civil engineer; district engineer; chief civil engineer; director, civil engineering; Second World War; weather, snow, flood; permanent way maintenance mechanisation; trade unions; track inspection; saloon inspection; track renewal; continuous welded rail; derailment; graduate training scheme; McAlpine; research and development committee; advanced passenger train; business sectors; budget; suppliers; corruption allegation; d.o.b. 1926-03-16, railway work: 1948-1988, London Midland and Scottish Railway; British Rail Western Region; St Margaret's Edinburgh; Port Said, Egypt; Forth Bridge; Tay Bridge; Carstairs; Edinburgh; Glasgow Central; Paddington; Uddingston; Carlisle; Watford; Newcastle;
Details
- Category:
- Oral Histories
- Collection:
- National Archive of Railway Oral History
- Object Number:
- NAROH2002-08
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
: 72 x 80 x 8 mm
- type:
- oral history recording
- credit:
- Friends of the National Railway Museum