Archived Meeting Reports
Cathedrals 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…
Upgrading 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…
Exotic 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…
AGM 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…
The 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.…
Battery 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…
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,…
Pictures 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…
Mangapps 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…
Railway 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…