Video Lecture: Railway Signalling Into The Future
The Annual Alstom Lecture was presented this year by Stephen Cox – Head of Signalling Products at Alstom. Stephen described the developments of new technologies in railway signalling and the…
Video Lecture: Long Marston Infrastructure Upgrade – From Delivery Into Operation
DRES was delighted to welcome Neal Fleming, Senior Programme Manager and Ralph Swaney, Head of Technical Services (Electrical, ETCS & Cyber) both from Porterbrook, to provide an update of the…
Video Lecture: Engineering Assurance and Project Delivery – Progressive Digitalisation
Our lecture in March 2026 was jointly sponsored by the IET and DRES and we were delighted to welcome James Connolly, Director of Transportation and Infrastructure at Evifile Ltd. James…
Video Lectures – Energy Harvesting and Intelligent Rail Infrastructure Monitoring By UoD
Our event in February was a double lecture presented by 2 Senior Lecturers from the University of Derby. Dr. Uchenna Diala presented on the topic of Energy Harvesting within the…
Video Lecture: ETCS On Heritage and Charter Trains
The first DRES lecture of 2026 was presented by Graeme Bunker-James of the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust. Graeme described the challenges faced by the team of introducing European Train Control…
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…
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…
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…
Video Lecture: The Annual Porterbrook Lecture: Long Marston Major Infrastructure Upgrade
Gary Porter the Porterbrook Programme Director for Major Projects and Maintenance Services delivered a lecture on the major infrastructure upgrade that is taking place at Long Marston. A video of…
Past Video Lecture: Hydrogen trains – a lot of hot air?
James Alton – Senior Consultant – Rolling Stock at Arup explored the successes and limitations of hydrogen traction since it was proposed in the mid-2010s. A video of this lecture…