Oxfordshire Railway Society,
Botley, Oxford.
INTERESTED IN RAILWAYS?
BROAD GAUGE OR NARROW GAUGE?
PRESERVED LINES OR CURRENT RAILWAYS?
BRITISH OR OVERSEAS?
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 2016
 There
were 81entries from 9 photographers, with the 4 classes roughly evenly
supported. Frank Blackwell who again judged the entries, commented on
the quality of the pictures, saying also that the standard continues to
improve each year. Unfortumately he was unable to come to the societies
meeting on the night, but his comments, along with some other observations
and tips were given by Laurence Walters, the well known and respected
local Railway photographer and author.
As in recent previous years the overall, best in competition picture was
voted on by the members present, who chose Andrew Suckling’s ‘Reaching
the Summit’ as the overall winner.
Winning pictures from this and previous years can be seen can be seen
from the news page.
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here for latest news.
Last
updated 5/9/2016
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