stores clerk; publicity clerk; traffic apprentice; special assistant to general manager; area manager; divisional freight manager; parcels contract manger; locomotives described; effect of electrification; West Coast Main Line (WCML); traffic apprentice, David Sell, interview; Guide bridge; Bo-Bo locomotive; derailmant; lifting coaches, casualities; breakdown gang; Lord Snowdon; Sir Henry Johnson; level of accountability; wages bill; deisel multiple units (DMUs); mechanical lever frame signal boxes, semaphore signals; Brent incident; "incapacitated" signalman; derailment; exploding container; depots; company train development; planning, network, freight train; shunting coaches, parcels; road competition; Irish traffic; British Rail Headquarters, Marylebone Road; Red Star Parcels; rationalisation delivery, coal, steel, stone traffic; bulk grain movement; British Railway Universal Trolley Equipment (BRUTES) described; safety issues; closure of business; reform of train service; "Parcels Business Machine; "Magstar"; loss of traffic; special electrical multiple units (EMU); travelling post office description, layout, operation, sorting process, routes; site location problems; company conflict; facilities described; d.o.b. 1941-12-03, railway work: 1962-1993, Welshpool-Lianfar; Wolverhampton; Euston; South Manchester; Stckport; Dewsnap Yard; Longsight depot; Guide Bridge; Manchester-Sheffield-Wath (MSW); Chgaedle Hulme; Newton Heath; Penzance; Inverness; Criclwood; St Pancras; Bedford; Moorgate; Luton; Breant; Dudding Hill; Acton Canal (wharf); Birmingham; Aston; Washwood Heath; Lawley Street; Landor street; Heysham; Marylebone Road; Oldham Clegg Street; Woking Staff College; Belfast; Dieppe; Broad Street; Rugby; Wellingborough; Wapping; London Midland Railway (LMR); British Rail, Community Unit; Red Star Parcels; National Carriers; WH Smith; Post Office; English Welsh & Scottish Railways (EWR); ThamesLink; Shellstar;