Archived Meeting Reports
That was the year that was 1966
Presenter: Geoff Plumb Hybrid Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall and Via Zoom 1966 was a busy year for Geoff (a lifelong railway enthusiast) who, whilst still a schoolboy, was nevertheless,…
British Rail in the Early 1980s – The Swansong of Corporate Identity
Presenter: Mervyn Rogers Physical Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall On 16th October, South Essex Branch member, Mervyn Rogers presented his talk on the “British Rail in the early 1980s –…
The New Essex Lines of the Great Eastern Railway
Presenter: Nathaniel Dodd Physical Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall On 18th September 27 members were entertained by Nathaniel Dodd on the topic of “The New Essex Lines of the GER”.…
The Year 2000
Presenter: Adrian Palmer Physical Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall Adrian has over 50 years’ experience of being a rail fan. Occasionally his work took him overseas. His first self-led sortie…
The Lost Railways of Essex
Presenters: Tony Crosby and Tim Murphy Physical Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall This was our best turnout so far this year and we enjoyed a slightly different perspective from our…
The Great Eastern Railway: ‘Rarely other than Idiosyncratic’
Presenter: Ray Scofield Physical Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall Ray presented a history of the railways in East Anglia, illustrated with images of many locations as well as trains and…
Baltic Coast Express – A pictorial journey through Germany and Poland to Finland
Presenter: Peter Robins Physical Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall Peter told us that he considered himself to be a lifelong railway enthusiast. He was not really sure how it all…
Railway Engineering; A Driver’s Eye View
Presenter: Andy Grimmett Physical Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall Andy gave a rather unusual but interesting presentation to 30 plus members for our first physical meeting of the year. He…
Roger Harrison’s East Anglian Railways
Presenter: David Pearce Virtual Meeting via Zoom 64 members and guests, including one from South Africa, enjoyed David’s excellent presentation by Zoom of Roger Harrison’s work, which followed-on nicely from…
The Railways of Mid Anglia
Presenter: Tony Kirby Virtual Meeting via Zoom This virtual meeting by Zoom was attended by 76 members and guests. Tony gave us an excellent presentation based mainly on the railways…