| October 9 | Steam and steel - the ultimate! | Trevor Lodge | More industrial archaeology | 2nd Thursday, not 1st |
| November 4 | Mainly "Latino" | Chris Walker | Yet more interesting railways from old postcards and prints | |
| December 6 | South Africa - it's all narrow gauge down here, man! | Chris Walker | Unfortunately Chris Walker went down with flu, so his talk was postponed until next April and replaced by the one below: | |
| German and Spanish narrow gauge | Mike Swift | Slides ranging from Spanish street railways to East German mining operations; from a mining locomotive in three sections to a 60 m.p.h., 2' gauge trolley based on a Yamaha motorbike. | ||
| There was also a presentation to Ron Redman to commemorate his 50 years of Chairmanship of the NGRS. Alan Burgess, the current Chairman, presented Ron with a fine painting: the original of Hudswell Clarke helps to build the Guildford Bypass, by Jonathan Clay. | ||||
| December 11 | Pre-Christmas meeting | Slides and videos, etc., with a light supper provided at £2 per head. Bring a box of interesting slides with you. | 2nd Thursday, not 1st | |
| January 8 | The 50th Area AGM followed by |
2nd Thursday, not 1st | ||
| The preservation and restoration of "Edward Sholto" followed by The return of the Hudson/Hudswell Class 'G' from Africa |
Andrew Neale | |||
| February 5 | Beyond the Iron Curtain | David Mummery | Photographs from several eastern European countries, both pre- and post-glasnost. Based on a wealth of personal experience in the field, including how to find your way out of Hungary (get thrown out by the Police as a suspected spy), and how many railway enthusiasts fit in a bed (don't ask). | |
| March 5 | One railway, two lines | Phil Brown | Deputy Operating Manager of the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway A pacey presentation, full of handy hints including how to risk blowing up a Fairlie by going the wrong way up the wrong hill, and how to drive a locomotive on the right hand side down a public road. | |
| April 2 | South Africa - it's all narrow gauge down here, man! | Chris Walker | Delayed from December last year | |
| May 7 | Multum in parvo | Ralph Martin | A round-up of miniature railways around the UK. | |
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Last updated 10 May 2009