ESX Shenfield
Colchester in the Age of Steam
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomPhysical 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…
Who uses the railway?
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomPhysical 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…
The Great Central Railway
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomPhysical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall
Inter-railing for the Older Crowd
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomPhysical/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…
AGM and Members Slides
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomPhysical/Hybrid meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall with the AGM portion and Digital Images available on Zoom
That Was The Year That Was: 1966
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United Kingdom1966 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…
British Rail in the early 1980s – The Swansong of Corporate Identity
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomMervyn 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…
The New Essex Lines of the GER
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomNathaniel has be interested in railways for all of his life. From early days of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' he has been hooked on railways and their history. He became a station adopter at Battlesbridge station in 2003. His railway career started with National Express East Anglia as a train dispatcher at Southend Victoria -…
The Year 2000 – UK and Overseas
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomAdrian's talk comprises of a chronological tour of pictures worldwide and in the UK in the first half of 2000. It visits: Cambodia, Myanmar, Denmark, Cuba and Canada. Interspersed are numerous UK scenes, many of which are not repeatable due to replacement by more modern stock. The preserved scene is also covered. Adrian has over…
The Lost Railways of Essex
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomThis will be a 'Double Header' presentation with contributions from both Tony Crosby and Tim Murphy. Tony Crosby will examine the history, archaeology and heritage of the three main branch lines of the north-west of the county - the Bishop’s Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree Branch, the Saffron Walden Branch and the Elsenham & Thaxted Light…
The Great Eastern Railway: ‘Rarely other than Idiosynchratic’
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomFollowing the openings, in successive years, of the significant London main line stations at London Bridge, Euston and then Paddington, there followed a minor station in Mile End as the terminus of a railway planned to link the capital to Norwich via Colchester and Ipswich. Another early railway was to use the same terminus, but…
Baltic Coast Express – A pictorial journey through Germany and Poland to Finland
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomIn 1990, Enthusiast Holidays ran a tour called the "Baltic Coast Express" from London via Poland, the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. The return journey was via Finland, Sweden and Denmark. It was only the second major railway tour to Russia and whilst there were a few minor…