Made during the interview training session. charter trains; train planning; special trains; traffic apprenticeship; training; family; entry clerk, Special Traffic Dept, Liverpool Street Station; duties; charter train bookings; clerk, Coaching Stock Control Office; clerk, CSCO; Bank Holiday demand; balancing stock; balancing North-South demand; resort traffic; August Bank Holiday; methods for balancing trains; running out of coaches, Peterborough-Yarmouth; stock returns; formal arrangements for coaching stock; rationalising special train paths; natural wastage of stock; traffic apprenticeship exam, 1957; training; training on the job; variety of experience, fireman; Assistant Operating Superintendent; reflections on training; c.1946-1959