Posts by EMD East Midlands
1,000 eggs on a bicycle
Colin Boocock is, among other things, a member of the Railway Photographic Society, having been a railway photographer covering much of the world in the 79 years since he started…
Read MoreSwindon to Swindon via Swindon – Richard Binding
On 10th March Richard Binding gave a fascinating series of pictorial journeys emanating from Swindon. We start at Swindon – head west on the “new” route to South Wales as…
Read MoreMonorails of the 19th century – Adrian Garner
On 24th February Adrian Garner spoke to us about Monorails of the 19th Century. Adrian has written two books on monorails: Monorails of the 19th Century and Monorails of the…
Read MoreVisit to EMR’s Eastcroft Depot
10th February – a visit to EMR’s Eastcroft Depot On 10th February 16 members of the Branch visited the East Midlands Railway’s Eastcroft light Maintenance depot at Nottingham. The visit was…
Read MoreDoncaster Rail Rover – Stephen Gay
On 27th January we welcomed back the ever popular Stephen Gay who presented his well researched talk entitled Doncaster Rail Rover. This was a pictorial record of the various…
Read MoreECTS introduction on ECML – Ed Cooper
On 13th January after the AGM Ed Cooper presented his talk about ETCS Ed is working on the application of ETCS to the southern section of the ECML, a…
Read MoreAGM 2025-26
Minutes of the 2025 BRANCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on Tuesday 13th January 2026 at 13.45h. Welcome by the Chairman The Chairman welcomed the members present and briefly listed the key points of his review…
Read MoreEast Coast Main Line disasters – Adrian Gray
New Southgate Adrian’s theme was accidents on the ECML, going back to 1857. By his own admission, Adrian is more of a general historian than a railway enthusiast but he…
Read MoreRailway People – a reflection on 26 years at the NRM – Bob Gwynne
Bob Gwynne We were pleased to welcome Bob to Nottingham. His name will be known to a number of members because of his time at the NRM, which he left…
Read MoreA beginner’s introduction to Walschaerts Valve Gear – Robin Gibbons
Walschaerts valve gear Our speaker was our Branch chairman Robin Gibbons. The talk started with some basic concepts including the piston / connecting rod motion, the contrast between a double-acting…
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