footplate, cleaner, fireman, driver; royal train; coal stage; freight trains; weather; tablet and token working; double-headed working; diesel multiple units (DMU); West Coast Main Line electrification; learning rules; diesel shunters; road learning; High Speed Trains; d.o.b. 1929-08-01, railway work: 1949-1993, Birmingham; Bordesley-Tyseley; Bordesley Yard; Aberystwyth; Welshpool; Chester; Reading; West Coast Main Line; Saltley; Bristol; York;