Welcome to the website of East Yorkshire Railway Society. The society was formed in 1991 to bring together and encourage railway enthusiasts of all ages and interests with monthly meetings featuring videos, photo presentations and talks by members and guest speakers covering a wide range of railway topics. Members' interests are varied, including historical, modelling, steam, modern image and overseas railways and our membership includes some excellent photographers and modellers. Some of their work can be seen on our feature pages and you can click any of the photos on this page for larger images.
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We meet at Driffield Community Centre, Mill Street, Driffield YO25 6TR. 7:00 for 7:30pm on the second Monday of every month, excluding December and August. There's parking at the Community Centre or at nearby Mill Street YO25 6TN (73 spaces, free after 6pm). It's about a ten minute walk from Driffield Station. See map. Annual membership of the society is now only £5 with £3 admission to meetings, £4 non-members.

Chris Taylor returned in April with 'Both Sides of the Pond', further images from his trips to the USA followed by a variety of scenes from the UK in the second part of the evening. The wide open spaces of the USA through which their huge trains and massive motive power travel contrast starkly with the UK. It made for a very interesting evening. A couple of examples here, with a pair of Union Pacific diesels on a freight and a Class 66 on a MGR service at Kellingley Colliery.    

Allen Ferguson returned in May with views of North Eastern steam in the period 1963 to 1965, when many classes were still much in evidence in the area. There some very old examples of NER traction still in service, such as the J27 below of 1906 vintage and the J27 tank, a design dating from 1898. Yet this example was built by BR in 1951! Alan will be returning in June with further views from the area in the period 1966-67.

Tony Arnold's slides of 'London Connections' took up the second half of the evening with images taken mostly during the 1990s and early 2000s in and around the capital or featuring services to or from that destination. It was a very interesting mix, such as this view of Ongar, formerly on the Underground network, now the Epping Ongar heritage line. And a classic shot of an HST on the sea wall at Dawlish.