Railway Engineering; A Driver’s Eye View

ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

Andy Grimmett started on the railway at Stratford MPD in Sept 1974. By 1979 he had qualified as a driver and progressed through the links driving a large variety of…

West from Paddington – A Broad Gauge Journey

CSL Redhill Redhill Methodist Church, Gloucester Road, Redhill, United Kingdom

When Brunel's Great Western Railway - built on the broad gauge - was opened from London to Bristol at the beginning of the Victorian era, it was one of the…

Current GWR Scene

TVY Didcot Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, United Kingdom

Mark Hopwood CBE (Managing Director GWR) will give us an update on current GWR operations and developments

Great Train Robbery 1963

CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Ian's talk on the robbery is the result of years of research and fact finding together with his personal goal being, how on earth do you stop a express train…