Past Video Lecture: New Presidents Address
“The UK needs Engineering, the rail industry REALLY needs Engineering” Neil Andrew (the new DRES President) provided a brief insight into his engineering career from the testing of 900MW machines…
Past Video Lecture: Early Days of HSTs on the ECML
In the first lecture of the 2023-24 season, Steve Hoather presented some recollections about the introduction of HSTs onto the East Coast Mainline and described some of the problems the…
Winner Of The Peter Parkin Memorial Lecture Competition 2023
The Society is delighted to announce that the winner of the Peter Parkin Memorial Lecture Competition 2023 is Angie Lamprea-Pineda from the University of Leeds, giving a presentation on the…
Past Video Lecture: The Annual Alstom Lecture: Protecting Trains Against Cyber Attack
The Annual Alstom lecture was presented by Roger Doyle (Chief Architect PIES). To view a video of this lecture please use the Members Login to access the Members Area and…
Past Video Lecture: Derby’s Successful Great British Railways HQ Bid
Every journey begins with the first step – building on a successful Great British Railways HQ bid. The Society is delighted to announce an additional lecture to this season’s programme.…
Past Video Lecture: CL323 DVRS – Fleet Wide Fitment for Improved Safety and Performance
David Allen (Head Of Fleet Services) and Anna Gray (Fleet Support Engineer) from Porterbrook Leasing jointly delivered the Annual Porterbrook Lecture on the Double Variable Rate Sanders (DVRS) project that…
Derby Wins GBR HQ Competition
The Derby Railway Engineering Society (DRES) offers its congratulations to the City of Derby and to the whole of the Derby bid team for winning the competition to be the…
Past Video Lecture: Coventry VLR: Creating The UK’s First Urban VLR Demonstration Line
Nicola Small – Senior Rail Programme Manager at Coventry City Council presented Coventry’s Very Light Rail (VLR), the world’s first urban VLR system currently under development. To view the video…
Past Video Lecture: William Stanier And The Turbomotive
Ray Pettit (DRES Lectures Secretary) outlined William Stanier’s historic plans for a new fleet of LMS steam locomotives and concentrate on the development of first of the new engines –…
Past Video Lecture: Ivatt Atlantic Locomotives Of The GNR
Bob Bramson gave a lecture on the history of the Ivatt Atlantic series of locomotives used on the Great Northern Railway. To view a video of this lecture or download…