Our Members

Other Activities

Our Meetings

Why not Join Us?

Our Members…

We attract members from all walks of life. Current members include professional railwaymen, rail enthusiasts and keen railway photographers. Others include - retired folk and those who just wish to re-live the golden era of railways - whether they be memories of steam or BR Blue diesels!

Our Meetings…

We regularly attract high-quality speakers from around the country, many of whom regularly have their photographs published in the national railway magazines. Several Society members also contribute and thus virtually all of our meetings feature slides, digital images, video or cine film.

We meet on the first Tuesday of each month, in the (upstairs) Duncan Gray function room at the Conservative Club, Alexandra Parade, Weston (behind and just along from the Floral Clock/ North Star replica steam engine.
Meetings start at 8pm, and usually finish around 10.15pm having included a break, during which refreshments can be purchased from the downstairs Club bar.

The premises where our meetings are held has an entry phone controlled from the Club bar. Having gained access climb the stairs in front of you and the Duncan Gray function room can be found at the top. Whilst there is no car parking available at the venue, space can be found during the early evening in nearby residential roads/ car parks. Most town bus services stop nearby, and some country routes stop right outside the venue, which is just over five minutes walk from Weston-super-Mare Railway Station.

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Other Activities

Each July, instead of a meeting at the Conservative Club we use the longer daylight hours for an evening visit to a local venue of railway interest.

In the past these have included specially-run trains for the society at the East Somerset, West Somerset, Dean Forest, Avon Valley and Gartell railways, plus authorised visits to Westbury Panel Signal Box, Foster Yeoman at Merehead Quarry, ARC at Whatley Quarry, and visits to a number of industrial railway locations and the HST depot at St Philips Marsh to view their railway operations.

Each Summer we also have a day outing by coach. Past destinations have included the Bluebell, Kent & East Sussex, Mid-Hants, East Lancs, Great Central, Keighley & Worth, Severn Valley, Swanage, Brecon Mountain and Welshpool railways, plus the Midland Railway Centre and Crich Tramway museum.

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Why not Join Us?

Annual membership of the Railway Society is just £10 per year- less than £1 per-meeting! Guests or visitors are very welcome to attend to "try us out" or to see a particular meeting, for a one-night admission of just a pound payable at the meeting. Of course, we hope that you'll like what you see and will want to join us!