Section Details
Chair: Morris Smith
Secretary: Martin Wooff
mob: 07487 652622, (09:00 - 21:00 daily), e-mail: pwi@tail-lamp.net
Meeting Venue
The Pullman Room, The Cosmopolitan Hotel, 2 Lower Briggate, Leeds LS1 4AE.
Meetings are on the third Tuesday of each month from September to May and begin with light refreshments at 17:30 for 18:00 start. Meetings vary in length and occasionally extend beyond 20:00.
Please follow link to events calendar for details of section meetings
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Section Programme
Tuesday 17th September 2019 - National Railway Museum, York
23rd Annual North Eastern Railway Engineers’ Forum - Rail in the North East - Meeting the Challenges
Tuesday 15th October 2019 - Leeds
New Zealand: The Kaikoura Job; Rebuilding Kiwirails's Main North Line (Phil Kirkland, Head of Maintenance Delivery, Nexus and PWI Vice President North England)
Wednesday 30th October 2019 - Hitachi Rail, Newton Aycliffe
Technical Visit to Hitachi Rail at Newton Aycliffe - to book your space please contact Martin Wooff 07847 652622
Tuesday 19th November 2019 - Leeds
Construction of Selby Diversion (Hugh Fenwick, Fellow, PWI)
Tuesday 10th December 2019 - Leeds
Narrow Gauge Railways - A Worldwide Glimpse (Morris Smith, PWI Honorary Life Member)
Tuesday 21st January 2020 - Leeds
High Output Track Renewals - Ready for CP6 (Mark Eves, High Output, Network Rail)
Tuesday 18th February 2020 -Leeds
On Track Plant (Alan Huddart, Story Contracting)
Tuesday 17th March 2020 - Leeds
Landslip detection and prevention (Claire Brint) & PWI Presidential Visit (Joan Heery, President, PWI)
Tuesday 21st April 2020 - Leeds
Overhead Traction Electrification: Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Delivered (Peter Dearman, Network Rail)
Tuesday 19th May 2020 - Leeds
Details TBC