driver, (leading railman); interview process; facilities for women; railway's attitude to women; uniforms; female guards; closure and relocation; National union of Railwaymen (NUR); assistant fare collectors, equipment and methods; national conference agenda (NUR); National Women's Advisory Committee; political background; freight guard; passenger work; Local Departmental Committee (LDC); guards, footplate volunteers; hostile atmosphere; driving; diesel multiple units (DMU); training; instructors, communication problems; sexual harassment; ethnic workers; european and acts of parliament; electrification; Railway Development Society (RDS); Railway Passenger Committee (RPC); Transport Users' Consultation Committee (TUCC); d.o.b. 1956-04, railway work: 1982-1994, Edinburgh; Manchester; Hyndland station; Yoker depot; Glasgow; Northern Clyde; Partick; Motherwell; Perth; Queen Street/Eastfield; Swansea; Liverpool; South Africa; Inverness; Scotland; British Railways; Scotrail;