research and development; head of vehicle dynamics; head of advanced projects; director of advanced projects; director of research laboratories; director of engineering research and development; two-axle wagons; civil and mechanical engineering conflict; freight vehicles; railbus; revenue; investment; funding; Advanced Passenger Train (APT); Advanced Passenger Train-Experimental (APT-E); High Speed Train (HST); design; test track; trade union opposition; electrification; Maglev; Advanced Multiple Unit; mechanised track maintenance; signalling warning systems; d.o.b. 1929-03-29, railway work: 1962-1989, Associated Society of Locoomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF); British Transport Commission; English Electric Company; British Leyland; InterCity; Ruston; Turbomeca; Gloucester Design Services; Metro Cammell; Hawker Syddeley Dynamics; Dowty; Houchins; National Union of Railwaymen (NUR); General Electric Company; Tracked Hovercraft Ltd; Plasser; Thaurer; Westinghouse; Derby; East Coast Main Line; West Coast Main Line; Melton Mowbray; Nottingham; Old Dalby; Duffield; Derby locomotive works; London St Pancras; Leicester; Glasgow; Manchester; Liverpool; Erith; Scotland; East Anglia;