CRAG Meetings (Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh at 7.15 p.m. for 7.30 p.m.)Tuesday 4th October: Trond Haugen, Advisor to SEStran will speak about the overall rail strategy and aspirations of SEStran (www.sestran.gov.uk) - but with a special mention of efforts to re-open the line to Leven and prospects for a station at Winchburgh
Wednesday 2nd November: “The Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Programme and Abbeyhill” by Lawrence Marshall, Chair, CRAG followed by Martin Murray, EGIP Project Manager and Geoff Cooke, EGIP Scheme Sponsor, Network Rail (note: to be held in London Road Church Hall, 1a Easter Road, 7.30 p.m.)
Tuesday 6th December: “Edinburgh’s Trams – What the Capital Had and Lost” by Alan Brotchie. Alan is a prolific author, specialising in local transport and history. He is coming out of semi-retirement to give this illustrated talk on the tram system Edinburgh once had (note: as the CILT meeting starts at 6.00 p.m., it should be possible to come straight to the CRAG meeting at 7.30 p.m. from the CILT meeting if wished)Tuesday 3rd January: No meetingTuesday 7th February: Frazer Henderson, Head of Rail Policy, Transport Scotland on the Rail 2014 consultation (http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/strategy-and-research/publications-and-consultations/j203179-00.htm) (note: as the CILT meeting starts at 6.00 p.m., it should be possible to come straight to the CRAG meeting at 7.30 p.m. from the CILT meeting if wished)
Tuesday 6th March: Transport Scotland on High Speed Rail
Tuesday 3rd April: David Spaven, Scottish Representative, Rail Freight Group
Tuesday 1st May: Network Rail on the redevelopment of Haymarket Station - followed by AGM
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Lawrence Marshall has compiled his annual compilation list of railway meetings for 2011-2012. This includes some in Glasgow - and one in Perth - for the first time. Otherwise, all are held in Edinburgh. Posted 22 November 2011RAILWAY MEETINGS in EDINBURGH (and some elsewhere) 2011-2012
SEPTEMBER 2011 Tuesday 20th: CILT – “Scottish Chambers priorities for passenger and freight transport” by Graham Bell, transport spokesman, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Thursday 22nd: Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Railway Division, Scottish Centre – “Efficiency and Opportunity in Railway Engineering” by Bill Reeve, Commercial Director, Transport Scotland and Chairman, IMechE Railway Division Scottish Centre (to be held in Room 319, Caledonian University, George Moore Building, Glasgow G4 0BA)
OCTOBER 2011 Thursday 6th: SRPS - “A Baptism of Fire”: the early days of the SRPS” by Prof. John Hume Friday 14th: RCTS - "Yesterday’s Railway in Edinburgh” by Douglas Yuill Monday 24th: Railway Engineers Forum Scotland – “Realising the potential of GB Rail” by Sir Roy McNulty (to be held in Room M001, George Moore Building, Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA) Tuesday 25th: CILT – “Painting Scotland’s railway landscapes” by Leo du Feu (6.30 for 7.00 p.m.) Friday 28th: LRTA - “Tramways of Germany in the 1990s” by Graham Whiteley
NOVEMBER 2011 Thursday 3rd: SRPS - “Penmanshiel Revisited”: the impact of the collapse of the Penmanshiel tunnel on railway operations by Jim Summers Tuesday 8th: CILT – “JourneyCall” by Lesley Stewart, Director, JourneyCall Friday 11th: RCTS - “NRM Steam Operations: the support role” by Rob Tibbits Thursday 17th: Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Railway Division, Scottish Centre – “Network Rail’s Infrastructure Monitoring Fleet” by Brendan Rice, Examination Resource Manager, Network Rail Asset Management (to be held in Room 319, Caledonian University, George Moore Building, Glasgow G4 0BA) Thursday 17th: Wensleydale Railway Association Scotland Branch – “Wensleydale Railway – Back to the Future” by Ruth Annison, principal founder in May 1990 of the WRA and its Secretary for the first 15 years. She was also Marketing Director of Wensleydale Railway plc from its formation in 2000 until Oct 2009, and Chairman from 2005-2009. Thursday 17th: SPOKES - autumn public meeting on the theme of “Edinburgh and Oxford Compared” with Cllr. Gordon Mackenzie, Transport Convener, The City of Edinburgh Council and Richard Mann, Sustainable transport consultant and member of Cyclox, the Oxford Cycle Campaign Tuesday 22nd: Campaign for Borders Rail – AGM with guest speaker Neil Buxton, General Manager, Association of Community Rail Partnerships (http://www.acorp.uk.com/) (to be held in the Scott Room, Old Gala House, Galashiels, 7.45 p.m.) Tuesday 22nd: CILT – “Connectivity for the Capital: The Cockburn Association’s perspective on how best to meet Edinburgh’s transport needs” by Bill Cantley, Vice-Chairman, The Cockburn Association Friday 25th: LRTA - “Blackpool 125 and other nostalgia (DVDs and slides)”
DECEMBER 2011 Thursday 1st: SRPS - Members’ Slides Evening. Contributions welcome - contact Peter Howell. Followed by seasonal refreshments Tuesday 6th: CILT – The Annual Scottish Sustainable Transport Event: “Working Spaces, Living Spaces” by Ian Wall, former Chief Executive of the EDI Group and creator of the Edinburgh Science Festival Friday 9th: RCTS - AGM (at 7.00 p.m.) followed by members' photographs, slides and anecdotes (with seasonal refreshments)
JANUARY 2012 Thursday 5th: SRPS – “Scotland’s Railways in the 1970s”: mainline and preserved railways though the camera lens by Ken Falconer Thursday 12th: CILT – David Spaven, currently writing “Waverley Route: The Life, Death & Re-Birth of the Borders Railway”, will explain how the Waverley Line came to close and what has happened in the intervening years Saturday 14th: RCTS – “A Miscellany of Vintage Diesels” by Hamish Stevenson Friday 27th: LRTA – Tramways quiz and members’ slides – preceded by brief business meeting
FEBRUARY 2012 Thursday 2nd: SRPS - “Railway Tales”: films and tales of railway operations in the 20th century by John Evans Tuesday 7th: CILT – “The Royal Scotsman” by James Heslin, Business Manager, The Royal Scotsman Saturday 11th: RCTS – “The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway” by Andrew Thompson Thursday 16th: Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Railway Division, Scottish Centre – “Hitachi - IEP and other developments" by Alistair Dormer, Chief Executive, Agility Trains (to be held in The Royal Scots Club, 30 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh EH3 6QE at 5.30 p.m.) Friday 24th: LRTA – “Update on the new Edinburgh tramway” by Alastair Richards, Managing Director, Edinburgh Trams
MARCH 2012 Thursday 1st: SRPS – “Scotland’s Railways Caught on Film”: the 1970 Scottish mainline railway scene” by Keith Jones Tuesday 6th: CILT – “Transport Preparations for Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games” by George Vincent, Technical Services Manager, Glasgow City Council (note: to be held in Conference Rooms 1 & 2 [ground floor], Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council, 229 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QU, 5.30 for 6.00 p.m.) Friday 9th: RCTS – “Photographic Review of 2010/11” by Keith Sanders Tuesday 27th: CILT – “How Does the Scottish Transport System Serve Our Visitors” by David Warnock, Board Member, Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park (note: to be held in The Queens Hotel, Leonard Street, Perth PH2 8HB, 5.30 for 6.00 p.m.) Thursday 29th: SPOKES - spring public meeting: Election Hustings on Cycling and related transport issues Speakers:
Further details and a downloadable poster are on our website at www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/2012/02/edinburgh-council-election-hustings Friday 30th: LRTA – “Swiss City Trio then and now” by Richard J S Wiseman
APRIL 2012 Thursday 5th: SRPS - to be advised Thursday 12th: RCTS – RCTS Scottish Branch Annual Dinner (7.00 for 7.30 p.m., venue to be advised) Friday 13th: RCTS – “Glasgow’s Railways in the 1950s” by Hugh Gould, National President, RCT
MAY 2012 Friday 4th: RCTS – “Network Rail Project: The Rebuilding of Reading” by Callum Macleod
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SRPS (Scottish Railway Preservation Society): Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh at 7.30 p.m. - contact Dr Peter Howell on 0131 334 5232. Visit website at www.srps.org.uk
CRAG (Capital Rail Action Group): Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh at 7.15 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. - contact Patrick Hutton on 0131 558 8042 (patrickh@6brc.freeserve.co.uk). Visit website at www.capitalrail.org.uk
RCTS (Railway Correspondence and Travel Society): Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh at 7.30 p.m. on Fridays, 2.30 p.m. on Saturdays - contact Richard Thorburn at thorburnr2000@yahoo.com. Visit website at http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/scotland/events.htm
LRTA (Light Rail Transit Association): Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh at 7.30 p.m. - contact George P.Murray on 0131 538 2375. Visit website at http://www.lrta.org/meets.html
CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport): City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh at 5.30 p.m. (refreshments) for 6.00 p.m.. Visit website at www.ciltscotland.com
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Railway Division, Scottish Centre: George Moore Building, Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA at 5.30 p.m. (refreshments) for 6.00 p.m.. Contact David Shirres, Events Secretary at rdscotland@imechenetwork.org. Visit website at http://nearyou.imeche.org.uk/uk/scot/scrd/
Railway Engineers Forum Scotland: Visit website at http://sites.google.com/site/refscotland/home
RailFuture Scotland: contact Mike Harrison at Secretary@RailFutureScotland.org.uk or on 0131 448 0930. Visit website at www.railfuturescotland.org.uk
Wensleydale Railway Association Scotland Branch: contact Tim Wheater at wrascotlandsecretary@live.co.uk or on 01620 895518. Visit website at http://www.wensleydalerailwayassociation.com/
Campaign for Borders Rail: contact Lorne Anton at lorneanton@yahoo.co.uk or on 01890 781698. Visit website at http://www.campaignforbordersrail.org/
SPOKES (The Lothian Cycle Campaign): Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh at 7.30 p.m. (coffee from 6.45 p.m.) - contact Mark Symonds at symondsmark@hotmail.com or on 0131 661 9763. Visit website at www.spokes.org.uk
FoE (Friends of the Earth) Edinburgh: Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh at 7.30 p.m. - contact Bob Langridge at info@foe-edinburgh.org.uk. Visit website at www.foe-edinburgh.org.uk
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