Oxfordshire Railway Society,
Botley, Oxford.
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BROAD GAUGE OR NARROW GAUGE?
PRESERVED LINES OR CURRENT RAILWAYS?
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The Oxfordshire Railway Society was formed in 1975 by a group
who felt that there was a need in the Oxford district for a railway society
to cater for the general railway enthusiast.
ORS meetings, where a
friendly atmosphere prevails, are held on the second Wednesday of each
month, excepting July and August.
ORS hold a varied selected of talks, often from distinguished speakers.
They are illustrated by film or slides and range from steam trains to
diesel engines, from broad to narrow gauge, and from foreign to local
interest.
In December we hold the Oxfordshire Railway Society's Annual Bumper
Film Show (with seasonal refreshments) which has been presented for many
years by the independent film maker Alan Wilmott of Windjammer Films,
himself a former employee of British Transport Films. However the society
is saddened that he has recently died. He came to us for 25 years, and
we presented him with a replica 81F shedplate to mark the occasion.
We meet in a comfortable room at 7.30pm at the Seacourt Day Centre, Seacourt
Road, Oxford, close to the A34/A420 junction at Botley. Light refreshments
are served in the interval, and meetings usually close at about 10.00pm.
An Oxfordshire Railway Society map can be
found by clicking here.
ORS also publish a monthly newsletter Buffer
Stop, the latest version may be read online soon after
the monthly meeting, and the annual ORS journal,
81F (named after the Oxford railway sheds in the days of
steam).
In addition we hold trips to places of railway interest in the summer.
Photographs of previous Oxfordshire Railway Society
trips can be seen by clicking here.
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 2018
There were 65 entries in 5 classes for the 2018 photo competition.
This was the first year where short videos were invited, but only one
member took up the challenge and gave us two easily identified locations,
both with some considerable interest.
The entries were roughly equal for each class except the videos, with
some interesting pictures all round. There were 4 different class winners,
and this years special class was ‘Small World’ which attracted
some
ingenious interpretations.
Peter Heath won the ‘Best in Competition’ with a shot titled
“All Together Now’ of luggage being loaded into a guards van.
We are very grateful to Laurence Walters who judged the pictures again,
and commented on some, when they were shown. Frank Blackwell who had judged
the competition for a number of years sadly died earlier in the year,
and our condolences were sent to his widow Joan.
Winning pictures from this and previous years can be seen
can be seen from the news page.
Click here for latest
news.
Last updated 07/12/2018
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