Events

Are we nearly there yet? A history of transport

15/06/2024

Exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. Entry is free. The exhibition ends on September 29th. Further details at https://rammuseum.org.uk/whats-on/are-we-nearly-there-yet-a-history-of-transport/.

 

Working for Sir Robert Reid

20/09/2024

Presentation to Launceston Railway Circle by Jim Collins (you may remember his excellent presentation when in 2023 telling us about his time as Manager in Plymouth and Cornwall). This talk is about Sir Robert Reid, B.R. Chairman.

Meetings are held in St. Stephens Hall, next to the church, with vehicular access off Roydon Road (B3254) and a free car park. The hall is normally open by 1900 to allow members to meet and talk, and for meetings to start promptly at 1930. Tea/coffee are served about 2030. Meetings close by 2145.

Visitors are warmly welcomed to LRC meetings, and will pay the entrance fee of £3. The annual subscription for members is at present £15.

 

DRA October members' social

02/10/2024 18:30

Social evening at the Taw River Inn, Sticklepath, Okehampton, EX20 2FG, usually on the first Wednesday of each month. All members are welcome.

 

From Okehampton to the Atlantic Coast

16/10/2024

A slide show by Bernard Mills, presented by the Friends of the Railway Studies Collection at the Passmore Edwards Centre, Market Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2RJ, starting at 1900.

Further details at https://www.railwaystudies.org.uk/.

 

Britain’s Railways through the Seasons: Autumn and Winter

18/10/2024

Presentation to Launceston Railway Circle by David Goodyear. He has his slides are organised by season. This talk is 'Britain’s Railways through the Seasons: Autumn and Winter' followed by 'Austria’s Scenic Railways Snapshot'.

Meetings are held in St. Stephens Hall, next to the church, with vehicular access off Roydon Road (B3254) and a free car park. The hall is normally open by 1900 to allow members to meet and talk, and for meetings to start promptly at 1930. Tea/coffee are served about 2030. Meetings close by 2145.

Visitors are warmly welcomed to LRC meetings, and will pay the entrance fee of £3. The annual subscription for members is at present £15.

 

Halloween Spooktacular at the Tarka Valley Railway

26/10/2024

Details TBA at https://www.tarkavalleyrailway.org/.

 

DRA November members' social

06/11/2024 18:30

Social evening at the Taw River Inn, Sticklepath, Okehampton, EX20 2FG, usually on the first Wednesday of each month. All members are welcome.

 

Plymouth Model Railway Show

09/11/2024

More information: www.plymrail.co.uk

 

The reinstatement of the Okehampton rail service.

15/11/2024

Presentation to Launceston Railway Circle by Dr. Michael Ireland from OkeRail on the success of the re-opening of the Okehampton to Exeter regular rail service.

Meetings are held in St. Stephens Hall, next to the church, with vehicular access off Roydon Road (B3254) and a free car park. The hall is normally open by 1900 to allow members to meet and talk, and for meetings to start promptly at 1930. Tea/coffee are served about 2030. Meetings close by 2145.

Visitors are warmly welcomed to LRC meetings, and will pay the entrance fee of £3. The annual subscription for members is at present £15.

 

DRA December 2024 members' social

04/12/2024 18:30

Social evening at the Taw River Inn, Sticklepath, Okehampton, EX20 2FG, usually on the first Wednesday of each month. All members are welcome.

 

Santa Specials on the Tarka Valley Railway

07/12/2024

Saturday 7th and Saturday 14th December 2024.

Details TBA at https://www.tarkavalleyrailway.org/.

 

The Mills’s Railway Year 2024

20/12/2024

Launceston Railway Circle welcomes Bernard Mills to give a presentation to its Christmas meeting on his and Audrey’s rail travels around Britain during 2024.

Meetings are held in St. Stephens Hall, next to the church, with vehicular access off Roydon Road (B3254) and a free car park. For this meeting doors will open at 1830 for a 1900 start.

Visitors are warmly welcomed to LRC meetings, and will pay the entrance fee of £3. The annual subscription for members is at present £15.