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Next Meeting: Friday: 24th February 2012
Transport Shorts
(Short films, that is!)
Barry Hodkinson
7:45pm at 'The Manor', Slough Station (directions here)
News
No. 3 Watch Raffle... Congratulations to Pat Fowler, who won the prize of the No. 3 pocket watch. If you lost out this time, never fear, another raffle will be held during 2012 for another chance to win a watch.
Historic year... SWRS members met at The Manor for all 52 weeks of 2011, a first in the club's history. So, you always have a friendly place to go on a Friday night!
About the SWRS
The Slough & Windsor Railway Society is for anyone interested in railways of any kind, especially railways in the region around Slough and Windsor. In addition to holding weekly meetings and other events, the Society is the custodian for Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST "Slough Estates Ltd No.3", a 1924-built steam locomotive which (until November 2011) was based at the Swindon & Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire.
After completing a ten-year overhaul in 2010, No.3 returned to the Swindon & Cricklade Railway but has since moved to the Middleton Railway in Leeds on long-term loan. This is located close to the site of the Railway Foundry where No.3 was built in 1924. No.3 also closely resembles the last steam loco to work over the railway in NCB days in 1958. It is thus appropriate that No.3 should return to Leeds. The SWRS intends to organise a visit to the Middleton Railway in the near future. For details see this web-site or contact one of our Committee members.
The Society meets for illustrated talks on Friday nights in a former Great Western Railway building adjacent to Slough railway station, known to us as "The Manor". Non-members are most welcome.
If you would like more information or to join the Society, please see the Membership page.
