SEERS - PROGRAMME

P r o g r a m m e

Regular meetings, visits to places of railway interest
and summertime socials at members' garden railways.

The current programme is available for download Here

Meetings are held at our base in Leigh-on-sea on the
2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month, September through May,
one for a model railway test track night and
the other for a formal presentations.

More on our Track-Nights, the Test-Tracks and Model Railways

During the summer months we also organise visits to members' garden railways plus outings further afield.

Over the years, meetings have included:-
  • guest speakers presenting historical, current rail scene and preservation topics,
  • members sharing their photos and videos through classic slide, cine and modern digital projection,
  • regular monthly sessions with our model test tracks.
  • visits to railway facilities and heritage railways.
  • demonstration and exhibition evenings and members' auctions,
  • a Christmas social.
  • local model railway shows, with our test track or displays of members' models and memorabilia.
in April 2023 we organised an Exhibition to celebrate the 70 years since the founding of SEERS in 1953.

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2023 excursions :-

  • Members' garden railways during June and July.
  • Mangapps Farm Railway Museum.
  • Colne Valley Railway.
  • Barnards Farm Miniature Railway.
  • A exploration of the Elizabeth Line.
  • A Heritage Walk along part of the route of the Northern Heights lines.

2022 presentations :-

  • "Ancient and not so Modern - Part 3" - A photographic presentation.
  • "SEERS and technology" - how SEERS operates with 21st Century technology.
  • "A meander through some archives" - looking back through some archive railway photographs.
  • "The Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway".
  • "Never a Railwayman" - memories of the Llangollen Railway.
  • "Ancient and Not So Modern - Part 4" - Railways on 35mm and other photographic gems.
  • "Members' Photographic Evening" - digital and slides.
  • "Railway Disasters" - a recording of a Zoom presentation. .

2022 excursions :-

  • Members' garden railways during June, July and August.
  • Mangapps Farm Railway Museum.
  • Colne Valley Railway.
  • Barnards Farm Miniature Railway.
  • A Heritage Walk along part of the route of the Braintree to Bishops Stortford line.
2021 presentations :-
  • "Ancient and not so Modern - Part 2" - A photographic presentation.
  • "Great Little Trains of Wales in 2021" - a joint photographic presentation from two members.

2021 excursions :-

  • Members' garden railways during June, July and August.
  • Mangapps Farm Railway Museum.
  • Southend Tram Heritage Walk.

2020 and 2021 Zoom presentations:-

  • The Swanage Railway.
  • Bulgarian Steam.
  • The 2019 SEERS visit to Fawley Hill.
  • B17 Steam Locomotive Trust update.
  • Photos of visits to the Severn Valley and Bluebell Railways.
  • The history of Jubilee class locomotive Bahamas.
  • The Echills Wood Railway.
  • Ipswich Public Transport History.
  • The Princess Royal class 1933-1962.
  • Southern Locomotives Limited, owners of several Bulleid Pacifics.
  • A Professional Viewpoint on Railway Disasters.
  • Photos of The Modern East Anglian Scene.
  • The Holden F5 Steam Locomotive Trust

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SEERS Headboard on a special at the
Mid-Suffolk Railway several years ago




A typical Test-Track evening
session a couple of years ago.

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