SRY Meeting Report
National Railway Museum – Vision 2025 by Anthony Coulls, Senior Curator of Rail Transport & Technology, National Railway Museum
Oh, the tribulations and challenges of managing collections! The National Railway Museum (NRM) has not perhaps had the best of press recently. In the enthusiast world there have been mutterings…
Read MoreTunnel Vision – The History of the Metropolitan Railway 1863 to 2023 by Colin Brading
The presentation began with a ‘journey planner’ mapping out what Colin would cover in his talk, from the introduction and origins, through expansion and electrification, and suburban development, right up…
Read MoreA Life on the Railways by Tim Shoveller, Regional Managing Director, Northwest and Central Region of Network Rail
Tim Shoveller is still quite a young man but, in his working life as a railwayman, he has not only got to the top but packed in an incredible amount…
Read MoreToy Train to the Clouds, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway by Major Paul Whittle
Paul introduced himself and his involvement with the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) currently as Vice-Chair of the DHR Society. He explained the reasons for having the hill stations during the…
Read MoreClaire Mann, Managing Director, South Western Railway
It is winter, and the Gilbert and Sullivan season. In ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ (a well-known Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera) a constable bewails the challenges of his professional life…
Read MoreFrom Nationalisation to Great British Railways by Fraser Pithie
A potentially exciting new Title, but as Fraser Pithie explained in an electrifying lecture, the launch of Great British Railways, having recently been put on hold, may not now happen. …
Read More34081 92 Squadron by Dr Steve Lacey
Our first meeting of the 2022-2023 season began with a minute’s silence out of respect for her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The chairman welcomed all to the meeting and…
Read MoreSouth Western Railway; An Update 19 May 2022
South Western Railway; An Update Speakers: Andrew Ardley and David Wilby Date: 19 May 2022 It’s a generally improving picture announced Andrew Ardley, who with his colleague David Wilby gave…
Read MoreAn evening with Gordon Pettitt Part 2 21 April 2022
An evening with Gordon Pettitt Part 2 Speaker: Gordon Pettitt Date: 21 April 2022 This was the second of a two part presentation originally scheduled for December 2020 but inevitably…
Read MoreIntroduction to the Office of Rail and Road(ORR) 24 March 2022
Introduction to the Office of Rail and Road(ORR) Speaker: Tom Wake Date: 24 March 2022 You may be a little unsure of what the office of Rail and Road actually…
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