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Slough & Windsor Railway Society
Model Railway Exhibition 2023
Sat 21st and Sun 22nd October – 10:00-16:00
UPDATE!!
Now taking place at Slough Museum and The Manor (SWRS meeting place) with a free vintage bus providing a link between the two!
Further details HERE.
About the SWRS
The Slough & Windsor Railway Society is essentially a social group for anyone interested in rail transport of any kind, especially railways in the area around Slough and Windsor (UK). New members are always welcome (and you don't have to live in Slough or Windsor!).
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.
"Friday Nights at The Manor"
22 Mar 2024
Train Ferries of
WW1 + WW2
(and associated railways)
Gordon Adams
7:45pm, at 'The Manor', Slough Station (directions)
The talk will look at the introduction of Cross-Channel train ferries towards the end of WW1 to improve shipment of tanks, road vehicles and ambulance trains to France.
In WW2 we will look at the use of train ferries to ship large quantities of locomotives and rolling stock to support D-Day. There will also be a look at improvements to the railways to support the WW2 activities.
This is a welcome return to the Manor for Gordon, who has previously given us several interesting talks about Eastleigh Works and the railways around Southampton.
Photo: "WD loco being unloaded at Dieppe 1944 from WW1 Ferry"
Please note that new heaters have been installed in The Manor, so winter meetings are a lot warmer than they used to be!
Please see the Programme page for more about Friday meetings.
If you would like more information or to join the Society, please see the Membership page.
"Slough Estates No. 3"
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 operated for 50 years on the Slough Trading Estate Railway.
After a prolonged restoration (read more here), No.3 was finally returned to steam in 2000, and spent a number of years hauling passenger services at the Swindon & Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire.
In 2011, No.3 was relocated to the Middleton Railway in Leeds on long-term loan. This line is close to the site of the Railway Foundry where she 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 she should have 'returned home' to Leeds.
No.3's steam boiler certificate expired in April 2021, so she is now out of traffic until completion of a ten-yearly inspection, which requires complete dismantling of the locomotive. The overhaul will be undertaken at the Middleton Railway. Progress reports may be found on the No.3 News page.
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