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Welcome to Wells Railway Fraternity. We are 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 £4 per meeting for non-members and guests.

Annual membership is just £20 and includes:

• entry to all meetings

• opportunities to meet new railway friends

• and much more.

Please contact our secretary Andrew Ball 01749 673429 to enquire about membership.

 

2025

14 January
Members Talks
– My scanned 1960s negatives
Richard Blunden
followed by
– The Listowel & Ballybunion Railway
Malcolm Dowson

11 February
The History of Hattons 1946 – 2024
Richard Davies

11 March
Lines to the North Cornwall Coast
Bob Bunyar

8 April
The Class 50s
Geoff Hudson

13 May
Oddities Around Swindon
Brian Arman

9 September
The Stockton & Darlington Railway –

the Railway that got the World on Track
Caroline Hardie and Niall Hammond

14 October
Freight Operator GBRf followed by
the Diesel and Electric Preservation Group
Bob Tiller

11 November
Stothert and Pitt – Crane Makers
Pete Dunn

9 December
A.G.M. followed by Quiz

– set by last year’s winner
Jim Allwood

2026

13 January
Members Talks – Lynton & Barnstaple Update
David Edwards

followed by

Modelling Our Local Station
Andrew Tucker

10 February
HSTs at Fifty
Roy Kethro

10 March
Railway Publishing and the Titfield Thunderbolt
Simon Castens

14 April
Every Picture Tells a Story
John Baxter

12 May
Broad Gauge Journey Revisited
Brian Arman

 

For more details contact Andrew Tucker 01749 830 695

 

Page Updated 22.04.2025