Early Rlys Conferences (all) incl the Early Mainline Rlys Conferences

If you are researching early mainline railways or their social impact a reminder that the call for expressions of interest in presenting a paper to the 2018 EMLRC event to be held at the NRM in York next year closes on 30 June.

Website and pdf with more info' are at - http://www.rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CALL-FOR-PAPERS-EMLR2rev.pdf & http://www.earlymainlinerailways.org.uk

Post on behalf of the RCHS and Newcomen Societies.

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Just a bump to remind any potential contributors that the deadline for submitting ideas for a paper is Friday of this week.

 

Early Mainline Railways 2nd Conference - Proceedings book

EMLRC2 –the last chance to order and save is approaching! (This is the Conference as held in 2018 - see above) The book of the conference is now almost ready for print - this your last chance to subscribe at the substantially reduced rate of £36 (plus p&p). You will find the details at https://rchs.org.uk/early-railways-conference-combined/ on the RCHS website.

The next conference will be in Swansea during June 2021 with the call for expressions of interest in presenting papers due out this coming January.

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The Early Railways, and Early Mainline Railways serials of conferences are now combined. Next is in Swansea in June 2021, then near Darlington (Date/venue TBC) in 2025 for the obvious reasons of the S&D bi-centenary.

 

Latest update on the EMRC2 publication and Early Railways 7

A reminder that whilst The 7th International Early Railways Conference at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, is not until 10th–13th June 2021, the closing date for the submission of proposals for papers is looming, being the end of this month - 30th June 2020. For full details see the call for papers on the RCHS website.

The last conference was the 2nd International Early Main Line Railways Conference. Now that subscribers have their copies of the papers, a few copies are available for sale at the full price of £55 plus postage & packing (£3.95 UK; £10 Europe without the UK; £13 rest of world). More details will be found using the above link. Please contact roger.taylor@rchs.org.uk if you wish to order.

John New on behalf of the ERC Committee.

NB If you wish to be added to the Early Railways Conferences contacts list please contact me.

 

7th International Early Railways Conference

Due to COVID -19 this conference, which was due to take place at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, is being replaced by an International ‘virtual’ conference on the same dates (10-13 June 2021). The conference will therefore be held using the Microsoft ‘Teams’ facility, hosted by the National Railway Museum, York. The issue of different time zones is recognised and options to overcome this are being considered by the ER7 organising committee.

The conference, conducted in English, will be in the same format as the previously successful Early Railways Conferences and Early Main Line Railways Conferences. These two themes will, henceforth, be combined under the International Early Railways Conference title covering the earliest wagonway systems through to main line and industrial systems worldwide, in the development era up to the 1870s.

Further updates will follow as the specific details are finalised

 

7th International Early Railways Conference (Now virtual) 10-13 June 2021

Bookings are now invited for delegates to participate in this virtual conference.

The conference, conducted in English, will be in a similar format to the successful Early Railways and Early Main Line Railways Conferences. Topics will cover the earliest waggonway systems through to the main line and industrial systems, throughout the world, in the development era up to the 1870s.

The charge for participating in the conference, which will cover the costs of the event and the exclusive use of the YouTube on-line recordings will be:

• £50 per delegate.
• £25 per delegate for students in full time courses.

TO BOOK YOUR PLACE AT THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE PLEASE VISIT the early railways conference website or email: er7bookings@rchs.org.uk

Coffee/lunch/tea breaks will be provided to allow for both physical needs and screen time restraint.

Further details are on the uploaded PDF and the ERC web page.

 

Post bump -

With now only a month to go a reminder that bookings are still open - https://rchs.org.uk/early-railways-conference-combined/ Software to be used revised to the Airmeet solution, as below, allowing social interaction between groups of delegates between the sessions.

The papers presented will be recorded and available for paid up delegates for a period post the conference. This has the following advantages:-

• time shifting for people in different time-zones, you only have to be live if you wish to participate in the session's Q&A.
• no-one has to sit through the three full days of screen watching unless, as above, they wish to be in the Q&A sessions.

Technical details:- The host will be Firefly Audio Visual Solutions Ltd. of Hunslet in Leeds, on behalf of the National Railway Museum, using its Airmeet seminar facility. Delegates wishing to participate in the conference should ensure that they will be using computers with the latest version of Google Chrome or Firefox; computers fitted with cameras and microphones will allow delegates to participate fully with the proceedings. Broadband speeds should be 10 Mbps for good reception, to avoid occasional transmission interruptions.

 

The conference happened and the proceedings volume will be published later this year.

To order a copy, if you haven't already, the deadline for pre-order/subscription copies is next Tuesday. There will only be a small number of extras printed. If you haven't already ordered the details are at https://rchs.org.uk/early-railways-conference-combined/

Issued on behalf of the sponsoring organisations. Thanks once again for your interest in the Early Railways Conference serial - we hope to see you in 2025.