2026
Thursday 17th September 2026 - 7pm start EGM & AGM followed by films Admission free
Thursday 15th October 2026 - 7pm start Richard Heacock The Seventeen Railways of Colonel H.F. Stephens
Richard Heacock makes a first visit to the MRS in October with closer look at the railway achievements of Colonel Stephens. In the early decades of the last century, he engineered, built and managed a unique empire of branch line railways up and down the country. Always on a shoestring and mostly in accordance with the Light Railways Act of 1896. Often remote locations, second-hand rolling stock and, towards the end of their often brief lives, a down-at-heel charm.
Thursday 12th November 2026 - 7pm start Mike Hogg Coping With a Soggy Railway
Mike Hogg retired from senior railway management a few years ago, having been involved with both freight and passenger sectors (eg. EWS, Trans Pennine and First Great Western). He brings along a talk in November drawing on experiences with flooding in the West of England and Thames Valley. Thus, providing an illustrated insight into how to run a soggy railway.
Thursday 3rd December 2026 - 7pm start Peter Brabham Swansea, West Wales and Southern Region in the 1960’s
Peter Brabham draws on some quality and rarely seen Chaplin & Wiltshire collections once again in December. This time, it’s a dip into the limited forays the two gentlemen had with cameras to West Wales and the Southern.
2027
Thursday 14th January 2027 - 7pm start Ian Boskett ‘A Bag of Allsorts’: Steam and Early Modernisation in the 50s & 60s
In his usual inimitable style, Ian Boskett brings along another selection in January 2027 of steam and early modernisation from the 50's and 60's which he calls a ‘bag of allsorts’.
Thursday 18th February 2027 - 7pm start MRS Video Films
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Thursday March 2027 - 7pm start To be confirmed