Meetings are held at the Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, starting at 7.30pm during 2024 then at 7pm from the start of 2025 on.
Dates for the 2024/2025 meetings are listed below and details will follow shortly once the speakers confirm their availability.
Please note that 2025 meetings will change to the 4th Tuesday of the month, starting at the earlier time of 7pm.
19th September 2024
A Summer Travelling by Rail Around Europe – Part 3 – Bulgaria, Istanbul, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia
Lawrence Marshall
17th October 2024
The Zillertalbahn – from threatened closure to an examplar of a 21c secondary railway.
Prof. David Murray-Smith
21st November 2024
Railway Paths Ltd.
A charity that owns and manages former railway land and structures to provide paths suitable for cycling, walking, horse riding and wheel-chair use.
Terry Levinthal, Chair.
19th December 2024
Harburn Hobbies – – a world of model railways and more.
George Beattie has been associated with Harburn Hobbies for many years. You can find him in the shop on Fridays and Saturdays. He’s also a retired train driver – with BR, ScotRail (where he was a Driver Team Manager), Virgin and CrossCountry.
Stollen, mince pies, lebkucken and drinks will be provided at our pre-Christmas meeting.
George Beatty of Harburn Hobbies.
25th February
Rock Infrastructure and Rail
Rock is an independent developer, owner and asset manager of railway rolling stock and zero emission buses. Since 2016 it has secured over £3.3 billion of institutional investment. At times Rock Rail has come to comprise roughly 40% of all new railway rolling stock orders in the UK. As well as continuing to work on core fleet rail opportunities in the UK, Rock Rail now works also in countries including Australia, France, Germany and other mainland European markets.
Mike Kean, Chief Originations Officer at Rock Infrastructure
Mike Connoly, Public Relations & Strategic Advisor, Rock Rail
25th March
The South-Sub team from Heriot-Watt University will present their plans to reopen the line using tram-trains.
Corey Boyle of the South-sub team
22nd April
City of Edinburgh’s Transport Plans
Cllr. Stephen Jenkinson, Chair of the Transport and Environment Committee
27th May
CRAG AGM, followed by talk about
The Rail Freight Group
Martin Bignell, Scottish and Northern Representative