chairman, British Rail; management pay; Richard Beeching; Barbara Castle; Harold Wilson; Roy Jenkins; Bill Johnston; public sector working; secretaries of state; role of BR Board; management; trade unions; parliamentary select committees; audits; public relations department; Will Camp; Terence Conran, design needs; David McKenna; Channel Tunnel; balance sheet of change; Rail Council; difficulties of implementing change; electrification; corporate advertising; Transmark; railway community; business sectors; accounting; privatisation; freightliner; Bob Reid; hotels; shipping; Bloody Men's Club; time management; visits out; politicians; civil servants; industrial action; resources; motivation; chairmen of nationalised industries; social responsibility; d.o.b. 1924-08-30, railway work 1976-1983