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Club Diary Last updated 09/02/2012
Monthly Transport Slide Shows in Hastings by Terry Blackman & Rob Crouch - next meeting Monday 13th February 2012. Click for Poster. Click to send email.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the Hall being unavailable on 9th February, we have taken the opportunity to call the Club AGM for that Thursday night. The programme for the following Thursdays has been changed to relect this.
Thursday 9th February 2012 - AGM in Committee Room.
Thursday 16th February 2012 - Running Night - End of Steam / Dieselisation (Period 3 below).
Thursday 23rd February 2012 - Running Night - Tankers & Bulk Carriers.
Thursday 1st March 2012 - Maintenance Night - Working on Layout.
Thursday 8th March 2012 - Running Night - Big Four (Period 1 below).
Thursday 15th March 2012 - Running Night - BR 1980s (Period 6 below).
Thursday 22th March 2012 - Maintenance Night - Working on Layout.
Themes Expanded
1. Big Four - LMS, LNER, GWR, and SR (1923-47)
2. British Railways (1948-mid 1960s) - Steam (mainly early BR emblems), early railcars, pilot scheme diesels.
3. British Railways End of Steam (late 1960s) - Surviving Steam, green diesels.
4. British Rail pre-TOPS corporate image - First Blue/Grey liveries, all blue railcars, green surviving.
5. British Rail post TOPS Blue/Grey (1970s) - Everything in Blue/Grey or Blue with TOPS numbers. Steam special revival.
6. British Rail Sectorisation (1980s) - InterCity, ScotRail, Network SouthEast, Railfreight Grey, etc.
7. Early Privatisation (1990s) - First round of franchises eg, Connex, Virgin Mark 3s, GNER, Great Western, Central, EWS, etc.
8. Current Privatisation (2000s) - Current and recent scene eg, Southern, Virgin "Silver", First, Freightliner Coal, etc.