About Our Trustees​

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Alex Brammer

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With ten years of public sector experience, ranging from working with MPs and Ministers to the general public, Alex has knowledge of the inner workings of the NHS, local and central Government. At the age of 18, he took up an opportunity in the City of Westminster, working for the Civil Service on Child Internet Safety policy, before moving back to Norfolk to work in varying roles at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, including as an assistant medical secretary.

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He currently works for NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB, dealing with the administrative work involved in the Continuing Healthcare process.

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During his final year at the hospital in 2021, Alex established the Middleton Towers Restoration Group, where he negotiated a basic asset protection agreement with Network Rail, which enables the group to work on the derelict platform buildings of the former Middleton Towers railway station in Leziate, King’s Lynn. He was successful in obtaining grants from both the local borough council, as well as the Railway Heritage Trust, to cover the costs of substantial work towards the station’s restoration.

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Alex’s love for the railways stems from the books, videos and anecdotes from his late grandfather John, who lived in the Wisbech area during the era of the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway and the Wisbech to March railway.

Alex is currently a Parish Councillor for Leziate & Ashwicken, being co-opted in the summer of 2024.

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Outside of work and the railways, he is a passionate supporter of Ipswich Town Football Club, is a huge Formula One fan, enjoys cycling, travelling abroad and is an avid video gamer. Alex's favourite musicians include Billy Joel, The Hives and Depeche Mode.

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Richard Woods

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Educated to university entrance standard, HNC & HND Business Studies. Administration Manager in the agricultural trade for various companies until redundancy. Village shop owner until wife's ill health. Provisions supervisor and then kitchen porter and storeman in the NHS until retirement. Now a part-time carer. 

 

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Nathan Dodd

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Since his teens, Nathan has had an interest in the industrial and social history of the railways across East Anglia and Great Britain.  As a result, he has been involved in a number of railway heritage groups in the region, including the East Anglian Railway Museum (EARM) and Mangapps Railway Museum in Essex as well as the Melton Constable Railway Trust in Norfolk, and has been a long term member of the Great Eastern Railway Society.  Subsequently, he has now been inspired to work supporting the efforts of the Middleton Towers Restoration Group. 

 

Since his secondary education, his enthusiasm for railways has seen him become a Station Adopter for Greater Anglia (Formerly National Express East Anglia) at Battlesbridge station. This initiative, supported by the Department of Transport, sees Station Adopters work alongside Train Operating Companies to come up with practical solutions to improve passenger patronage and to tend to enhancing station facilities, with gardens and the environment making the choice of rail appealing to commuters and leisure travel. His passion for volunteering at national railway station now sees him support the New River Community Rail Partnership at Cheshunt and acts as a Station Partner for Cuffley on the Hertford Loop Line.

 

It is through this community engagement where he was given a job with National Express East Anglia as a train dispatcher in Southend Victoria, eventually reaching the level of trainer/assessor in the same role.  He subsequently went on to enjoy a varied series of customer facing roles in the rail industry and can now be found keeping London moving with a career on the London Underground.

 

During his spare time, he is enjoying writing a book on the history of rail transport, is a published railway photographer (UK Railway magazines), gives the occasional guided tour on the 'Lost Railways of London' to raise funds for the Railway Children charity and hosts a series of talks on the 'History of Railways' across East Anglia as a public speaker. 

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Stuart Wagge

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I’m particularly passionate about railway heritage, especially old stations and the stories behind them. There’s something special about historic railways — the architecture, the atmosphere, and the way they connect people to the past.

I enjoy learning about how things used to work and why preserving them matters for future generations.

 

Being involved with a railway preservation charity feels like a natural fit for me. I like contributing to something meaningful, helping keep history alive, and supporting a cause that combines community, heritage, and learning. I’m enthusiastic, reliable, and genuinely interested in what I do, and I enjoy being part of something that celebrates the past while keeping it relevant today.

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Outside of this, I’m someone who really enjoys stories about time, space, and imagination — especially sci-fi, with Doctor Who being a big favourite. I love how it mixes history, adventure and clever ideas, and that sense of curiosity definitely carries over into my other interests too. I’m a massive fan of the rock band ‘The Darkness’ and also volunteer at Hospital Radio Lynn.