Geoff Grant, Stakeholder Manager for West Midlands Trains, gives an overview of the key priorities facing the company in terms of their fleet, customer experience, accessibility and innovation.
David Cross presents a selection of his late father Derek’s excellent images, depicting diesels over a 25 year period. This is sure to be an excellent evening of diesel nostalgia! Note: This presentation is that which was postponed from the March 2025 Milton Keynes Branch meeting.
Branch AGM followed by member's presentations. The formalities of the AGM are normally concluded in a timely manner, so please also join us for some fun presentations afterwards and maybe a quiz or two!
Join us for our first meeting of the year on Zoom for Geoff Plumb to take us through 'That Was the Year That Was - 1963'.
Join us for our second zoom meeting of the year, where John Tigg will take us on a tour of his 'Travels in 2025, Rail 200 and more'. Update 03/02/26 - the link to register for this meeting on Zoom has been updated. If you have previously tried to register and been unable too,…
A presentation by the Director General of the Rail Freight Group, Maggie Simpson OBE.
Rob Freeman presents ‘The Southern End of the WCML, 1930s to Present Day’, featuring photos from the H C Casserley Collection, plus a selection of his own photos.
Join us for a presentation by Mike Corbett 'The Works', covering the rise and fall, ownership and organisation of Wolverton Works from its origins as a steam locomotive workshop facility followed by migration to carriage, wagon, EMU and road transport construction and overhaul including carriage technical developments. With the retirement of the Royal Train in…
Richard Tuplin, editor of Railway Herald, presents a collection of images taken by the late photographer Brian Morrison.
Stephen Sleight, Transport Team Leader (Rail) Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership Officer, gives a talk on how the work of the Partnership brings people together to promote and develop our local railway.
Lineside observation at Bedford Midland station from 17:00. This is the mainline station in Bedford, served by East Midlands Railway and GTR Thameslink services. An evening with like minded railway enthusiasts watching the railway scene. We expect that many of the new Class 810 units will be in service with EMR by August and there…
Karl Watts, founder and MD of Railmotive and also the founder, co-owner and former CEO of the Rail Operations Group (ROG) group of companies, talks about pioneering the development and procurement of the UK’s fleet of Class 93 tri-mode locomotives and a number of other revolutionary and game-changing initiatives to deliver rail industry modernisation.
