season is -
Thursday 11th July: Charles Firminger Nothing less than 60 years old! - A miscellany from 1957 to 1962 of digitised slides from various countries which are now part of the Online Transport Archive.
After the usual August break meetings start again in September
Thursday 12th September 2024: Kevin Patience Garratts - Beyer Peacock’s Giants. The story of Garratts and their development from 1910 until 1968 when the last was built. A digital show with lots of historic images which also covers other classes of steam locomotives in East Africa.
Thursday 10th October 2024: Nick Leral Steam in the Andes Ecuador and Peru in the 1980s. Sound cine movies converted to digital format, followed by DB175 digital video of German Railways in the Mosel and Eifel celebrating 175 years of German railways.
Thursday 14th November 2024: Donald Wilson Italy, Austria,and Yugoslavia A traditional chemical slideshow mainly featuring the steam era in these countries.
Thursday 12th December 2024: Gordon Wiseman The DDR Scenes from the German Democratic Republic. A mixture of traditional chemical and digital slides.
Thursday 9th January 2025: Simon Colbeck The Chris Halliwell Collection European steam in the 1950s and 1960s - slides now converted to digital format.
Thursday 13th February 2025: John Hunt Turkey A traditional slide show featuring the many classes of steam operated by Turkish Railways in this topologically challenging country.
Thursday 13th March 2025: Richard Awde USA A traditional slide show featuring preservation throughout the United States with the emphasis on active steam.
Thursday 10th April 2025: John Sloane South East Asia
Offers to present a whole or even half evening show are always welcome - please contact the Secretary Adrian Palmer at akpalmer@talktalk.net or 07774 859871 to discuss.
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