Events

Reopening the Dartmoor Line

21/02/2025

[NB this is a change to the previously publicised presentation]

Presentation to Launceston Railway Circle by Matt Barnes, Head of Strategic Service Development, Great Western Railway. Matt will cover the background, the physical rebuilding works, driver training etc.

Meetings are held in St. Stephens Hall, next to the church, with vehicular access off Roydon Road (B3254) and a free car park. The hall is normally open by 1900 to allow members to meet and talk, and for meetings to start promptly at 1930. Tea/coffee are served about 2030. Meetings close by 2145.

Visitors are warmly welcomed to LRC meetings, and will pay the entrance fee of £3. The annual subscription for members is at present £15.

 

Plymouth Model Railway Show

02/03/2025

 

DRA March members' social

05/03/2025 18:30

Social evening at the Taw River Inn, Sticklepath, Okehampton, EX20 2FG, usually on the first Wednesday of each month. All members are welcome.

 

The Preservation Pioneers

21/03/2025

Presentation to Launceston Railway Circle by Jonathan Mann, Director of the Talyllyn Preservation Society, entitled “The Preservation Pioneers”.

Meetings are held in St. Stephens Hall, next to the church, with vehicular access off Roydon Road (B3254) and a free car park. The hall is normally open by 1900 to allow members to meet and talk, and for meetings to start promptly at 1930. Tea/coffee are served about 2030. Meetings close by 2145.

Visitors are warmly welcomed to LRC meetings, and will pay the entrance fee of £3. The annual subscription for members is at present £15.

 

Railway Heritage Archive Launch

22/03/2025 16:00

Grand Gala Launch of The Folklore Library & Archive’s Devon Railway Heritage Archive. 4pm to 9pm at Crediton Library, Belle Parade, Crediton, EX17 2AA.

The Folklore Library & Archive is proud to announce the launch of its new Devon Railway Heritage Archive, which focuses on the hidden heritage of Devon’s branch lines. The project was kindly funded by Great Western Railway’s Customer & Community Improvement Fund.

We cordially invite you to our Grand Gala Launch, to celebrate and showcase the work undertaken to create this new collection.

VR/artefacts/entertainment/exhibitors/refreshments. Explore the new archive! Record your own anecdote to donate! Chat to exhibitors and rail enthusiasts!

 

DRA April members' social

02/04/2025

Social evening at the Taw River Inn, Sticklepath, Okehampton, EX20 2FG, usually on the first Wednesday of each month. All members are welcome.

 

The Eastern Seaboard

11/04/2025

[Note this is the second Friday in April, as the first is Good Friday]

Presentation to Launceston Railway Circle by Bernard Mills, who has kindly offered to give a second presentation on the time he was in the U.S.A., concentrating on this occasion on “The Eastern Seaboard”.

Meetings are held in St. Stephens Hall, next to the church, with vehicular access off Roydon Road (B3254) and a free car park. The hall is normally open by 1900 to allow members to meet and talk, and for meetings to start promptly at 1930. Tea/coffee are served about 2030. Meetings close by 2145.

Visitors are warmly welcomed to LRC meetings, and will pay the entrance fee of £3. The annual subscription for members is at present £15.

 

DRA May members' social

07/05/2025 18:30

Social evening at the Taw River Inn, Sticklepath, Okehampton, EX20 2FG, usually on the first Wednesday of each month. All members are welcome.

 

DRA June members' social

04/06/2025 18:30

Social evening at the Taw River Inn, Sticklepath, Okehampton, EX20 2FG, usually on the first Wednesday of each month. All members are welcome.

 

DRA July members' social

02/07/2025 18:30

Social evening at the Taw River Inn, Sticklepath, Okehampton, EX20 2FG, usually on the first Wednesday of each month. All members are welcome.