Gibbs, John

locomotive depot, cleaner, passed fireman, fireman, driver; instructor, driver, first aid; rules and regulations; "preparation and disposal"; cleaning materials; shifts; training; rule 55; wages; fire bars; boiler cleaning; hard/soft water areas; footplatemen, light duties; running tender first; shunt; fusible plug; cab fittings; clock box; pressure; links; coupling duties; terms of employment; compound; numbering; engine board; Ivatt; 2-6-4 BR standard; Midland 4F; career opportunities; traffic; shifts; union activities; first aid; introduction, diesels; loco failures; Beeching; Brush locos; drawbar; brake tenders; footplate, signing on, drivers lobby; engine diagram; loco checks; sand boxes; turntables; turbine generator; Black 5; Park Royal railcars; 1957 manning agreement; depot organisation; electrification; light signals; Automatic Train Control (ATC); Sir Peter Parker; third rail, Midland main Line; blue pullman; Overhead Line Electrification (OHLE); road learning process, saloon; corridor locomotives; mixed steam and diesel operations; restructuring of working conditions; 1954 pension scheme; closures; incident at Cricklewood; d.o.b. 1933-10-25, railway work: 1950-1998, 15D shed Bedford Midland; Oakley; Hitchin; London; Bedford St John; Egypt; Leicester; Spital bridge (Peterborough); Kettering; Arnley tunnel; Stratford; Brighton; Lees; Gloucester; London, Docks, King's Cross, St Pancras; Sandy; Birmingham. Nuneaton; Hinksey; Southampton; Yarmouth; Derby, St Mary; Bute Street; Dunstable; Hansworth; Wellingborough; Mill Hill; Cambridge Street Loco Siding; Nottingham; Park Royal; Moorgate branch; St Albans; Luton Bute street; Oakley troughs; Sharnbrook; Tilbury; Southend; St Paul's; Sevenoaks/Selhurst/Brighton;Farringdon; Croydon; Brent; Blackfriars; London North Western Railway (LNWR); Rolls Royce; City ThamesLink;