Looking at the Past, Present and Future of the Railway Industry.
Open to all with an interest in Railways.
The Society is delighted to announce that the winner of this years Peter Parkin Memorial Lecture Competition is Jimmy Austin from SNC-Lavalin. Jimmy’s presentation was about digital automated coupling. To…
The Annual Alstom Lecture was presented by Mike Hulme (Site Engineering Director at the Alstom Litchurch Lane Works) on Thursday 12th May. The lecture gave an overview of the new…
Porterbrook and Chiltern Railways jointly delivered a lecture that explained the journey taken with supply chain partners to create a hybrid CL168 Turbostar. To view a video of this lecture…
In his talk, Bob Tiller (GBRf – Engineering Strategy Director) outlined the business position within GB Railfreight Ltd in 2018 which resulted in the requirement for more freight locomotives. To…
Richard George has been in railway management, in a wide variety of roles, continuously since the late 1970s. His talk was a take on his personal perspective on the changes…
The first lecture of 2022 was presented by Ricky Barsby (Business Change Lead) at LNER and Giles Clark from Network Rail. To view the lecture please log into the Member’s…
In the late 1980s British Rail sent a number of items of rolling stock into Europe to different destinations. Dave Coxon presented a lecture describing his experience of these trips.…
This lecture was jointly sponsored by the Permanent Way Institution and DRES. Professor Tim Wright (Professor of Satellite Geodesy at the University of Leeds and Co-founder / Director of SatSense)…
Transport for Wales (TfW) is driving forward the Welsh Government’s vision of a high-quality, safe, integrated, affordable and accessible transport network that the people of Wales are proud of – a…
DRES is delighted to announce the appointment of Neil Foster as the new President of the society for the next 2 years. Neil is Fleet Services Director at Porterbrook Leasing,…