Meetings:
are held at The Gateway Education and Arts Centre, Chester Street,
Shrewsbury, SY1 1NB Click for map
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second and fourth Thursday of each month, September - April
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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 £4.00.
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 2025-26
Saturday 12 April: Severn Valley Railway engineering facilities at Kidderminster: the purpose-built
diesel motive power depot and the carriage works, housed in the former GWR goods depot. A few
places remain for booking.
Thurs 19 June: Summer pub outing - the Bhurtpore Inn at Wrenbury.
14-19 August: Scotland
26/27 September: Darlington - S&D 200 celebrations and the planned runs of the replica
Locomotion.
Keep an eye on this page for details of future outings. Suggestions welcome!
Contact for outings is Lionel Price - outings@saloprailsoc.org.uk
Meetings Programme 2025 - 26
Meetings are on Thursdays. Start 19.00; finish 21.30
11 Sept
Steaming through North Wales - a delightfully nostalgic trip from Ruabon, through
Llangollen and Corwen, to the Cambrian Coast.
Peter Dickinson
25 Sept
Railway Films including S&DR 150
Ron Davies
9 Oct
Modernisation of the Railways of the Republic of Ireland
Dick Fearn (former
Irish Rail CEO)
23 Oct
Sunset to Sunrise
Doug Capewell
13 Nov
The Glory of British Steam at Work 1900-68
Steve Armitage
27 Nov
The North Staffordshire Railway
Dr David Woolliscroft
11 Dec
The Pembroke to Tenby Railway
Martin Connop Price
(half meeting followed by) Buffet at The Gateway
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 £4.00