footplate; engine cleaner; fireman; firing instructor; traction inspector; senior traction inspector; train crew manager; conditions, shifts, mess; mutual improvement class; trade union; Local Departmental Committee; rivalry; single manning; driver training, Deltic, HST; steam-diesel comparison; d.o.b. 1924-01-13, railway work: 1940-1980s, Asociated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fireman (ASLEF; National Union of Railwaymen (NUR); Trades Union Congress; Gateshead; London King's Cross; Newcastle; York; Stoke Tunnel Barnford; Kentish Town hostel; Edinburgh; Skelton; Bensham; Haydon Bridge; Gascoigne Wood; Bardon Mill; Blyth coal staithes; Tyneside Metro; Sheffield;