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Locomotive Club of Great Britain (St Albans Branch)

Meetings are held at Chiswell Green United Reformed Church Hall, Watford Road, Chiswell Green, near St Albans at 7.30pm on the second Thursday of each month from September to May.

This is a club for all railway enthusiasts. A typical year's programme includes a wide range of speakers and films on railway-related topics:
Modern traction; Freight operations; Local lines; Preservation; Overseas railways; Current developments; History of railways; Railway management; Specialist lines; Rail safety and policing.

Becoming a member of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain brings further benefits including visits to depots, signalling centres and preserved railways, ten issues of the club magazine and discounts on railway enthusiasts' magazines.

Facilities for People with Disabilities:
There is a slope to help the disabled get in, and there is a disabled toilet. There is a loop system for the hard of hearing (please tell us in advance).

Lectures Programme 2008/2009:

* 11/09/08 The Railway Clearing House by Dr Roy Edwards, University of Southampton School of Management;

* 09/10/08 A Growing Rail Freight Business by Ashley Stower, Senior Commercial Manager, First GBRf;

* 13/11/08 The Last Four Years of British Steam Over 40 Years Ago by George Howe, Chairman Great Northern Railway Society;

* 11/12/08 Engineering of St Pancras Station and the Kings Cross Lands by Tim Smart, Asset & Engineering Director, HighSpeed1 and Brian Blackwell, Business Planning Director, HighSpeed1;

* 08/01/09 Building & Operating the New Peppercorn Class A1 Steam Locomotive 'Tornado' by Mark Allatt, Chairman A1 Steam Locomotive Trust;

* 12/02/09 Tunnels, Bridges & Other Civil Engineering Work in BR Days. A film presentation by Alan Willmott, Windjammer Films;

* 12/03/09 The Welsh Highlands Railway by Andy Savage, Deputy Chief Inspector Railway Accident Investigation Branch;

* 09/04/09 Railways at Home & Abroad. A film presentation by Nick Lera, Locomotion Pictures;

* 14/05/09 AGM & Main Line Steam 1900-1960 by Graham Stacey, LCGB Kenn Nunn, Photograpic Collection Keeper.