Meetings:
are held at The Gateway Education and Arts Centre, Chester Street,
Shrewsbury, SY1 1NB Click for map
•
second and fourth Thursday of each month, September - April
•
start at 19.00 and finish at 21.30, with break for refreshments
Guests are welcome at meetings, and are asked to pay a minimum
donation of £3.00.
Outings:
are mainly in the summer; there’s usually an “escape the turkey” trip
around Christmas, and sometimes an Easter day away too.
Programme
Members’ Outings Programme 2024
July: Ireland
Trip to the north of Ireland, visiting sites in Ulster and County Donegal
Friday 16 August: Pub evening outing to Knighton
Saturday 12 October: Locomotive Services Ltd, Crewe
Saturday 28 December: the ‘Escape the Turkey’ outing will be to the Llangollen Railway for a
steam-hauled trip on a ‘mince pie’ train, and the visit will include a locomotive depot tour
especially for our group - this outing is now available for bookings. Click here for details
Various outings are being planned for 2025: details will be posted as soon as they are available.
Keep an eye on this page for details of other proposed outings
Contact for outings is Lionel Price - outings@saloprailsoc.org.uk
Meetings Programme 2024 - 25
Meetings are on Thursdays. Start 19.00; finish 21.30
12 Sept
Black Country Freight and the Industries Served part one
David Hayes
26 Sept
GWR and LMS in the sixties
Doug Capewell
10 Oct
What has Privatisation done for us? - 30 years on
Ian Walmsley
24 Oct
Every picture tells a story
John Baxter
14 Nov
British Transport films
presented by
Jeremy Nicholls
28 Nov
Restoration of a NSR carriage
Dr David Woolliscroft
12 Dec
Isle of Man Transport 1982
Steve Price
(half meeting followed by) Buffet at The Gateway
9 Jan
GCR Reunification project update & Harz mountain railway
Philip Hamson
23 Jan*
British Columbia 2008
Stewart Henderson
13 Feb *
Trans-Pennine upgrade
Pete Sollitt
27 Feb
Rebuilding the Welsh Highland Railway from a volunteer’s perspective Dave Waldren
13 March
Steam on the main line & heritage railways
Barrie Hawkin & Nick Burden
27 March
Narrow gauge railways
Derek Shuker
10 April
Remembering Roger Amies
Geoff Cryer
24 April
AGM followed by Buffet at The Gateway
*Changes to previously advertised programme
Fixtures and/or titles may be provisional. Please check this page regularly for updates
Meetings are held at The Gateway Education and Arts Centre, Chester Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1NB
Click for map
•
second and fourth Thursday of each month, September to April
•
start at 19.00 and finish at 21.30 with a break for refreshments 20.00 - 20.30
Guests are welcome at meetings, and are asked to pay a minimum donation of £3.00