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…
Giles Pettit From Arup Becomes Our Latest VP
The Society is delighted to announce that Giles Pettit (Associate Director and Head Of Rolling Stock at Arup) has agreed to become one of our Vice Presidents. Giles will give…
David Russell – RIP
It is with great sadness that the Society would like to advise you, that our former President, Vice President, Committee Member and friend of so many of us, David Russell,…
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…
Stephanie Coates Becomes Our Latest VP
The Society is delighted to announce that Stephanie Coates (Head of Engineering and Products at Fishbone) has agreed to become one of our Vice Presidents. Steph will give the Society a…