Oral history interview with Ian Yeowart, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson (session 1) at the National Railway Museum, York on 24 June 2019. Duration: 31 min. 55 sec. Early career; York Travel Centre; Regional Railways; Organising for Quality; Management Buy Out middle managers; preparation for bid outlined; Consultants; presentations to venture capitalists.

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.