Posts by ESX South Essex
Elizabeth Line Developments
Presenter: Steve Murphy Virtual Meeting via Zoom As a BR graduate trainee 29 years ago, our speaker had been told, by an older hand, to keep his opinions to himself,…
Read MorePictures from the Online Archive (OTA)
Presenter: Charles Roberts Virtual Meeting via Zoom We enjoyed a very informative presentation. Charles introduced the session with a history of the organisation and an explanation of its function, which…
Read MoreMangapps Railway Museum – history, recent updates and future plans
Presenter: John Jolly Virtual Meeting via Zoom Our group is getting accustomed to virtual meetings and they work well, apart from one or two glitches. Our speaker confessed to this…
Read MoreRailway Holidays in South-East Asia and Recent Travels
Presenter: Iain Scotchman Virtual Meeting via Zoom This was our second go at virtual meetings by Zoom. The technology worked quite well, with only minor glitches, thanks to our host…
Read MoreSpecial Virtual Meeting
Presenters: Geoff Brockett and Jeremy Harrison Virtual Meeting via Zoom In view of the current situation one of our members suggested that we ran a virtual meeting via Zoom. We…
Read More55,000 Miles in Search of Steam Locos
Presenter: Chris Hurricks Physical Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall Our member Chris clocked up an impressive 55 000 miles, in search of steam locos mainly, in 1968. This was before…
Read MoreNationalisation vs Privatisation
Presenter: Alex Green Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall Alex had experienced British Railways from 1966 to 1997 but was also able to bring us up to date, dispelling a…
Read MoreBranch AGM & Members’ Slides
Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall At our AGM James Waite was installed as our first Branch President by unanimous vote. Jim was a founder member of the branch and…
Read MoreLondon to VelkeKapusany – A 21st Century Odyssey
Presenter: David Jackman Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall One of the main attractions of going abroad is that things are different. As LP Hartley said in a different context…
Read MoreThat Was the Year That Was – 1962
Presenter: Geoff Plumb Meeting Held at Shenfield Parish Hall Geoff Plumb was introduced to railways and to photography at a rather young age by his father Derek. Many trips were…
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