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Posts by EMD East Midlands

GWR routes Penzance to Padstow – Richard Binding

By EMD East Midlands | 2025-04-30
Padstow 1966

On 29th April in the last meeting of the 2024-25 session, Richard Binding gave an entertaining evening talk about the route and branch lines of the GWR between Penzance and Padstow.…

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Funicular Railways – David Hanger

By EMD East Midlands | 2025-04-15

The talk was billed as Funicular Railways but in reality covered a variety of cable railways, including inclined planes both in industry and on early railways such as the Stockton…

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Testing trains on BR since 1950s – Dave Coxon

By EMD East Midlands | 2025-03-26

On 25th March our booked speaker cried off so our Secretary Dave Coxon presented one of his talks. The talk encompasses the early days of Nationalisation and looks of the…

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That was the year that was – 1962 – Geoff Plumb

By EMD East Midlands | 2025-03-13

On 11th March we welcomed Geoff Plumb and his delightfully reminiscent presentation based upon his own experience and photographs taken in that particular year. He was rather young in 1962…

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China steam in the enthusiast era – Robin Gibbons

By EMD East Midlands | 2025-02-26

Unfortunately our booked speaker Brian Arman was taken ill and unable to attend but our chairman Robin Gibbons stepped in to give a detailed and enlightening talk about Chinese steam,…

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A visit to the Nottingham Express Transit depot

By EMD East Midlands | 2025-02-13

On 11th February, by way of a change, 20 members visited the Nottingham Express Transit depot at Wilkinson Street Members met at the local tram stop then proceeded to the…

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The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway – Roger Cragg

By EMD East Midlands | 2025-01-29

On 28th January Roger Cragg talked to us about the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway. The talk was concentrated on the line’s history, its closure and re-birth and the gradual…

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Euston to Carlisle – late fifties, early sixties photos  

By EMD East Midlands | 2025-01-17
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26th November – ECML part 2 – North from York – Stephen Gay

By EMD East Midlands | 2024-11-28

On 26th November we welcomed back Stephen Gay with the second part of his journey on the East Coast Main Line – this time from York to Edinburgh. Numerous anecdotes…

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The Midland Railway’s Sheet Stores – Ian Mitchell

By EMD East Midlands | 2024-11-14

On 12th November Ian Mitchell presented a short but very interesting talk about the site which became know as Sheet Stores. It started off life as a coke interchange from…

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