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From left to right back row (standing): Alan Spencer, Chairman; Brian Ashfield, Treasurer;  Jack Hart, Council Member;  John Barrett, Independent Financial Examiner;  Martin Cresswell,  Independent Financial Examiner; Bernard Tipping, Council Member and Peter Lindop, Membership Secretary;

From left to right front row (kneeling): Nick Agnew, President; Paul Gumbrell, Vice Chairman; Stuart Smith, Institution Secretary; Tom Chaffin, Website Manager and Brian Drummond, Council Member.

Taken at Yarwell on the Nene Valley Railway following the Centenary naming ceremony of GB Railfreight locomotive 66 716 "The Locomotive & Carriage Institution" 14th May 2011 (c) Photo: L&CI

The following were elected onto the Council at the AGM 2025:

President:    

John Smith,  CEO, GB Railfreight

Vice Presidents:

Nick Agnew, Retired, former Contingency Planning Manager, Transport for London.

Mark Hopwood CBE, Managing Director, Great Western Railway

Chairman:

Alan Spencer, Varamis Rail

6 Haslemere Court, Grange Road, DERBY, DE23 8JJ

Vice Chairman:

Paul Gumbrell

Secretary

Malcolm Pym, Retired Network Rail

84 St Marys Road, KETTERING, Northants, NN157BW

Membership Sec.:  

Peter Lindop, Alstom

Membership Secretary, 35 Fairacres, RUISLIP, Middlesex, HA4 8AN


Existing members can also contact the Membership Secretary on this page: Change in Details

Assistant Secretary

IIan Dinmore, Retired

Treasurer:    

Martin Cresswell

Newsletter Editor:

E Hurley, Retired Network Rail

Website Manager:

Tom Chaffin, Principle Project Engineer, Telent Technology Services

Sales & Merchandise:

Alan Spencer (details as per Chairman above)

Independent Financial Examiners:

Jacob Short, Controller, Freightliner

Peter Norrell, Driver, Freightliner

Council Members:

John Doyle, Retired, General Manager Jubilee Line, TfL

Mick Foster, Retired, British Transport Police

Humphrey Gillot, Retired, Railway Mission

John Self,  Retired, TfL

Richard Tomilinson, LNER

Ray Willson

Please refer to the latest Institution Newsletter for further information on the Institution Council.

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