Oral history interview with Steve Gollop, conducted and recorded by Dick Fearn at the interviewee's office at Paddington station on 30 April 2018. Duration: 51 min. 14 sec. Traction trainee/secondman 1984; train driver 1988; Traction Inspector Didcot 1990; Driver Leader Network SouthEast (NSE) Thames and Chiltern Division; formation of British Rail businesses; staff culture; Thames Trains; driver reactions to new rolling stock; move to Connex South Eastern; changes in staff terms and conditions; positive changes in safety culture; impact of Ladbroke Grove accident; British Transport Police (BTP) investigation; train driver recruitment; benefits of greater investment

One of over 150 oral history recordings made as part of the Britain’s Railways All Change (BRAC) archive project. BRAC was set-up to cover gaps in documenting the railway privatisation process in the United Kingdom, between 1994 and 1997, when the government-owned British Rail was dismantled into over 100 privately-owned companies. The interviews capture the recollections of people involved in the planning and implementation of the privatisation process, the management of change and running the railway during privatisation.