Bassett, Philip Edmund

Made:
2002-11-22 in Interviewee's home

cleaner; passed cleaner; fireman; second man; passed second man; driver; acting traction inspector; traction inspector; head of driver training; chief traction inspector; traincrew assistant; traincrew manager; traction and driving manager; medical examination; Ishikara colour-perception; Edridge Green Lantern; cleaner's lobby weaver plant; firing duty requirements; no formal instruction, work practice; cylinder drain cocks; compressed air lances, misuse, accidents; accomodation problems; massive drive shaft; water tower; cotton waste; Fireman's course; management of fire, saftey on the line; first firing shift; lack of health and safety; fire iron; empty carriage working; female engine cleaners; cleaning fire; short passenger working; mutual improvement classes; closure of depot; electric and diesel methods; new types of locomotives; blocked train; use of short circuit bar; royal train; a/c current locomotives; standarised teaching modules; signal school; hidden routes; Advanced Passenger Train (APT); different types of diesel and electric locomotive; driver training; driver only working; High speed trains (HST); fatal collision; turntabl, pits, steam specials; Dutchess of Hamilton; relationships with foreign train companies; TGV; Malcolm Southgate; Trans-Manche super train, driving cab design, PS1, PS2, first team in France; recruitment of drivers, criteria, profiles; D4 T1-16 driving activites, EPS; union, abandoning seniority; Psychometric tests, language ability; start date May 1993; female drivers, crew; d.o.b.1946-05-14, railway work 1961-2000, Brixton; Nine Elms Depot; Guildford Training School; Basingstoke and Salisbury; Waterloo; Japan; Euston, Carlow Street; Bedford-St Pancras; Wembley; Marylebone; Grove; Deepdene; Canterbury; France; Paris; West Coast Mainline, London Midland Region (LMR); London Transport; Terence Cuneo; London Fire Brigade; SCNF; SCNB; Eurostar; Rail News; Alstrom; British Rail Board (BRB);

Details

Category:
Oral Histories
Collection:
National Archive of Railway Oral History
Object Number:
NAROH2002-173
Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
: 2.8346 x 3.1496 x .315 in.; 72 x 80 x 8 mm
type:
oral history recording
credit:
Friends of the National Railway Museum