apprentice fitter; fitter; steam locomotives; diesel locomotives; shed layout; training; High Speed Train (HST); works closure; work demarcation; conditions, pay, poor environment, shifts, bonus scheme, culture; inspection; diesel multiple unit (DMU); safety; Deltic locomotives; repairs; maintenance; electrical work; Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) staff representative; d.o.b. 1944-08-31, railway work: 1959-2002 (on-going), London & North Eastern Railway (LNER); London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS); English Electric Company; Great Western Railway (GWR); Keighley & Worth Valley Railway; Sulzer; Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU); InterCity; National Express-Maintrain Ltd; Virgin; Great North Eastern Railway (GNER); Leeds Holbeck motive power depot; Queens Hotel, Leeds; Settle & Carlisle Railway; Batley Technical College; Darlington North Road works; Leeds City station; Leeds Neville Hill depot; Winterthur, Switzerland; Tyseley shed; York; Darlington; Newcastle Heaton; London King's Cross;