Posts by EMD East Midlands
China steam in the enthusiast era – Robin Gibbons
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,…
Read MoreA visit to the Nottingham Express Transit depot
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…
Read MoreThe Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway – Roger Cragg
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…
Read MoreEuston to Carlisle – late fifties, early sixties photos
26th November – ECML part 2 – North from York – Stephen Gay
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…
Read MoreThe Midland Railway’s Sheet Stores – Ian Mitchell
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…
Read MoreFrom Loughborough to Khartoum via Euro Disney – a Railway Engineer’s tale – Phil Lyndsey
On 22nd October Phil Lyndsey related the tale of his interesting career in private industry, which included starting out with Brush “on the mechanical side of electronics” for locomotives, which…
Read MoreBritain’s Railways in the Great War 1914-1918 – Grant Cullen
On 8th October Grant Cullen spoke to us about the role of Britain’s railways in the Great War, which promised to be rather good. The speaker had approached us some…
Read MoreThe Advanced Passenger Train Project – Kit Spackman
On 24th September, Kit Spackman gave us a talk about the Advanced Passenger Train – Experimental. Kit’s talk was very informative and covered the preliminary trials with the POP train…
Read MoreThe Liverpool Overhead Railway
On 10th September, in the first meeting of the new session, Colin Brading talked to us about the Liverpool Overhead Railway known as the Dockers’ Umbrella, Colin’s talk was fascinating and comprehensive…
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