Posts by EMD East Midlands
The Waverley Route – Dennis Lovett
On 14th November at our first afternoon meeting of the session, Dennis Lovett described in detail the route from Edinburgh to Carlisle known universally as ‘The Waverley Route’ which was closed…
Read MoreIrish Surprises – Colin Boocock
Colin presented a talk based on his various visits to both Southern and Northern Ireland from 1956 to the present day In an excellent presentation Colin explained how the railways…
Read MoreThe LMS Patriot Project – John Hastings-Thomson
On 10th October we held our first afternoon meeting when John introduced the Project to build a new Patriot class locomotive to be known as The Unknown Warrior’. The reason…
Read MoreThe history of the Mansfield to Worksop Line – Denis Hill
The presentation was part of a project by the Robin Hood Line Community Rail Partnership to celebrate the Midland Railway between Mansfield and Worksop. The talk took a brief look…
Read MoreThe Statfold Barn Railway – Graham Lightfoot
Graham kicked off the 2023-24 session with a presentation on Statfold Barn, the attraction near Tamworth, which is now a popular venue for a variety of interests, with an active…
Read MoreA miscellany of original slides 1960s – 2000s steam and diesel – Richard Binding
For our final meeting of the 2022-23 season, we welcomed back Richard Binding who had a more than usually eclectic selection of slides to show. We do not get many…
Read MoreThree decades of changes on the footplate – Lee Davies
On 14th April Lee Davies presented ’Three decades of changes on the Footplate’. This was a review of his career to date working for the railway in the UK. Starting off…
Read MoreGreat Central Railway signalling – Tom Ingall
On 28th March Tom Ingall presented a fascinating talk about the development of the signalling on the GCR over the last 50 years. He explained in animated diagrams the fundamentals…
Read MoreFive decades of derailment investigation Worldwide – Mike McLoughlin
On 14th March Mike McLoughlin talked to us about derailment investigation starting with the BR Research Division who set up a derailment Investigation team in 1967 when derailments were mounting due…
Read MoreThe Trent Valley Railway – Robin Mathams & Dave Barrett
On 28th February Robin Mathams & Dave Barrett gave a very well researched and detailed talk about the origins of the railway between Rugby and Stafford known as the Trent Valley…
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