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MKY Milton Keynes branch

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Email miltonkeynes@rcts.org.uk
Website https://rcts.org.uk/branches/branch-mky-milton-keynes/

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  • Northampton Gateway

    Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

    For our first meeting of the year, George Collinson, Sponsor for Network Rail North West & Central Region gives an insight into the development of Northampton Gateway via our online ‘Zoom’ meeting.

  • The LMS-Patriot Project

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Our first face to face meeting of the season welcomes Colin Hall from The LMS-Patriot Project to present on how they are recreating a Patriot Class locomotive from scratch, to be named The Unknown Warrior.

  • Nothing stays the same

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Mike Corbett, former Wolverton Works Manager with a fifty-year railway career history, reflects on his railway journey via Crewe Works, Finsbury Park, Stratford, Lincoln, Norwich, Chart Leacon, Wolverton, Freightliner, Atkins Rail and the ROSCOs, together with some unusual events along the way.

  • Journey from Kings Cross to York, with Stephen Gay

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Stephen Gay makes a welcome return to take us on a journey on the East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross to York, with images from 40 years ago to the present day.

  • ‘The Waverley Route’

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Dennis Lovett is a former Manager with BR, Silverlink and Virgin Trains and latterly worked for Bachmann. His talk will cover the 98.25 miles of The Waverley Route from Edinburgh to Carlisle, covering all the major stations, infrastructure and depots on both the original line, plus the reopened Borders Railway, which currently terminates at Tweedbank.

  • 92 Squadron – from rust to renaissance

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    The Battle of Britain Locomotive Society owns and operates ex-British Railways Bulleid ‘Battle of Britain’ class pacific locomotive No.34081 ’92 Squadron’, named after the famous Spitfire squadron based at Biggin Hill during the Battle of Britain in 1940. Kevin Wilkins and Steve Lacey will outline the history, restoration and operation of this historic locomotive.

  • The Midland Main Line Electrification Upgrade’

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Gavin Crook (Network Rail Principal Programme Sponsor) and Duncan Cale (Infrastructure Interface Lead East Midlands Railway) will outline the development of the route over recent years, including the introduction of 4-tracking, electrification, platform extensions, new maintenance facilities and traincrew depots

  • Cathedrals of Steam

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Christian Wolmar, transport writer, broadcaster and author of numerous books, traces the development of the major London stations, providing unique insights into their history, with many entertaining anecdotes, and celebrates the recent transformation of several of these stations into wonderful blends of the old and the new.

  • The Railway over the Stainmore Pass: Post War Boom & Bust on the North Trans-Pennine

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Chris Rowley (Network Rail Capacity Planning Director) has a particular affection for the Trans Pennine Stainmore route (Bishop Auckland – Kirby Stephen – Penrith) closed in 1962. He has written an authoritative history of the route, England’s highest main line, which is published in November. The talk will cover the history of the line and…

  • Milton Keynes Branch Annual General Meeting

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    AGM and member’s presentations. Further details to be confirmed nearer to the date.

  • Travels in 2023

    Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United Kingdom

    For our first meeting of 2024, please join us on Zoom with member John Tigg who will take us on his travels through 2023, from the lineside on the WCML to Fawley Hill, and from Tallylyn to Barrow Hill.