2026 Meetings

January 29th – Simon Colbeck “To China for Steam in the 20th & 21st centuries” 

February 26th – Chris Jones – “The Midland to Swansea – Part 1: Hereford to Brecon”

March 26th – Geoff Hudson – “50 years with the 50s”

April 30th – Michael Clemens – “The Jim Clemens collection – An East Midlands miscellany (stills &  cine)” 

May 28th – AGM and Members’ Evening 

June 25th – Brian Ringer – “The Changeover Years, 1958-1964. From the Robin Kemp collection”

July 30th – Kevin Wilkins – “Power under the Pennines. The story of the Woodhead Electrics.”

August 28th – Mike Lamport – “Railway 200 in retrospect”

September 24th – David Jackman – “North from King’s Cross”

October 29th – Liz Gibson – “A1 Steam Locomotive Trust – The P2 story”

November 26th– Alan Pepper – “Robert Riddles CBE. The last steam locomotive engineer and his ‘Standards'” 

December 10th – Michael Smyth – “End of steam on British Railways – Part 2, 1967-68 & and return to steam 1971” 

Venue, Directions, Facilities & Non members Entry

The Society holds monthly meetings on the last Thursday of every month (except December) at the Community Arts Centre, Roaring Meg Retail Park, Stevenage SG1 1XN, situated half a mile South of Stevenage Town Centre, on the B197 to Knebworth.

Meetings start 7.30pm and finish around 10.00pm. Refreshment break included.

Visit http://www.stevenageartsguild.org.uk/pavilion/default.htm for map and full details of the centre.

Disabled access and facilities are available at the centre.

Visitors & Guests are welcome on payment of £3 Day membership (no charge if Stevenage Arts Guild Member) payable on the door.

The STEVENAGE LOCOMOTIVE SOCIETY is a member of the STEVENAGE ARTS GUILD and R.A.I.L. (Railway Associations in London)