Derby Railway Engineering Society

Lectures, Seminar and Film Presentation were held at the Derby Conference Centre in Derby.

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PAST EVENTS

Thursday 31st  March 2011

Lecture: The Rise, Fall and Rise again of the Welsh Highland Railway

Presented by Peter Randall

Sunday 3rd

April 2011

Visit: Wake for the Industrial Museum

Silk Mill Museum

Tuesday 19th April 2011

Lecture: Guru – Removing the Blindfold

Presented by Chris Wright and Dick Page of Interfleet

Monday 25th

April 2011

Visit: Clay Mills Pumping Station

Clay Mills, Burton on Trent

12th to 16th

May 2011

Overseas Visit to the Isle of Man

Advance booking was required

Wednesday 25th

May 2011

Lecture: The Importance of Innovation

Presented by Jon Seddon, Director, Strategic Programmes, Bombardier Transportation

Thursday 29th September 2011

Lecture: Heritage Film Evening –

“100 years of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers”

Presented by Rob Foxon

Tuesday 18th  October 2011

AGM. Followed by lecture on the McNulty report

“A Time for Change”

Presented by Tim Shoveller, Managing Director, East Midlands Trains

Tuesday 25th October 2011

Visit: RR Heritage Trust Exhibition

technical visit

Invitation to join the IMechE visit

Registration was required

Thursday 27th  October 2011

Visit:  Derby Etches Park

Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot  Report

Booking was required

Wednesday 23rd  November2011

Lecture: “The World’s Fastest Trains”

Presented by Murray Hughes of Railway Gazette International

Tuesday 13th December 2011

Lecture: “Railways in the mountains” Joint with Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Presented by Colin Boocock

Wednesday 18th January 2012

Lecture & Debate: “Encouraging Young People into the Rail Industry”

Presented by Allan Jones, Elaine Clark, and David Horton

Friday, 20th January 2012

Visit: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Light Alloy Foundry Site Report

Application was required

 

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