Posts by IPS Ipswich
East Anglian Railways-The last twenty Years.
On April 3rd our guest was local photographer Ian Scotchman to present East Anglian Railways-20 years of change. Starting in 2004 after the change over between Anglia Railways and ONE,…
Read MoreSwindon Works.The Hawksworth Years 1941 until closure.
On 13 March Society President,Canon Reverend Brian Arman presented Swindon Works-The Hawksworth Years until closure. Frederick Hawksworth succeeded Charles Collett as CME at Swindon Works in 1941 until 1949 and…
Read MoreA View from the Route
On 13 February our guests were Sarah-Jane Crawford and Charles Baker from Network Rail to present A View from the Route. The Anglia area was described in detail together with…
Read MoreAGM and Making Tracks in Mid Norfolk
The branch held its AGM on December 12th and after the usual formalities the committee were re elected unanimously to serve another year although our chairman gave notice that he…
Read MoreThe Epping and Ongar Railway
On 14 November our guest was Rodger Green to describe The Epping and Ongar Railway. The story of the line includes the relationship of nineteenth century railway civil engineers,George Bidder,…
Read MoreThe Borders Railway
On 10 October Dave Pearce presented Over the Border or Ramble around The Cheviots. He described the history and route of the former North British line from Hexham on the…
Read MoreA Railway Quiz
On 9 May we welcomed branch member Glen Richards to present his Railway Quiz. This was a series of ninety six questions in eight categories based on his nationwide travels…
Read MoreThe HST 125 Story
Our guest speaker on 11 April was John Zabernick to present The HST125 Story. The history of the project was outlined from original concept in 1969,the design and construction of…
Read MoreTebay from E Bay
Nottingham Victoria Summer 1959. 62661 on 1749 Sheffield to Leicester passes 63884 on northbound goods. David M Swale. At our February meeting we welcomed Dave Pearce to present more Tebay…
Read MoreAGM followed by Member`s Choices
On December 15th the Branch held its AGM which was combined with the previous AGM which had been postponed owing to the pandemic. The Branch committee were re elected en…
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