As well as being the Society’s
Hon Secretary and a Civil Engineer by day, Alex is the volunteer Signal and
Telegraph Superintendent of the Midland Railway – Butterley, a heritage railway
in Derbyshire.The talk will review the
origins of railway signalling systems in the 19th century,
developments through the 20th century and today, and the challenges
of maintaining 100+ year old technology (and buildings) in the 2010’s.