DRES Winter Newsletter 2025
A message from the President of the Society To start this winter newsletter, I would like to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. I…
Video Lecture: Made in Derby: Loram’s First UK Built On Track Machine
The Society’s December lecture was presented by Daniel Liddle (Engineering Manager) and Matt Corran (Senior Project Engineer) at Loram UK on the development and construction of their first On Track…
Jennifer Gladding From Loram UK Joins Our Cohort Of Vice Presidents
For more information about Jennifer and the other Vice Presidents of our Society please visit our President and VP page.
Video Lecture: HS2 Area North – Construction of the Delta Junction
Jim Richings, Technical Director at Balfour Beatty VINCI Joint Venture presented a lecture on the construction of the HS2 Delta Junction near Coleshill in Warwickshire. A video of this lecture…
Welcome To Our New President – Ray Pettit
We are delighted to announce that Ray Pettit has been elected as the new President of the Society at our recent AGM. Ray will serve as President for the next…
Summer 2025 Newsletter
The last 6 months have been exciting and busy for the Society with great progress towards our vision of maintaining value for our Members, the rail industry and other institutions…
DRES At The Greatest Gathering
The Society would like to thank everyone who came and visited our stand at the Greatest Gathering. It was a really successful event for us attracting 30 new Members. It…
Joyce Lee From Arup Wins PPML 2025
After a very close competition the Society is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 Peter Parkin Memorial competition is Joyce Lee from Arup. Joyce gave an excellent…
The 2025 Peter Parkin Memorial Lecture Competition
This year’s Peter Parkin Memorial Lecture competition has attracted, once again, a high calibre of entrants. The final was held on the 17th June 2025 at the Derby Conference Centre.…
Past Video Lecture: The Annual Alstom Lecture – Monorail Technology and Derby
The Annual Alstom Lecture was presented by Simon Guppy (Train Control Engineer) and Sam Newcombe-Malins (Senior Expert in Operating Modes and Principles) and provided a comprehensive overview of the Monorail…