ESX South Essex branch

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  • British Rail in the early 1980s – The Swansong of Corporate Identity

    ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

    Mervyn joined British Rail after university in September 1973 as a Traffic Management Trainee based in the Doncaster Divisional Management Office. His first two roles after training were Traffic Assistant at Shirebrook and then shift manager of freight operations on Tees-side based in Tees Yard. He moved south in 1979, becoming Area Passenger and Parcels…

  • That Was The Year That Was: 1966

    ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

    1966 was a busy year for Geoff whilst still a schoolboy, covering a considerable amount of the country. This includes scenes on various North Wales Narrow Gauge Lines and the Cambrian Coast, holidays in the north west of England and several RCTS railtours. These include the ’Somerset & Dorset Farewell’, the ‘Longmoor Military Railtour’ (which…

  • Off the Beaten (Railway) Track 2023

    Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

    Our own Iain Scotchman will tell us about his 2023 travels over the railways in four less-travelled areas of the world: Cambodia, Alaska, Morocco and Argentina. The AGM and Members slides previously scheduled for this meeting, will now be held on 18th March 2024 and will be a physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall

  • Railways Remembered – North East England

    Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

    Recently published by Crécy is Railways Remembered: North East England. This full colour volume covers the area from the Scottish Border to the Tees, and inland to the North Pennines. All facets of railway operations are covered: steam, diesel and electric; town and country; freight and passenger; BR and industry. One of the co-authors, Charles…

  • AGM and Members Slides

    ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

    Physical/Hybrid meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall with the AGM portion and Digital Images available on Zoom

  • Inter-railing for the Older Crowd

    ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

    Physical/Hybrid Meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall - This meeting will also be avaialble via Zoom The title comes from a Facebook page of the same name, which was a helpful resource in planning Dave's trips. From April to June 2023 Dave spent three months travelling to 25 European countries, using a senior Interrail pass. This…

  • The Great Central Railway

    ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

    Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall

  • Who uses the railway?

    ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

    Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall also available via Zoom as a Hybrid Phil's presentation will begin by describing the Rail Freight Group, it’s role and membership, and remind everyone that we all use the railway in our daily lives by virtue of the homes we live in, the energy we consume and the products…

  • Colchester in the Age of Steam

    ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

    Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall also available via Zoom as a Hybrid Colchester is a major railway junction in Essex with much to interest the railway enthusiast. This talk will cover the period up to September 1962 when steam operation ceased through the town. The railway infrastructure in the town included three stations, all…

  • On Great Eastern Metals From 1991 to Date

    ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

    Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall Our member, Geoff Brocket, is a prolific photographer, who always seems to be able to get the photos that no one else can. This outing covers photos on the Great Eastern Railway from 1991 to the present day.  Like many of us, Geoff prefers locos to multiple units so…

  • 40 Years of Preserving Deltics

    ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom

    Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall also available via Zoom as a Hybrid The 'Deltics' changed the image of East Coast Main Line in the 1960's and became perhaps the most iconic of the BR Modernisation diesel locomotives. Fortunately a number of these imposing giants survived into preservation, largely due to the efforts of the…