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Tim Shoveller Network Rail (virtual mtg) 01/02/2021 Building Back Better, Greener and Faster Steve White COO, GTR (virtual mtg) 04/01/2021 Trains, Trams and Buses Chris Coleman (virtual mtg) 07/12/2020 High Speed One Dyan Crowther CEO (virtual mtg) 02/11/2020 Railway Journalism Nigel Harris (virtual mtg) 05/10/2020 The Challenge of New Trains Ross Spicer (virtual mtg) 07/09/2020 Carbon and Water - Its Not Just About Running Trains Andrew MacPherson (virtual mtg) 03/08/2020 Cross-Country Trains Customer Service Tom Joyner MD (virtual mtg) 06/07/2020 Social Media in Transport Vernon Everitt TfL (virtual mtg) 01/06/2020 London Meeting Cancelled 07/05/2020 Spring Luncheon Event Postponed 06/04/2020 Meeting Postponed York 02/03/2020 London TravelWatch Arthur Leathley 03/02/2020 AGM Charles Belcher 06/01/2020 Policing in the 21st Century Paul Crowther BTP 02/12/2019 How not to do Franchising Iryna Terlecky 15/11/2019 Members Luncheon Sir Peter Hendy 04/11/2019 Railways and Transport policy Stephen Joseph 07/10/2019 The Scottish Way Alex Hynes 02/09/2019 Lessons from the past, inspiration for the future Simon Coppen (Burges Salmon) 05/08/2019 Another Young Rail Professional (Birmingham) Georgia Ehrmann 01/07/2019 What I think of you lot Roger Ford 03/06/2019 What I've learnt about railways the hard Way Mike Goggin 02/05/2019 Spring Luncheon: Network Rail - the first 200 days Andrew Haines 08/04/2019 A Young Rail Professional's Guide to Network Rail (York) Fjolle Bunjaku 04/03/2019 Why Transport Focus is Good for You Anthony Smith 11/02/2019 AGM Sir Michael Holden 07/01/2019 Thameslink Engineering Challenges Simon Blanchflower 03/12/2018 30 Years on from Clapham Ken Burrage 16/11/2018 Members Luncheon Bridget Rosewell C.B.E. 05/11/2018 HS2 The Engineering and Construction Challenge Giles Thomas 08/10/2018 Thameslink Operations George McInulty 03/09/2018 Crossrail 2, where is it now? Chris Moores 06/08/2018 Heathrow Southern Railway Chris Stokes (Birmingham) 02/07/2018 The Digital Railway Andrew Simmons 04/06/2018 Crossrail Engineering Sir Terry Morgan 19/04/2018 Spring Luncheon Mike Brown MVO (TfL Commissioner) 09/04/2018 The National Railway Museum Development Plan (York) Judith Mc Nicol 05/03/2018 Crossrail Update Howard Smith 05/02/2018 AGM Colin Porter 08/01/2018 RMT General Secretary Mick Cash 04/12/2017 H.M. Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways Ian Prosser 17/11/2017 Members Luncheon Lord Andrew Adonis 06/11/2017 Not being a Railwayman Rob Holden 02/10/2017 Stagecoach Rail Group Tim Shoveller 04/09/2017 Miners and Railwaymen – money that makes for security Paul Trickett 07/08/2017 Some of our Yesterdays Richard Malins (Birmingham) 03/07/2017 Railways and some Politics Iain Stewart M.P. 05/06/2017 Govia Thameslink Railway Nick Brown 08/05/2017 ORR – from Rail Regulation to Rail and Road Dr Stephen Glaister CBE 20/04/2017 Locomotive no. 9 and other stories John Cameron (Spring Luncheon) 03/04/2017 Marriage, Concessions and Open Access Sean and Jane English (York) 06/03/2017 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Thomas Winsor 06/02/2017 AGM Richard Goldson 09/01/2017 Network Rail after the Army Robbie Burns 05/12/2016 A railway career in Ireland and elsewhere Gerald Beesley 18/11/2016 Members Luncheon Nicholas Owen 07/11/2016 Deutsche Bahn Johannes Ludewig 03/10/2016 Red for Danger Cliff Perry 05/09/2016 East Meets West Rob Brighouse 01/08/2016 The Institution of Railway Operators Fiona Tordoff (Crewe) 04/07/2016 A Life in Railways and Water Heidi Mottram 06/06/2016 Rail Franchising in Germany and c2c Update Julian Drury 09/05/2016 Digging for Gold , projects in mining and railways Don Cunningham 21/04/2016 Spring Luncheon Sir Peter Hendy 04/04.2016 The Quintinshill Disaster Professor Robin Smith (York) 07/03/2016 Railways in Britain and Ireland Steve Murphy 01/02/2016 AGM Dick Fearn 04/01/2016 Britain's Railways at a Crossroads? Michael Holden 07/12/2015 Perspectives on Privatisation Lord Richard Rosser 02/11/2015 Franchising Rail Services Richard Brown 05/10/2015 Chiltern Railways public and private Adrian Shooter 07/09/2015 Heathrow Airport Simon Earles 03/08/2015 The Birmingham Gateway Project Mick Miller (Birmingham) 06/07/2015 East-West Rail Patrick O'Sullivan 01/06/2015 Network Rail Past, Present and Future Robin Gisby 27/04/2015 Recollections of a Man from the Ministry John Palmer 16/04/2015 Spring Luncheon Christian Wolmar 30/03/2015 A Life under the Ocean Wave (York) Captain Stephen Upright 02/03/2015 A View from the Bridge John Welsby 02/02/2015 AGM Peter Whittaker 05/01/2015 Crossrail Howard Smith 01/12/2014 Franchising developments Andrew Nock DfT 14/11/2014 Members Luncheon Steven Brindle, English Heritage 03/11/2014 Dover Harbour Tim Waggott 06/10/2014 Hornby Hobbies Jamie Buchanan 01/09/2014 High Speed in Europe and Japan Professor Felix Schmid 04/08/2014 The Roundhouse Derby Ian Harris 07/07/2014 40 Years of Health & Safety in Britain Judith Hackitt CBE 02/06/2014 UK and Continental Railway Practice Richard Brown 12/05/2014 West Coast Electrification - a Retrospective Peter Stanton 10/04/2014 Spring Luncheon Bridget Eickhoff 07/04/2014 Railways in China - a story of two unequal halves Ivor Warburton 03/03/2014 Highlights of a Railway Career Lew Adams 03/02/2014 AGM Colin Boocock 06/01/2014 The Railway Inspectorate Major John Poyntz 02/12/2013 Railways in the 21st Century Professor Rod Smith 15/11/2013 Members Luncheon Ian Walmsley 04/11/2013 Crossrail Charles Devereux 07/10/2013 The Thameslink Project David Weedon 02/09/2013 High Speed 2 Andrew McNaughton 05/08/2013 The Development of Signalling Control Centres (Derby) Ian Mitchell (Delta Rail) 01/07/2013 Railway Accidents, Lessons from the Past Clive Kessell 03/06/2013 Network Rail Operating Strategy Ian Barnes 13/05/2013 Network Rail Asset Management Patrick Bossert 18/04/2013 Spring Luncheon Claire Porter (IRSE & Thales Transportation Systems) 08/04/2013 Mail on Rail (York) Alan Williams 04/03/2013 Future Railway Technical Strategy Francis How (RIA) 04/02/2013 AGM + Holding the Line Chris Austin 07/01/2013 Flying Scotsman USA: Unintended events of 1969 Kyle Bosworth 03/12/2012 Railroads of Alaska Michael Weinman 16/11/2012 Members Luncheon Anna Walker 05/11/2012 Developments at London Southend Airport Jonathan Rayner 01/10/2012 All Steamed Up Bill Parker 03/09/2012 DP World London Gateway Port Bob Ingram 06/08/2012 East Midlands Trains (Derby) David Horne 02/07/2012 When Wales met ERTMS Peter Leppard 28/05/2012 The Siemens Rolling Stock Story Hans Bencker 30/04/2012 The Life and Times of Sir Alastair Morton Nick Comfort 19/04/2012 Spring Luncheon David Higgins 02/04/2012 Running a heritage railway (York) Philip Benham 05/03/2012 c2c Rail Julian Drury 06/02/2012 AGM 09/01/2012 Chiltern Railways update Adrian Shooter CBE 05/12/2011 Expanding the Network through rail based development John Chapman 18/11/2011 Members Luncheon Steven Norris 07/11/2011 Green Transport Campaigning Stephen Joseph (CBT) 03/10/2011 The BRB Lives on! Terence Jenner 05/09/2011 Working at the Railway Heritage Trust Andy Savage 01/08/2011 Passenger Priorities (Birmingham) Anthony Smith (Passenger Focus) 04/07/2011 From Regulator to Signalman Chris Bolt 06/06/2011 Railway Art and Literature Dr Paul Salveson MBE 09/05/2011 Railway and Shipping Heritage Worldwide David Morgan (HRA) 28/04/2011 Ladies Luncheon Lord Peter Snape 04/04/2011 Community Railways (York) Neil Buxton (ACoRP) 07/03/2011 Making the Case for Rail Lord Richard Faulkner 07/02/2011 AGM 05/01/2011 The Rail Heritage Sir Neil Cossons (English Heritage) 06/12/2010 Rail Freight Lord Tony Berkeley 12/11/2010 Members Luncheon Simon Jenkins 01/11/2010 Major Projects Robbie Burns (Network Rail) 04/10/2010 Rail in London Ian Brown (TfL) 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