Interview with John Reddyhoff recorded on the 19 of August by Peter Willey. Duration 1hr 23 min. 38 sec. Maintenance experience at Polmadie, Cockerhill and Motherwell; maintenance of Diesel Locomotives; Maintenance of High Speed Trains (HST); Engineering Career; Experience of Industry reorganisation; Creating of Rolling Stock Leasing Companies; Sale of Rolling Stock leasing Companies; Leasing process; Valuation of Railway Rolling Stock; Commercial relationships and collaboration; Railway Industry safety improvements; Comparing British Rail and Post Privatisation industry; Personal Reflections.

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.