EMD Meeting Report
Britain’s Railways in the Great War 1914-1918 – Grant Cullen
On 8th October Grant Cullen spoke to us about the role of Britain’s railways in the Great War, which promised to be rather good. The speaker had approached us some…
Read MoreThe Advanced Passenger Train Project – Kit Spackman
On 24th September, Kit Spackman gave us a talk about the Advanced Passenger Train – Experimental. Kit’s talk was very informative and covered the preliminary trials with the POP train…
Read MoreThe Liverpool Overhead Railway
On 10th September, in the first meeting of the new session, Colin Brading talked to us about the Liverpool Overhead Railway known as the Dockers’ Umbrella, Colin’s talk was fascinating and comprehensive…
Read More20 years of high-speed railways in UK – David Hanger
On 23rd April, for the final meeting of the 2023-24 session, David Hanger presented his talk ‘20 years of high-speed railways in UK’ to the Branch. David’s talk discussed BR’s…
Read MoreDeltics – 1965 to the present day
On 9th April Richard Walsh from the Deltic Preservation Society presented his talk which was divided into three parts The reason why the Deltics came into being; when/how they were…
Read MoreAn A to Z of Great Central locomotives
On 26th March Bob Gellatly presented his talk ‘An A to Z of Great Central locomotives’ The presentation began by looking at the designs of Charles Sacré, Thomas Parker, and Harry…
Read MoreBranch AGM 2023
On 12th December Chairman Robin Gibbons opened the AGM at 7:00 pm, with notices and one apology for absence. The minutes of the 2022 AGM were approved, and the Chairman thanked…
Read MoreSan Francisco cable cars – Tom Ingall
On 12th March Tom Ingall gave us the remarkable story of San Francisco’s cable cars – 150 years of ‘climbing to the stars’. His talk comprised a look at the…
Read MoreA brief account of electric traction systems – Dave Saunders
On 27th February Dave Saunders presented his comprehensive talk about the development of electric traction systems on the world’s railways In a fascinating talk Dave began with examining the benefits…
Read MoreChallenging gravity, steep railways – Felix Schmid
On 13th February Professor Felix Schmid talked to us about the adhesion between wheel and rail (i.e.friction) and the history of early railways where even the famous Isambard Kingdom Brunel…
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