clerical officer, telegraph office, advanced traffic information, dringhouses yard; controller; restday relief controller; assisitant passenger controller; Advanced Train information (ATI); classes of train; conversion to Total Operations Processing System (TOPS); description of duties; types of trains; areas of responsibility; East Coast mainline (ECML); High Speed Train (HST); world speed record for diesel; train class priority; turns of duty; transfers to buses; locomotive examinations A,B,C, &D; Regional Chief Controller; role of the operating companies; route knowledge; punctuality; local management; late running trains; departments co-operation; engineering, ballast, trains; emergency bus service; staff call out; broken rails; closure of signal boxes; bomb scares; daily log; brake vans; collision test; royal train; bullion; deltic; employment conditions; management grade controllers; description, conditions of Regional Control office; early computers; d.o.b. 1942-09-27, railway work: 1969-1997, York Headquarters; Dringhouses; Radyr, South Wales; Doncaster; Northallerton; British rail; IBM;