Welcome to Wells Railway Fraternity. We are a a friendly group interested in all aspects of railways from modelling to photography and history and just a general interest in trains of all sorts.
We hold monthly meetings from September to May at the Town Hall in Wells, Somerset. Meetings are free to members and just £2 per meeting for non members and guests.
Annual membership is just £12 and includes:
• entry to all meetings
• opportunities to meet new railway friends
• your own email address your name@railwells.com
• access to the members only website
• a personal webpage on www.railwells.com
• and much more.
Please contact Chris Challis to enquire about membership.
Past meeting reports:
May 2010
November 2010
December 2010
February 2011
March 2011
Programme History:
Link to 2007 - 2008 Programme
Link to 2008 - 2009 Programme
Link to 2009 - 2010 Programme
Link to 2010 - 2011 Programme
Outings History:
Link to Docklands Light Railway
Link to Lynton and Barnstaple
Link to Bath and West Railway
All meetings held at the Town Hall, Wells, Somerset on the second Tuesday of the month at 19:30
13 September 2011
Quiz followed by
Chippenham Junction for Calne
with photos taken around 1964
Presented by Andrew Tucker
11 October 2011
Crossrail
Presented by Bruce Nottrodt
8 November 2011
Eastleigh Works
Presented by Colin Boocock
13 December 2011
Annual General Meeting
followed by – Member's Short Talks
10 January 2012
Dinorwic Quarry and its Locomotives Prsented by Julian Birley
14 February 2012
Steaming Through West Somerset Prsented by Peter Triggs
13 March 2012
Traction in the Deltic Era(1961-1981) Prsented by Hugh Ballantyne
10 April 2012
DLR - the run up to the Olympics
Presented by
Ralph Harding
8 May 2012
Great Western Miscellany
Presented by Brian Arman
Programme updated 22 August 2011
Visit to the Bath and West Railway 25 September 2011