Looking at the Past, Present and Future of the Railway Industry.
Open to all with an interest in Railways.
The Annual Porterbrook Lecture was given this year by Colin Musisi (Development Engineer) and Sami Ghebacheon (Project Engineer) on how to keep passengers cool in the face of climate change.…
Dave Collins (Rolling Stock Engineer) from KeolisAmey Docklands Ltd presented a lecture on the new train fleet for Docklands Light Railway (DLR). To view a video of the lecture, please…
Professor Chris Sansom (Head of Zero Carbon Research at the University of Derby) took us on a journey through the recent history of rail research at the University of Derby.…
The first DRES event of 2024 was the annual East Midlands Railways (EMR) lecture which was delivered by Ian Hyde (EMR Fleet Director). To view a video of Ian’s lecture…
Martin Ward (Deputy Rolling Stock Director) from the West Coast Partnership Development and Liam Hockings (New Fleet Introduction Manager) from Avanti West Coast gave a lecture on the current and…
DRES is delighted to announce the appointment of Neil Andrew as the new President of the society for the next 2 years. Neil was appointed President of the Society at…
“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…
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…
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…
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…