Graeme Gleaves

Graeme Gleaves (born 20 June 1968) is a British writer and a Railway historian, best known for his transport books and for being the editor of the Suburban Electric Railway Association's magazines; The ARC (1996-2006) and from 2006 'The Contactor'.[1] He published 'Electrifying the Underground: The Technology That Created London's Tube'[2] and 'Electric Railways of Liverpool and Manchester'.[3]

Graeme Gleaves
BornGraeme Stephen Gleaves
(1968-06-20) 20 June 1968
Rainham, Kent, England
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
Period2014-present
GenreGeneral Interest/Transport

Personal life

Gleaves currently lives in Slough and works as a driving instructor for Southeastern.[4] He previously worked for South West Trains. Gleaves was the first chairman at the Electric Railway Museum.[5][6][7] and during his tenure the organisation won the Heritage Railway Association 'Small Group Award in 2011. Gleaves resigned in 2013 but accepted an offer to return as a trustee 12 months later. He managed the project to clear the Electric Railway Museum site during the latter half of 2017 and first half of 2018 to ensure all rail mounted items and heritage buildings found new homes when the redevelopment of the site caused the closure of the museum. The project won much praise in railway heritage circles as it was achieved in not only a short timescale, but with no external financial support other than what the ERM could raise itself.

He is passionate about music and began playing guitar at the age of 18. He has been a member of the following bands: Spillage (2004-2008), Fair Faith (2008-2009) and Mega-Rush (2010-2018). Graeme reformed Spillage in 2019.[8]

References
  1. "Author Community - Graeme Gleaves". amberley-books.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. "Electrifying the Underground: The Technology That Created London's Tube (Paperback)". Waterstones.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. "Electric Railways of Liverpool and Manchester (Paperback)". Waterstones.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. "Graeme Gleaves - Driver Instructor - Southeastern Railway - LinkedIn". uk.linkedin.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. "Big crowds for Baginton electric train museum open day". coventrytelegraph.net. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  6. "Coventry's Electric Railway Museum to open for final time THIS weekend". coventrytelegraph.net. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  7. "LOCOMOTION EXPANDS COLLECTION WITH HIGH-SPEED FREIGHT VEHICLE". locomotion.org.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  8. "Soundcloud - Graeme Gleaves". SoundCloud.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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