MKY Meeting Report
Railway at a Junction
We welcomed Fraser Pithie to our Milton Keynes Branch meeting on 4th July, an auspicious date for also being the date of the UK General Election. For the members that…
Read MoreVintage Trains Story
On the 2nd May the Milton Keynes Branch held a first ever joint meeting with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (I. Mech. E.) at Network Rail’s HQ, the Quadrant, to…
Read MoreBritain’s Railways Through the Lens
Our meeting in March was delighted to welcome back, well-known and respected photographer Jack Boskett, whose railway images have graced many of the leading railway magazines as well as national…
Read MoreEast West Rail and Nobby Newport
We had a double header at our February Zoom meeting with the first half taking us along East West Rail as the section between Bletchley and Oxford near completion, whilst…
Read MoreTravels in 2023
Our first meeting of 2024, on Zoom, was presented by local member John Tigg with his reflections on travels by rail during 2023. This took us across the country, from…
Read MoreThe Railway Over The Stainmore Pass
We were joined by Chris Rowley, Network Rail’s Capacity Planning Director at our November meeting who took us on an engaging journey on the railway across the north Pennines from…
Read MoreCathedrals of Steam
We welcomed well known transport journalist and commentator, Christian Wolmar, to speak at our October meeting on his 2020 book, Cathedrals of Steam. We were taken on an informed and…
Read MoreMidland Main Line Electrification
For the first part of our September meeting we were joined by Gavin Crook (Network Rail Principal Programme Sponsor) and Duncan Cale (Infrastructure Interface Lead East Midlands Railway) to talk…
Read More92 Squadron – From Rust to Renaissance
On the 6th July Steve Lacey and Kevin Wilkins of the “92 Squadron” Preservation Society gave the Milton Keynes Branch an excellent presentation on the history and work done to…
Read MoreThe Waverley Route
We were pleased to welcome Dennis Lovett to our June meeting with an illustrated presentation about the Waverley Route, focusing particularly on its latter years and subsequent revival of the…
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