The CILT Scottish Region Archives 2017

Welcome to the Scottish Region Archives for 2017. These contain old meeting and visit reports.

The year started with Stewart Nicol, Chief Executive of Inverness Chamber of Commerce speaking on "Don't forget The Highlands!". This was followed by a fascinating presentation on a "East Germany 1971 - Study Tour by Tram" by Graham Whiteley. The end of February saw Keith IIrving, Chief Executive of Cycling Scotland givng a presentation on the work of Cycling Scotland. Dr. George Hazel addressed the Edinburgh meeting in March on "Mobility as a Service". Dr. Miles Oglethorpe gave a fascinating presentation on the Forth Railway Bridge at the beginning of April.

The first event of the 2017-2018 session took the form of a visit to the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway and presentation on the restoration of locomotive 45170 that had been repatriated from Turkey.

September saw a visit to the Royal Deeside Railway Preserviation Society and this was followed by a prentation by George Mair in Aberdeen on Scottish Government Transport Bill.The First meeting of Cotber was in Edinburgh and Professor Tom Rye, Edinburgh Napier University Transport Studies Institutespoke on "Scotland's National Transport Strategy". Richard Atkinson, CILT Director of Marketing and Communications addressed the Scottish Region in Edinburgh on 24 October. This was followed by a talk from Graham Whiteley on more of his "Tales of a Missspent Youth" at the beginning of November. November concluded with a presentation by Phil Prentice on Scotland's Towns Partnership. The final event of the year was a presentation by Chris Swan, Tarmac Senior Manager, rail and shipping on "Growing Railfreight".

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Events in 2017

• "Don't forget The Highlands!" by Stewart Nicol, Chief Executive of Inverness Chamber of Commerce - Edinburgh meeting of Tuesday 17 January 2017
• "East Germany 1971 - A study Tour by Tram" by Graham Whiteley: Edinburgh Meeting of 14 February 2017
• "The Work of Cycling Scotland" by Keith Irving, Chief Executive, Cycling Scotland: Glasgow Meeting of 28 February 2017
• "Mobility as a Service" by Dr. George Hazel: Edinburgh Meeting of 14 March 2017
• "The Forth Railway Bridge" by Dr. Miles Oglethorpe, Head of Industrial Heritage, Historic Environment Scotland: Edinburgh Meeting of 4 April 2017
• "Turkish Delight: the restoration of No. 45170" by Mark Adamson: Meetimg and visit of 22 August 2017 to the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.
• Visit to the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society: 12 September 2017
• "Scottish Government Transport Bill - discuss" by George Mair, Director CPT-UK Scotland: Aberdeen meeting of 12 September 2017.
• "Scotland's National Transport Strategy" by Professor Tom Rye, Edinburgh Napier University Transport Studies Institute: Edinburgh meeting of 11 October 2017.
• "Making CILT's voice heard in Scotland" by Richard Atkinson, CILT Director of Marketing and Communications: Edinburgh meeting of 24 October 2017.
• "Tales of a misspent youth" by Graham Whiteley: Edinburgh meeting of 7 November 2017.
• "Scotland's Towns Partnership" by Phil Prentice, Chief Officer, Scotland's Towns Partnerships: Edinburgh meeting of 7 November 2017.
• "Growing railfreight: the Tarmac experience" by Chris Swan, Tarmac senior manager, rail and shipping: Edinburgh meeting of 4 December 2017.