Oral history interview with Brian Clementson, conducted and recorded by Clifford Perry at the Member's Centre of the Institution of Railway Engineers, London on 14 May 2018. Duration: 1 hr. 25 min. 39 sec. Career; setting-up InterCity train operating units (TOUs); management buyout (MBO); rolling stock companies (ROSCOs); maintenance specifications; Porterbrook; impact of British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) experience; preparation of ROSCO for sale; financing; Master Operating Lease (MOLA); British Rail Maintenance Limited (BRML) sale; external appointments; safety; overhaul schedules; managing Director Railtest; reflections on success of train leasing; Porterbrook sale arrangements; Tim Gilbert; publicity; second sale of Porterbrook; impact of politics on commercial realities; Railtest services; retirement; Virgin West Coast; West Coast Main Line (WCML); Chris Green joined as Managing Director; Hatfield accident; investigating gauge corner cracking (GCC) ; Wheel Rail Interface Systems Authority (WRISA); Network Rail; Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC); Rail Safety and Standards (RSSB); impact of privatisation on recruitment and training; impact of British Rail Research’s privatisation

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.