Oral history interview with Adrian Shooter, conducted and recorded by David Maidment (session 3) at the Railway Children office, Sandbach, Cheshire on 29 August 2019. Duration: 58 min. 52 sec. British Transport Police (BTP) Committee; Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC); relationship with Railtrack/Network Rail; Chair Wrexham & Shropshire Railway; Chair Tyne & Wear Metro Chairman/Chief Executive Officer Vivarail; sustainability; Chair Vintage Trains Ltd/Tyseley Loco Works; decision to bid to be train operating company (TOC); steam specials and other businesses; training steam traction drivers; attitude of senior managers to railway enthusiasm

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.