P r o g r a m m e

Over the years, meetings have included:-

• guest speakers presenting historical, current rail scene and preservation topics,
• members sharing their photos and videos through classic slide, cine and modern digital projection,
• regular monthly sessions with our model test tracks.
• visits to railway facilities and heritage railways.
• demonstration and exhibition evenings and members' auctions,
• a Christmas social.
• local model railway shows, with our test track or displays of members' models and memorabilia.

2024 presentations :-

• The Palace Theatre Westcliff,
• The Early Days of the Docklands Light Railway,
• The Unknown Photographer - Local railways,
• Recent developments at the Mangapps Railway & Museum,
• How Railways Began - 200 Years Ago (and before),
• Night of the Dusty Bins - a light-hearted look at the life and times of the BR Class 321 EMUs.

2024 excursions :-

• Barnards Farm Miniature Railway,
• Colne Valley Railway,
• Mangapps Farm Railway Museum,
• Braxted Bakery Railway,
• Regent's Canal, a guided walk from Paddington to King's Cross,
• a visit to a member's garden line.

2023 presentations :-

• Conifers Garden Railway and its trains.
• Members' Photographic Evening.
• Unfulfilled promise - the abortive Northern line extensions.
• The Settle and Carlisle Line.
• A slide show of SEERS visits over the years.
• Trains and Trams on the Isle of Man..
• The Life and Times of Stanier 8F 48773.

2023 excursions :-

• Members' garden railways during June and July.
• Mangapps Farm Railway Museum.
• Colne Valley Railway.
• Barnards Farm Miniature Railway.
• A exploration of the Elizabeth Line.
• A Heritage Walk along part of the route of the Northern Heights lines.

2022 presentations :-

• "Ancient and not so Modern - Part 3" - A photographic presentation.
• "SEERS and technology" - how SEERS operates with 21st Century technology.
• "A meander through some archives" - looking back through some archive railway photographs.
• "The Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway".
• "Never a Railwayman" - memories of the Llangollen Railway.
• "Ancient and Not So Modern - Part 4" - Railways on 35mm and other photographic gems.
• "Members' Photographic Evening" - digital and slides.
• "Railway Disasters" - a recording of a Zoom presentation. .

2022 excursions :-

• Members' garden railways during June, July and August.
• Mangapps Farm Railway Museum.
• Colne Valley Railway.
• Barnards Farm Miniature Railway.
• A Heritage Walk along part of the route of the Braintree to Bishops Stortford line.

2021 presentations :-

• "Ancient and not so Modern - Part 2" - A photographic presentation.
• "Great Little Trains of Wales in 2021" - a joint photographic presentation from two members.

2021 excursions :-

• Members' garden railways during June, July and August.
• Mangapps Farm Railway Museum.
• Southend Tram Heritage Walk.

2020 and 2021 Zoom presentations:-

• The Swanage Railway.
• Bulgarian Steam.
• The 2019 SEERS visit to Fawley Hill.
• B17 Steam Locomotive Trust update.
• Photos of visits to the Severn Valley and Bluebell Railways.
• The history of Jubilee class locomotive Bahamas.
• The Echills Wood Railway.
• Ipswich Public Transport History.
• The Princess Royal class 1933-1962.
• Southern Locomotives Limited, owners of several Bulleid Pacifics.
• A Professional Viewpoint on Railway Disasters.
• Photos of The Modern East Anglian Scene.
• The Holden F5 Steam Locomotive Trust