Posts by ESX South Essex
Confessions of a Narrow-Minded Enthusiast
Presenter: Colin Brading Virtual Meeting via Zoom Colin has spoken to us before; this time his presentation was about narrow gauge. He focused on the smaller end of the topic…
Read MoreRailways of The Raj -How The Age Of Steam Transformed India
Presenter: Christian Wolmar Virtual Meeting via Zoom The initial introduction of railways was down to the East India Company in the late 1840s and it was 1857 before the British…
Read MoreSouthern Locomotives Ltd
Presenter: Nick Thompson Virtual Meeting via Zoom How wonderful! How wonderful that we have amongst us individuals who are inspired by the romance of steam, but don’t stop at that,…
Read MoreHigh Speed 1 (HS1)
Presenter: David Kelso Virtual Meeting via Zoom David gave us an illustrated tour of HS1 and the civil engineering work involved in bringing the cross channel rail link into the…
Read MoreCathedrals of Steam
Presenter: Christian Wolmar Virtual Meeting via Zoom The Victorians bestowed mixed blessings upon us with regard to our transport infrastructure. Driven by the prevailing preference for competition and constrained by…
Read MoreUpgrading Signalling and Using the Wareham Link of the Swanage Railway
Presenter: Michael Walshaw Virtual Meeting via Zoom Michael described the enterprising project which involved close co-operation between a heritage railway and Network Rail (NR), as well as private contractors. A…
Read MoreExotic rail travels in 2019 to North Borneo, Taiwan, South Korea, Ethiopia and Djibouti
Presenter: by Iain Scotchman Virtual Meeting via Zoom Iain was able to entertain 66 members and guests from Europe as well as the UK, in this two-parter; the first was…
Read MoreAGM and Members’ Slide Evening
Virtual Meeting via Zoom Our first AGM (and hopefully the last) by Zoom went well, although not very well attended. Four motions required voting for and these were slickly performed…
Read MoreThe Rail Freight Group
Presenter: Maggie Simpson Virtual Meeting via Zoom A virtual packed house of members and guests from the UK and beyond greeted our speaker who is Director General of the RFG.…
Read MoreBattery Trains and Decarbonisation
Presenter: Alice Gillman of Viva-Rail Virtual Meeting via Zoom This is an exciting project and Alice (Head of Marketing) delivered her presentation enthusiastically. The 53 of us participating found it…
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