Railway enthusiasts societies in the United Kingdom

A railfan or railway enthusiast and sometimes also called a trainspotter is a person interested, recreationally, in rail transport. Railfans of many ages can be found worldwide. To support the hobby in the United Kingdom, railway enthusiast societies or clubs were formed though many are now defunct.

Long established societies (greater than 20 years)

Some railway enthusiast societies in the United Kingdom have been in existence for many years. One such long established society is Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. It was formed in 1928.[1]

The Industrial Railway Society was founded in 1949.[2] It publishes books for the hobby.

The Inter City Railway Society was formed in 1973.[3] It was a breakaway society formed by former members of the Dalescroft Railfans Club.[4] It publishes a monthly magazine called TRACKS.

Southern Electric Group (SEG) was formed officially in May 1970.[5]

LCGB -The Locomotive Club of Great Britain [6]

The Little Midland Society was formed in Chesterfield in 1967.[7]

Defunct societies

A now defunct society was the Railway Enthusiasts Society Limited -RESL.[8] This was founded by Dale W. Fickes. This organisation mainly ran railtours.[9]

Dalescroft Railfans Club is also now defunct. It was also founded by Dale W. Fickes. This organisation ran road trips visiting motive power depots but also ran railtours.[10]

Northern Counties Transport Society went out of existence in 1981 approximately.[11] It was formed from the also defunct BWRE Buckley Wells Railway Enthusiasts and the CRE East Cheshire Rail Enthusiasts. In 2020 it celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding.[12] It now has its own website to collect memories and photographic evidence from former members. It has actively solicited reliable information from other sources and archives too.[13]

References
  1. "Railway Correspondence and Travel Society – RCTS: Britain's leading railway society". Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. "Industrial Railway Society". www.irsociety.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  3. "Inter City Railway Society home". www.intercityrailwaysociety.org. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  4. "Tracks volume 40 number 1" (PDF).
  5. "Southern Electric Group – This is the Official Web Site of the Southern Electric Group (SEG)". Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  6. "LCGB - The Locomotive Club of Great Britain catering for all railway enthusiasts". www.lcgb.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  7. "About Us". www.littlemidlandsociety.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  8. "30 Years Ago | Rail.co.uk". www.rail.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  9. "Six Bells Junction". www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  10. "The Railtour Files". www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  11. "Home | Northern Counties Transport Society". Northern Counties Tr. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  12. "Lancashire railway enthusiasts celebrating club's 50th birthday with nostalgia night". www.lep.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  13. "Northern Counties Transport Society". RMweb. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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