If you are a Member of our Society or a corporate sponsor then you are cordially invited to our Annual Dinner on the 27th June 2024, held at the Derby Conference Centre. For more information, please click on the link:

Please come along to the Peter Parkin Memorial Lecture Competition launch event on the 20 March 24. Visit our website for more info... https://t.co/WWjaJUAtoL

Just a reminder that the next DRES lecture is on the 13th Mar 24 starting at 18:00 at the Derby Conference Centre and will be on the new fleet of trains ordered for DLR. For more information, please visit our website: https://t.co/sAR6Rxd9RC We hope to see you there or on Zoom.

The next DRES lecture is all about the new fleet of trains for Dockland Light Railway. Presented by Dave Collins from KeolisAmey on the 13 Mar 24 at the DCC from 18:00 and will be broadcast live on Zoom. For more information please visit the DRES website:

DRES and the YRP are holding a social evening as part of Railweek at the Brunswick Inn on the 8 Feb starting at 17:30. Click here for more information: https://t.co/AbfvxwwCAd and please come along if you can. There is a free hot buffet!

Just a reminder to all our members and supporters that the first DRES lecture of 2024 will be given by Ian Hyde (Fleet Director) Of East Midlands Railway on their “Master Plan”. For more information, please follow this link:-

Happy New Year to all our Members and followers. The first lecture of 2024 will be presented on the 18th January by Ian Hyde of EMR describing their “Master Plan”. Click the following link for more details:-

The next DRES lecture which is jointly sponsored with the IMechE is Renewing the Pendolinos and replacing the Voyagers presented by Martin Ward and Liam Hockings on the 6th Dec 2023. For more information please click on the link below... https://t.co/FRvwc4mW4R

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"Hydrogen trains will no longer be considered as a replacement for diesel locomotives in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after a study found installation of overhead electricity lines or battery hybrid trains far more economic over a 30-year period" https://t.co/03fVXL17DS

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Today I failed. I've done everything possible and slightly more, but failed. My plan was to get to recently retaken Town B. by train. But no success. It was a long long day. So listen to the story.

And more damages.

@HS2ltd have today confirmed their rolling stock will be built by the @AlstomUK and @HitachiRailENG JV. Congratulations!

Great to see so many industry colleagues at our Summer BBQ on Friday. Thanks to #Tecforce and ⁦@Railtex⁩ for their sponsorship. #railwayfamily #smes

They've done it! RIA (@RailIndustry) have compiled probably the most compressed and exhaustive report yet to make the case for conventional electrification... Let's pick through it on quickfire:

Our industry is united in calling on ⁦@grantshapps⁩ to start a rolling programme of electrification now in order that the U.K. can meet it’s net zero commitments. #RailDecarb21 ⁦@transportgovuk⁩

Thirty years ago today, on 8th January 1991, I had been working at the Network South East rolling stock drawing office at Kings Cross for less than a year. At about 10am someone popped their head round the door to say that we were needed at Cannon Street station. (1/9)

The demolition of one of our most iconic buildings at our Knottingley Depot is underway as we continue with our multi-million pound programme of investment to modernise our property portfolio and improve working conditions. ℹ️: https://t.co/w5ieSCpmQX #SiteUpgrade #TeamRed

Tomorrow 18th at 18:00 on Zoom.