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EMD Nottingham

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The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street
Nottingham, NG1 4EZ United Kingdom
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  • April 2026

  • Tue 28

    Tunnel vision : The story of the Metropolitan Railway – Colin Brading

    Tue 28th April @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    More details to follow

  • Tue 14

    Midland Main Line miscellany – Phil Lyndsey

    Tue 14th April @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
    Indoor Event

    Phil Lindsey takes us on a journey along the Midland Main Line from St Pancras to Ratcliffe on Soar, with the main focus being the Northamptonshire and Leicestershire sections.  The presentation contains many of Phil’s own images, from the ‘Leicester Gap’ years to the modern day, but also draws on the extensive and historical Midland…

  • March 2026

  • Tue 24

    1,000 eggs on a bicycle! – Colin Boocock

    Tue 24th March @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
    Indoor Event

    35018 Bournemouth Belle in 1956Colin Boocock is, among other things, a member of the Railway Photographic Society, having been a railway photographer covering much of the world in the 79 years since he started taking pictures. He worked for British Rail and Railtrack for 41 years and then part-time for a decade or so after…

  • Tue 10

    Swindon to Swindon via Swindon – Richard Binding

    Tue 10th March @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
    Indoor Event

    We start at Swindon - head west on the "new" route to South Wales as far as the Bristol/Gloucester route where we turn north - taking in the Midland Route with appropriate motive power. A visit to the iconic Severn Bridge along the way before arrival at Gloucester. We return south via Stroud Chalford and…

  • February 2026

  • Tue 24

    Monorails of the 19th Century – Adrian Garner

    Tue 24th February @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Adrian Garner started modelling monorails in the 1960's and his research on monorails both within the UK and internationally has been collated into his two books on monorails covering the period to 1900 and the subsequent period from 1900 to 1950 Adrian's talk will concentrate on the earlier period but if time allows he will dip into…

  • January 2026

  • Tue 13

    AGM plus ETCS Project on ECML – Ed Cooper

    Tue 13th January @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
    Indoor Event
  • December 2025

  • Tue 9

    Branch Social event with member’s contributions

    09-Dec-2025 @ 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    A social evening with wine and mince pies and short contributions from the members - starts at 7pm

  • November 2025

  • Tue 25

    East Coast Main Line disasters – Adrian Gray

    25-Nov-2025 @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Adrian Gray is a historian who has been writing about railways and local history since his teenage years. This talk was inspired by his regular trips to London for work, travelling from Retford to King’s Cross. The talk will look at some significant fatal accidents and how they gradually contributed to improved safety since the…

  • Tue 11

    26 years at the National Railway Museum – Bob Gywnne

    11-Nov-2025 @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Details to follow

  • Tue 11
    Bob Gwynne

    Railway people – 26 years at the NRM – Bob Gwynne

    11-Nov-2025 @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    This talk introduces who Bob is, the railway history he has worked on and the (mostly) railway people he has met through work. 

  • October 2025

  • Tue 28

    A beginner’s introduction to Walschaerts Valve Gear – Robin Gibbons

    28-Oct-2025 @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    This is not as forbidding as it sounds and because of its nature, it lends itself to audience participation.

  • Tue 14

    The Vintage Trains story – the rise to a Train Operating Company – Mike Corbett

    14-Oct-2025 @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    The presentation covers the history and development of Vintage Trains in Birmingham to Train Operating Company status, together with the Tyseley collection of steam and diesel locomotives. Mike also illustrates examples of the use of modern technology applied to heritage locomotives and rolling stock for safe main line operation.

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