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E Sellar, Hon Treasurer 10 Thurlow Drive Thorpe Bay Southend-on-Sea SS1 3DD +44 (0) 1702 582547	Past RROS Speakers Date Title Speaker 06/09/2010 Living with Volcanic Ash Andrew Haines (CAA) 02/08/2010 The Last UK Train Builder - Derby, with Works Visit Jon Seddon (Bombardier) 05/07/2010 An Engineer's Life Tony Mercado (DfT) 07/06/2010 Piper Alpha and Safety Len Porter (RSSB) 10/05/2010 Heritage Railways Mark Smith (member) 22/04/2010 Ladies Luncheon Nick Owen (BBC) 12/04/2010 Life in a Train Operating Company (York) Andy Cooper 01/03/2010 The Next Ten Years at Network Rail Robin Gisby 01/02/2010 AGM 04/01/2010 Reflections on Policing Sir Ian Johnston 07/12/2009 Preparation for the 2012 Olympics Christopher Garnett 20/11/2009 Members Luncheon John Swift QC 02/11/2009 Defence Logistics Mervyn Rogers 05/10/2009 British Transport Politics Lord Bill Bradshaw 07/09/2009 British Airports Policy Vernon Murphy 03/08/2009 40 years of a changing railway (Birmingham) Gordon Rushton 06/07/2009 The UK Bus Industry Leon Daniels 01/06/2009 China and Tangula Ivor Warburton 11/05/2009 An update on the West Coast Main Line Stuart Baker 21/04/2009 Ladies Luncheon Elaine Holt 06/04/2009 Future Structure of Railways in the UK (York) John Nelson 02/03/2009 Postponed AGM + Railway Electrification Case 1981 David Cobbett 02/02/2009 AGM Meeting cancelled 05/01/2009 High Speed Rail for Britain Jim Steer 02/12/2008 The Welsh Highland Railway Project Peter Randall 20/11/2008 Members Luncheon John Armitt 03/11/2008 The Fun and Challenge of Railway Projects Mike Nichols 06/10/2008 The Challenge of Chernobyl Major Miles Shepherd 01/09/2008 An Update on Crossrail Keith Berryman 04/08/2008 Tyseley Engineering in Birmingham Bob Meanley 07/07/2008 High Speed for Kent Charles Horton 02/06/2008 The Franchiser's Tale Chris Stokes 12/05/2008 How Things Happen Tony Ridley 22/04/2008 Ladies Luncheon Brenda Klug 07/04/2008 York Minster The Rev Canon Jeremy Fletcher 03/03/2008 Railway Heritage Trust - an Update Jim Cornell 04/02/2008 AGM 07/01/2008 The Jing Peng Orient Express David Maidment 03/12/2007 Eurostar and St.Pancras Richard Brown 16/11/2007 Members Luncheon Sir Bob Reid 05/11/2007 Privatisation was Not my Fault Christian Wolmar 01/10/2007 Amnesty International Kate Allen 03/09/2007 Alfred Wainwright and I Peter Linney 06/08/2007 Steam in the 21st Century - has it a future ? (Crewe) Pete Waterman 02/07/2007 The Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway Paul Whittle 04/06/2007 The Railway Children - Strategy & Policy Andy McCullough 14/05/2007 Britain's Railways - Boom or Bust Richard Bowker 24/04/2007 Ladies Luncheon Gwyneth Dunwoody 02/04/2007 Northern Rail Heidi Mottram 05/03/2007 Station Catering Tony Keating 05/02/2007 AGM 08/01/2007 Pipelines Across The World John Hammond 11/12/2006 Rail in London Ian Brown 17/11/2006 Members Luncheon Peter Rayner 06/11/2006 The Bluebell Railway Chris White 02/10/2006 The Rail Accident Investigation Branch Carolyn Griffiths 04/09/2006 Crossrail Charles Devereux 07/08/2006 The Work of AEA Technology Rail (Derby) Richard Waterman 03/07/2006 The New Southern Railway Nick Mitchell 05/06/2006 Army to Railway Forum Adrian Lyons 08/05/2006 The Great Cockcrow Railway Tony Howker 25/04/2006 Ladies Luncheon Candida Lycett Graan 03/04/2006 Open Access (York) Mike Jones 06/03/2006 Modern Track Maintenance Richard Spoors 06/02/2006 AGM & Pension matters Ian Henderson 16/01/2006 Rail Research in the EU Bill Bird 12/12/2005 Political Reflections Tony Benn 18/11/2005 Members Luncheon John Welsby 07/11/2005 Lloyds Register David Moorhouse 03/10/2005 A Lawyers View of the Privatised Railway Gordon Hall 05/09/2005 First Great Western Alison Forster 01/08/2005 Serco and Northern Rail (Birmingham) Brian Burdsall 04/07/2005 My Career Vice Admiral Sir Michael Moore 06/06/2005 Japan and its Railways Professor Rod Smith 09/05/2005 Around the World in 77 Days Colin Boocock 19/04/2005 Ladies Luncheon Rebeka Sellick 11/04/2005 Writing about Railways (York) Andrew Martin 07/03/2005 Rolling Stock Leasing Peter Aldridge 07/02/2005 AGM and Pensions David Maddison 06/12/2004 Reflections on Railtrack Simon Osborne 19/11/2004 Members Luncheon Andrew McNaughton 01/11/2004 West Coast Main Line at Full Tilt Don Heath 04/10/2004 I too tried to run ScotRail Peter Cotton 06/09/2004 Fraser Eagle – the Story so Far Chris Chambers 05/07/2004 National Express Group Nick Brown 07/06/2004 Railways in Sri Lanka Peter Lemmey 10/05/2004 Irish Rail Today Dick Fearn 20/04/2004 Ladies Luncheon Sir David Mitchell 05/04/2004 The National Railway Museum (York) Frank Paterson 01/03/2004 Reflecting on Railways Peter Snape 02/02/2004 AGM 05/01/2004 Transport without an Autocue Alan Whitehouse 01/12/2003 Riding the Canadian Rails Chris Mew 14/11/2003 Members Luncheon Alan Williams 06/10/2003 From Stalingrad to Signalman on the Southern Henry Metelmann 01/09/2003 And now for something completely different Gareth Hadley 04/08/2003 Welshpool & Llanfair Railway (Birmingham) Reg Davies 07/07/2003 Matters S&T Ken Burrage 09/06/2003 ASLE&F Mick Rix 12/05/2003 Railway Safety and Europe Aidan Nelson 22/04/2003 Ladies Luncheon Iryna Terlecky 07/04/2003 Music on the Move (York) John Spencer Gilks 03/03/2003 Liverpool St and the Broadgate Development Paul Taylor 03/02/2003 AGM 06/01/2003 Wessex Trains Charles Belcher 02/12/2002 Bollocks Roger Ford 26/11/2002 Members Luncheon Jim Cornell 07/10/2002 The Welsh Highland Railway Graham Cartland-Glover 02/09/2002 “Rail” Magazine Nigel Harris 05/08/2002 Pendolino and West Coast Upgrade (Birmingham) Don Heath 01/07/2002 The Traffic Commissioner in the 21C Chris Heaps 10/06/2002 The Railway Children David Maidment 13/05/2002 Channel Tunnel Rail Link Chris Jago 18/04/2002 Ladies Luncheon 08/04/2002 Hull Trains (York) John Nelson 04/03/2002 The Railway Heritage Committee Dr John Gough 04/02/2002 AGM 07/01/2002 Highlights of a Journey through South America Gordon Pettitt 03/12/2001 Transport 2000 Stephen Joseph 05/11/2001 Members Luncheon 01/10/2001 Rail Safety, Role and Organisation Brian Alston 03/09/2001 Out and About on the Railways Hugh Gould 06/08/2001 Pensions and Travel Facilities David Maddison/ Norman Wright 02/07/2001 The Story of Chiltern Railways Adrian Shooter 11/06/2001 Freight on Rail Leslie Smith 14/05/2001 Apologies from China Ivor Warburton 09/04/2001 National Archive of Railway Oral History (York) Bob Urie 05/03/2001 Traditions and Ceremonies - City of London Paul Taylor 05/02/2001 AGM 08/01/2001 An Outsiders View Jeremy Long 04/12/2000 The Post Office and rail transport Alan Williams 02/10/2000 Virgin Trains Chris Green 04/09/2000 Parliamentary Matters Lord Tony Berkeley 07/08/2000 Railway Memories and Railtrack (Birmingham) Dick Fearn 03/07/2000 A Risk Manager's View of the Railway Industry Gerry Tollan 05/06/2000 Stories of what the railway used to be Dick Hardy 08/05/2000 Revitalising Rural Railways Dr. Paul Salvesen 03/04/2000 Beware of Engines (York) John Hunt 06/03/2000 Personal Finance and Investment Roger Temple 07/02/2000 AGM 10/01/2000 My work in the House of Lords Lord Bill Bradshaw 06/12/1999 Reconstruction – The Ambulance Service and Others John Nelson 04/10/1999 Pensions Forum J Mayfield, D Maddison 06/09/1999 Beating the Bug David Rayner 02/08/1999 NEC’s role in the re-generation of Birmingham John Cole 05/07/1999 Thameslink 2000 Mark Causebrook 07/06/1999 W(h)ither Franchising? Ivor Warburton 10/05/1999 BR - the Last 23 Years Professor T R Gourvish 12/04/1999 ECML - the Next Generation (York) Keith Robinson 01/03/1999 RailNews and Other Things Cyril Bleasdale 01/02/1999 AGM 04/01/1999 Railways in the Developing World John Craik 07/12/1998 Integrated Transport Policy Professor Tony Ridley 05/10/1998 A New Deal for Railways Chris Austin 07/09/1998 Personal Investment Chris Ring 03/08/1998 Harwich under Sealink & Sea Containers Colin Crawford 06/07/1998 Sourcing PTE Services in the new Railway Structure Malcolm Keeley 01/06/1998 On-board Signalling and Train Control Systems for twenty-first Century Peter Stanley 11/05/1998 Planning & Implementation of a National Cycle Network John Grimshaw 06/04/1998 APT with Hindsight (York) Alan Wickens 02/03/1998 Who will make money out of Franchising - Operators, Tax Payers or Third Parties? Tim Powell 02/02/1998 AGM 05/01/1998 Life in the Freight Business after Privatisation Geoff Hey 01/12/1997 Transaid working with Save The Children Peter Linney 06/10/1997 The role of the Railway Heritage Trust in The New Industry Structure Jim Cornell 01/09/1997 Eurostar - a personal history Michael Woods 04/08/1997 Retired Railwaymen’s Pensions Norma Brass 07/07/1997 Rail Privatisation - They think it’s all over - well it is Hugh Jenkins 02/06/97 The Railway Children David Maidment 12/05/1997 Safety Decisions - an Art or a Science Major Freddie Rose 07/04/1997 When I’m Sixty Four (York) Bert Gemmell 03/03/1997 No lawyers please we’re all railwaymen Chris Blackman 03/02/1997 AGM 06/01/1997 Railways for the New Millennium John Watts 02/12/1996 Traumas of Rail Privatisation Brenda Hanks 07/10/1996 More of our Yesterdays Dick Hardy 02/09/1996 A view from Germany Ernst Graefen 05/08/1996 Netherlands Railways Hans Hanenbergh 08/07/1996 West Coast Main Line Ivor Warburton 03/06/1996 The Eurostar Service Mike Etwell 13/05/1996 Something Entirely Different Phil Lynch 01/04/1996 Progress at the National Railway Museum (York) Andrew Scott 04/03/1996 Where do we go from here Lord Mountevans 05/02/1996 AGM 08/01/1996 Railways-the Labour Party policies Clare Short