Audio cassette, Mr W.J. Best, Mr. F.R. Lodge, Mr E. Childs of Holloway White Allom Ltd interviewed by Mr A. G. Self 1977-09-09
Served 4 year apprenticeship as a bricklayer with Henry Boot and Son; joined LNER as a bricklayer in 1939 and worked in this trade throughout his career as a tradesman, chargehand andfrom time to time as a supervisor in the Sheffield area; Army service 1942 to 1946;clearing River culverts under Sheffield Station; work on buildings, Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield, Wicker Arch, Neepsend Locomotive Shed; Aerocem pointing in Tunnels; colliery subsidence; reminiscences of Bosses, Albert Johnson, Brian Davis. Linley, William Henry 2001-05-31
Born October 1929 in Kings Lynn; memories of school in Kings Lynn; works at Patrick and Thompson's sawmill; joins Navy on call up; starts at South Lynn Locomotive Depot week before Christmas 1948; cleaning an engine described; disposal of engine described; South Lynn Shed described; firing and driving steam locomotives; promoted to Fireman in August 1956; description of route Melton Constable to Fakenham;1955 ASLE&F Strike; rates of pay for cleaners, labourers and firemen; coal traffic from Colwick to Norwich; description of line from Melton Constable to Yarmouth Beach; Royal Trains to Sandringham; Massingham Fuel depot; Local Departmental Committee; closure of South Lynn on 28 February 1959; duties as bus conductor; joins Post Office; situation of M&GN after closure; last train; origins of M&GN Circle; election as President 1999-2000; d.o.b. 1929-10-05., Railway work December 1948 to 1959. South Lynn; Peterborough (North); Sutton Bridge; Wisbech; Swaffham; Thetford; Melton Constable; Fakenham; Colwick; Norwich; Yarmouth (Beach); Spalding; March; Whitemoor; Massingham; West Raynham; 1955 rail strike; Disability Link; M & GN closure; B12; "Claud"; M & GN Circle; Raymond Bullock 2002-10-16;2002-10-30;2002-11-06;2002-11-20;2002-12-11;
Born in 1932 at Wood Green, London; memories of Blitz; interest in Railways; joins Land Registry at Lincolns Inn; joins Works Maintenace Section of Chief Civil Engineer's Office at Kings Cross in 1952; workings of Drawing Office; Special Trains, last Ivatt Atlantic and Henry Oakley; transfer to District Engineer's Office at Kings Cross; Coaling Plants and Water Troughs; Examination of tunnels; services on the Kings Cross District; Resident Engineer for construction of new bridge at Langley; joins Permanent Way section and Electrification team; transfer to Stratford; life at Stratford; supervision of electrification between Stratford and Cheshunt via Tottenham Hale; stabilisation of bank slips; promotion to Kings Cross and the Great Northern Electrification scheme; Resident Engineer for Kings Cross to Wood Green ;rail lubrication; rail grinding and re-profiling; Network South East at Liverpool Street; Railtrack Southern Zone at Waterloo and the Plan Arch; retention of records; establishing structure for monitoring contractors; contribution on Ultra Sonic work and welding; d.o.b 1932.09.22, Railway work 1952 to 1994. Wood Green; Hornsey;East Side Offices, Kings Cross; Kings Cross Motive Power Depot; Langley Water Troughs; Finsbury Park; Gasworks Tunnel; Welwyn Garden City; Moorgate;Pondsbourne Tunnel; District Civil Engineer, Stratford; Liverpool Street; The Grove, Watford; Waterloo; May, Harvey 2002-12-13; 2003-01-10;2003-02-13;
Joined BR 1st Jan 1990 as part time Board Member; Full tiome Chairman of BRB October 1990; Oil Industry UK and Overseas; introduction of recommendations of the Hidden Report following the accident at Clapham; Organisation for Quality; linking of Safety to the Quality Initiative; preparations for the introduction of International rail services via the Channel Tunnel; comments on the plans for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link; Rail Privatisation; meetings with Secretary of State for Transport; concerns about proposals; formation of Railtrack; personal views on time as Chairman; d.o.b Railway work 1990-01-01 to April 1995. Sir Bob Reid 2003-03-31
5 black & white photographs of a derailment of a sleeping car train at Lincoln. Photographs of derailment of sleeping car train at Lincoln (supplied title)
Premium Apprentice at Doncaster Works 1949 to 1953; Doncaster locomotive Drawing Office 1956 to 1957; M&EE BRB HQ, Derby 1067 to 1993; 1970 joined Braking Section as Deputy to Brake Engineer BRB; became Brake Engineer BRB HQ in 1983; d.o.b 1932-12-05. railway work 1949 to 1994. BR; BSI; RIA; ORE; UIC; Class 40; Class 86; Class 25; EP brakes; cab ventilation; air conditioning; composition brake blocks; HST Power cars; EQ Brake; HST braking; Westinghouse; Davies and Metcalfe; Class 508; Private Owner Wagons; Class 313; air brake systems and condensation; blue spotting; pressure vessel design; BR modification procedure; Class 123; Doncaster works; Doncaster Carr Depot; Perth; Inverness; Bottesford; Darlington; Railway Technical Centre, Derby; Vienna Arsenal; Barry; Merseyside; Tyne and Wear; Motherwell; Sheffield; Copyhold Junction; Colwich; Walton on the Naze; Hull Dairycoates; Stourbridge Town; Stafford; Tunstead; Beattock; Paddington; Nicholas, Brian 2003 and 2004
clerical work, small station, personnel, management; childhood memories; school days; father, a lorry driver; mother also worked; left school early, aged 17.5 years to support his family; first job as a junior clerk at Ramsbottom; experiences at a small station; requirement for shorthand skills; "persuaded" to transfer to Manchester DOS (Personnel); 1953 National Service with RAF; returned to former office on demobilisation; joined trade union, but not active; Manchester Civil Engineers, personnel work; CCE London; married in 1957; reorganisation, transferred to Preston; joint personnel services; management training courses; Divisional Personnel Officer, Manchester; 1990 voluntary retirement; local business trust, working to place disadvantaged people; reminiscing over railway career; business plan, East Lancashire Railway; d.o.b. 1934-06-11, railway work 1950-1990. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Hill, Raymond Cunliffe 2001-05-03
Born in Bristol 1928; started at Swindon Works 1944; Apprentice for 5 Years; Severn Tunnel Pumping Station; steam crane inspections; Laira Depot for training in Motive Power; Shed Master at Cardiff East Dock; Work Study in South Wales 1956; Assistant Running and Maintenance Officer, Newton Abbot 1959; Assistant Divisional Maintenance Engineer, Bristol 1963; Divisional Maintenance Engineer, Newcastle 1965; secondment to Transmark for EgyptianNational Railway; Joined Transmark permanently in 1978; work in Egypt, Malaysia, Canada,USA, Sudan; retired December 1983; retirement activities Ffestiniog Railway, Welsh Highland Railway, Stephenson Locomotive Society, WW2 Railway Study Group. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Clothier, Alan 2001-05-22; 2001-06-18
footplate; relief running foreman; train crew supervisor; father, a village blacksmith and farrier; childhood; school; travel; early interest in railways; cinema car on express trains; leaving school aged 14; worked for father for 3 years, as could not join railway until 18 years old; railway entrance exam; medical; experiences as an engine cleaner; December 1940, became a passed cleaner; seniority; Second World War experiences; trade union membership; transport to work, housing, lodgings; 1944 became a regular fireman; memories as a fireman; fireman on Kings Cross route; first driving turns; Pullman cars, "blanked" off brakes; diesel training; practical training; steam, diesels, Deltics, HSTs; single manning; domestic life during footplate career; relief running foreman, relief panel; relief train crew supervisor; training at Crewe; reminiscences; 1922-11-24, railway work 1940-1985. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Day, Charles Reginald 2001-05-24
lad porter; cleaner; fireman; lodgings; hostels; redundancy; signalman; signalman trainer; d.o.b. 1937-09-13, railway work 1952-1963, Stratford-upon-Avon; Tyseley; Budbrook; Leamington; West Somerset Railway. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Brown, Gerry 2001-07-18
waitress, manageress, railway station restaurants, railway hotel restaurant; railway catering train crew, senior stewardess, acting bursar; Miss Rail Catering (ER); uniforms; superannuation; privatisation; GNER; d.o.b. 1939, railway work: -1973, Newcastle; King's Cross; Leeds; York. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Tuddenham, Myra 2001-07-19
footplate; fireman; driver; train crew inspector; Area Signals Inspector; Acting Operations Manager; West Coast Main Line; 1925-07-23, railway work 1942-1984, Bury; Manchester Lonsight; Watford; Bletchley. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Walker, Joseph 2001-05-15
junior clerk; booking office; parcels; stationmaster; goods agent; traffic apprentice; traffic department, market research; area manager; planning department; traffic, sugar beet; Transmark; Eurostar; d.o.b. 1925-05-04, railway work 1940-1982, Kettering; Glendon; Rushton; Donnington; Llanbister Road; Peplow; Calvely; Whitchurch; Nottingham; Derby; Birmingham; Spon Lane; Soho; Paddington; Portsmouth; Waterloo; Bricklayers' Arms parcels depot; Victoria; Gatwick; Guildford; Melbourne, Australia; Iraq; Houston, USA; Hong Kong; Botswana; Zimbabwe. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Simmonds, Dennis 2001-07-06
trade union; local departmental committees; ASLEF General Secretary; reason for being active, Nine Elms Depot, Army King Regulations; 1947 call up, driving by 24th birthday; 1963, LDC Waterloo; 1973, Executive Committee of ASLEF; 1981 President; 1984 District Officer; 1992 Assistant General Secretary; 1994 General Secretary; unofficial acts, Waterloo; LDC duties; rostering, complaints; discipline; work is rule; General Secretary RW Buckton; Assistant General Secretary Don Pullen; Executive Committee sessions; Marsham Street; trade union support; procedure for dealing with cases; 8 hour day dispute; dispute over letter; £10.00 contribution is Signals passed At Danger (SPAD) report; selling railway houses; Assistant General Secretary duties; General Secretary; social life; d.o.b. 1929-01-09, railway work 1944-1994. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Fullick, Derrick Frank 2001-06-02
train timing; junior clerk; traffic apprentice; deputy head of section; timetable manager; passenger movements; terminal time measurement; timetables; childhood, background, school; starting work, train timing; special trains; traffic apprentice; Beeching; Norwich; Sheffield; resignalling at Leeds; passenger operating; Broomhouse Tunnel; football; modernisation; resignalling; punctuality; HSTs; Leeds; domestic circumstances; computing; closure of Leeds division, reorganisation; timetable manager; business involvement; reorganisation; freight timetabling; privatisation; d.o.b. 1940-05-09, railway work 1958-1998, Norwich; Sheffield; Leeds; York. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Wrottesley, David 2001-05-17
permanent way, coal loader, oiler, ganger, railman; manual work; conditions; refugee; d.o.b.1929, railway work 1950-1994, Bletchley; London; Colchester; Essex; Kampf, John 2001-01-04
Doncaster Wagon Shops and Plant Works, labourer, wood carrier, bogie underframe cleaner; childhood in Doncaster; school; father, a miner and council worker; Second World War memories; family of six people; mother died at an early age, housekeepers; 1944 volunteered for Army; first job as an apprentice signwriter; Army training, posted to India, 1944; demobilised in Derby, old job; worked in bakery; surface work at colliery; marriage; job with British Rail for more money; labourer at Doncaster wagon Shops; wood carrier at Doncaster wagon Shops; Beeching period, breaking up of wagons; cleaning fish wagons for other use; transfer to Doncaster for Plant Works; working conditions; promoted to chargehand; bogie cleaner; underframe cleaning in the DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit) shop; protective clothing; working with asbestos; 1987 made redundant; general comments on working conditions; d.o.b. 1926-12-01, railway work 1959-1987. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Barker, Roy 2001-04-30
clerk; invoices, goods; passenger refunds; claims work; travelling ticket bureau; efficiency commissions; d.o.b. 1929-10-15, railway work 1929-1973, Nine Elms Goods Depot; Wimbledon Goods; Kingston Goods; Waterloo; Woking; Marylebone. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Greenfield, Harry Thomas (Tom) 2001-06-26
apprentice chemist, chemist, LNER, BR Research Dept, brake blocks; d.o.b. 1918, railway work 1937-1980s, Derby Henley, Eric 2001-06-11; 2001-06-20
premium apprentice; drawing office; Motive Power Superintendent's training; signal department; Brakes Engineer; UIC; d.o.b. 1920-07-12, railway career 1936-1983, Swindon Works; London Underground. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Roberts, H. Peter 2001-06-25
footplate, cleaner, fireman, driver; started work in 1943, Boston vegetable trains, fish trains, locomotive 61365; Driver Craven 1950-58; Signals Passed At Danger; accidents, near misses; Kings Cross to Boston crossing gates damaged by a car; Langley, incident where guard left behind Aberdeen Express; Boston United, 6 specials to Tottenham; 15 years firing, Boxing day 1963; passed for driving, not allowed to go to Kings Cross; engine failure, repairs on the move; engine failure at Grimsby; NUR driver, 1955; passed red light at Potters Bar; moved to Southend after Beeching cuts; Inspector Punter, electric trains, rail cars, diesel electrics; experiences at Southend; Westinghouse brake; moving house, Ron Lampkin killed; father born at Bethnal Green, mother from Oxford, father had a cycle shop; rail cars at Southend; unit failure, 1958, major incident with locomotive 61190; permanent way notices, Sandy Bridge lowest point, toilet cleaner with 10p cash float; d.o.b. 1927-02-05, railway work 1943-1990 King, Derek Stephen 2001-05-17
clerk; Royal Engineers; BRB Headquarters Operations; preservation railways; Superintendent of the Line, Chairman, President, Bluebell Railway; d.o.b. 1908, railway work 1925-1997, West Grinstead; London Bridge; Redhill; Longmoor; Calcutta; London Liverpool Street; London Paddington; Bluebell Railway; Combe Bridge; Kingscote; Sheffield Park; Holden, Bernard John (MBE) 2001-01-23
Travelling Post Office; training; staffing; nature of work; lodgings; social impact of job; conditions; d.o.b. 1940-02-22, railway work 1967-1997, London; Newcastle; Griffths, David 2001-03-12
d.o.b. 1926-10-21, railway work 1943-1999, Topics: footplate cleaner, fireman, driver; trade union; local departmental committee; railway welfare; Places: Grimethorpe; Cricklewood Depot, London; Stafford; childhood, Grimsby, Hull, Sheffield; Second World War, evacuation, Sheffield Blitz; family railway background; cleaner, Grimethorpe, LMS; colour vision test; training; NUR; Cricklewood Depot, London, shortage of firemen; Midland Enginemen's Fund; transfer to Stafford, railway barracks; work with Armed Forces personnel, staff shortages; marriage, accommodation; conditions (weather, ice), Dore & Totley Tunnel; steam trains working in tunnels, conditions (illness); promotion to driver, 1960, conditions (pay); contrast between LMS and LNER railways; travel to work; trade union, transfer from NUR to ASLEF, 1955 strike; LDC representative; LDC work; social security tribunal; health and safety at work representative, 1974; suicides on the line; retirement, 1991. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Sharp, Cyril Herbert 2000-08-15; 2000-09-19
goods, junior clerk, class 4; inspecting officer; public relations; releif booking clerk; commercial department; travel centre; interview; entrance exam; medical centre; horse drawn traffic; number taking; outward truck section; cartage; British Transport Police; self-improvement; railway culture; incident; conditions; uniforms; APTIS; TRIBUTE machine, introduction; disciplinary procedures; staff recalled; murder; demotivation; d.o.b. 1946-02-26, railway work 1961-1996, Ipswich goods station; Norwich general offices; Liverpool Street; Bishopsgate offices; Harold Wood; Southend Line; York; North Eastern Region; Eastern Region; Anglia Railways. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Feakes, David Mervyn 2000-08-11; 2000-08-18
footplate; bar lad; cleaner; firing; railway house; driver; learning; AWS; railway housing; freight; shunting; station supervisor; control of train crews; 1929-1994 Liverpool; Bootle Bank Hall Shed; Dingle; Sandhills; Watford; West Hampstead Edge Hill; Liverpool Lime Street; Birkenhead Central; Kirkdale; d.o.b. 1929-02-17, railway work 1944-1994. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Peacock, Thomas 2001-07-25
footplate, cleaner, fireman; driving instructor; area inspector (signalling); chief area inspector; station manager; area terminals manager; terminals assistant; traffic manager; train crew manager; operations standards manager; service delivery manager; d.o.b. 1938-04-22, railway work 1954-1996, East Markham; Rampton; Maltby; Dinnington; Doncaster; Scarborough; Bridlington; Cleethorpes; Mablethorpe; Skegness; Ilford; King's Lynn; Retford; Gainsborough; March; Ely; Peterborough; Cambridge; London King's Cross; Athey, David 2001-03-20; 2001-03-21;
porter; clerk; controller; train planning; traffic costing; freight planning; BRB HQ; d.o.b. 1936, railway work 1952-1993, Newmacher; Kittybrewster; Fraserburgh; Aberdeen; Burntisland; Glasgow; Inverness; York. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Flett, Douglas 2001-08-21
Carriage & Wagon Works; premium apprentice; footplate, fireman, driver; works management; Deputy Divisional Mechanical Engineer; Traction Maintenance Engineer; derailments; Tyneside Metro; Transmark; Shildon 150; works closures; d.o.b 1922-05-04, railway work 1939-1984, Darlington; Inverurie; Shildon; Newcastle; York; London North Eastern Railway (LNER). 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Reeves, Derek 2000-10-17
civil engineer graduate trainee; assistant district engineer; divisional civil engineer; assistant civil engineer (works); assistant civil engineer (permanent way); chief civil engineer, Western Region; d.o.b. 1929-09-08, railway work 1953-1986, London Midland; Euston; Crewe; Manchester; St Pancras; Lancaster; Settle-Carlisle Line; Hest Bank; Derby; Woking; Hither Green; Newhaven harbour; Crystal Palace; Bromley; Selby; York; Paddington; Swindon; Rowell, Dennis Lancaster 2001-03-27
railway housing; trade union; apprentice; journeyman; fitter; quality of work; injury; welfare club; d.o.b. 1926-09-12, railway work 1941-1990, Blaydon; Wylam; Allendale; Middlesbrough; Gateshead; Heaton; South Gosforth. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Hood, George 2001-08-03
firebox boy; engine cleaner; fireman; housing; Second World War experiences; breakdown crane; d.o.b. 1920-01-17, railway work 1936-1983, Kentish Town; Barking; St Pancras-Manchester; Canning Town; Cricklewood; Morgan, Richard Albert 2001-02-08
lad porter; lad ticket collector; axle box cleaner; electrical apprentice; workshops; royal trains; funeral trains; father's work as a platelayer; Enfield-Cuffley; lad porter; duties; lad ticket collector; 1926 railway strike; mother's job; axle box cleaner; electrical apprentice; training; Finsbury Park, Western Sidings; Pullman coaches; Yorkshire & Queen of Scots Pullman locomotive; diesel cars; workshop visits; Heaters in carriages; Western Sidings; diesel units electrical work; King's Cross; mainline work; complaints; electrical cables; staff relations; IRA; Second World War; Doncaster; air raids; d.o.b. 1904-04-29, railway work 1917-1972, Finsbury Park; King's Cross; Gough, Arthur Thomas 2000-08-29
Butlins Red Coat, d.o.b. 1929-10-07, railway work 1948- , Filey Wing, Rosemary Anne (nee Dennis) 2001-03-02
station clerk; weather conditions; Post Office traffic; goods work; booking office duties; lorry driver; d.o.b. 1921-07-31, railway work 1937-1940, Abbeytown Station; Kirkbride Station; Foster, Donald 2001-02-13
clerk; stationmaster's wife; Travelling Post Office; d.o.b. 1936, railway work 1955-1963, Helmsdale; Sinclair, Anne Holmes 2001-03-28
personnel; reorganisations; Beeching closures; privatisation; trade unions; BRB; father's railway career, passenger guard; pincer clerk, Leverton; clerical work; porter, trainside duties, signal lampman; clerical duties, Cottam, Torksey; fraud; goods and passenger work; conditions, hours, shifts; office furniture; village role of station master and clerk; probation period; LNER superannuation fund; relief clerk, Traffic Manager's office, Lincoln; Grimsby, Spalding, Nottingham, Newark; conditions; travel allowance; lodgings; digs with railway families; clerk, 1959, Traffic Manager's office; relief signalmen; signalboxes; personnel work, Lincoln District staff office; redundancies, Beeching closures; merging traffic management offices; amalgamation of regions; Head of Personnel, Sheffield District Manager's Office; staffing of area management schemes; resignalling schemes; Woodhead line closure; staff consultation; Sectional Councils; relationships with trade unions; promotion to Leeds District Manager's Office; 1983, reducing management tiers from three to two; elimination of Divisions; staff consultation; implementation; new regional organisation; services for traffic, civil engineering, signal engineering; divisional level work; close listing jobs; assisting Area Managers; Employment Relations Officer, York, 1986; introduction of driver-only operations; Employment Relations Manager, 1987; industrial tribunal, militant driver at King's Cross; elimination of regions; Paddington, Railway Operations Manager, business organisation; train crew agreement, guards for driving duties; racial discrimination, Paddington, safety; privatisation; Business Personnel Manager, BRB; trade union headquarters; negotiation machinery; joint consultation, Vessey Agreement, Footplate Staff Promotion and Transfer; retirement, recall; new operating companies; national TU meetings. d.o.b. 1940-12-03, railway work 1956-1994, Lincoln; Doncaster; Woodhead; Leeds; York. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Vessey, John 2000-10-04
apprentice moulder; foundry; trade union; foreman; family; machine shop, Swindon Works; apprentice moulder, iron foundry; brass foundry; foundry ventilation, heating; end of steam era, introduction of aluminium; electric furnaces, machine moulding; foundry sands; new techniques; trade union activities; improvements in ventilation; accidents; prehistoric creature found beneath floor; promotion, foreman, supervising fifty men; d.o.b. 1922-07-16, railway work 1937-1984, Swindon Works; Fleetwood, John Edward 2000-09-19
booking clerk; cartage; public affairs; passenger commercial; marketing assistant; acting passenger manager; exhibition trains; Merrymaker excursion trains; zonal fares; 1930-04-14, railway work 1944-1985, Brighton; Clapham Junction; Redhill; Tidworth; Woking College; Waterloo; Euston. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Hayler, Michael 2001-08-08
apprentice; assistant to chief of motive power; shedmaster; divisional mechanical inspector; assistant motive power superintendent; district motive power assistant; assistant to motive power officer; maintenance assistant; assistant line maintenance engineer; line maintenance engineer; carriage and wagon engineer; rolling stock maintenance engineer, British Rail Headquarters; chief mechanical and electrical engineer, Scottish Region; London Midland Region; chairman, Railway Division, Institute of Mechanical Engineers; d.o.b. 1920-03-17, railway work 1936-1981, Horwich; Newton Heath; Watford; Macclesfield; Lower Darwen, Blackburn; Holyhead; Manchester; Neasden; Carnforth; Paddington; Derby; Woking; King's Cross; Scottish Region; Birmingham; Liverpool; West Coast Main Line; Clements, Frederick George (Fred) M.B.E. 2001-01-29
footplate; engine cleaner; fireman; driver; First World War; Second World War; General Strike; diesel training; LNW Provident & Pension Fund; trade union; running shift foreman; d.o.b. 1899-08-14, railway work 1914-1964, Tebay; Wigan Springs Branch; Carlisle; Perth; Crewe; Ingleton; Garston Dock; Salop; Penrith; London; Ince Moss; Windermere. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Wilson, Percy 2001-02-14
permanent way; relay gang; length gang; ballast cleaner operator; d.o.b. 1932-06-15, railway work 1954-1994, Taunton; Oxford; Penzance; Fishguard; Shrewsbury; Paddington; Durston; Exeter; Exmouth Junction; Smith, Roy 2001-05-08
permanent way; lengthman; ganger; d.o.b. 1935, railway work 1963-1995, Scotscalder; Altnabreac; Georgemas Junction; Wick; Sinclair, Lewis 2001-03-28
goods clerk; relief clerk; relief stationmaster; inspector; district inspector; relief district inspector; chief inspector; area manager; outdoor superintendent; passenger operating officer; industrial relations; branch closures; d.o.b. 1930, railway work 1947-1988, Golspie; Brora; Dingwall; Fort William; Edinburgh Waverley; Far North Line; West Highland Line; Inverness; Glasgow; Partickhill; Rutherglen; Dornoch Bridge; MacLeod, Donald 2001-04-11
woman engine cleaner; family; conscription;female engine cleaner, Bournemouth Central Southern; Railway, d.o.b. 1908-08-23, railway work 1941-1945, Bournemouth; Glassey, Hilda 2000-09-12
London Passenger Transport Board; Royal Engineers, Second World War; BTC; management, Assistant GM and General Manager SR; electrification; modernisation; dieselisation; political relationships; Beeching closures; BRHQ; incidents; BRB; Childhood; First World War, Buckingham Palace; father, Rt. Hon. Reginald McKenna MP, Chairman of Midland Bank; school, Eton College; university, Trinity College, Cambridge; influence of father on career choice, LPTB; John Cliff, T&GWU; starting work; London Transport Act; training; road transport scheme; Lord Ashfield; Deputy Chairman Pick; d.o.b. 1911-02-16, railway work 1934-1976, London; Hastings; Lewisham. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. McKenna, David CBE 2000-11-09
signalman; trade union; High Speed Train; early working life; recruitment and training, British Rail; Evesham signal box; late for duty; Northern relief, commuting, Malvern box; Moreton-in-Marsh box; culture, beer drinking; farm crossing, cows, hazards; Ascott-under-Wychwood box, views, commuting; London train, brake problem; HST, fuel breakdown, passenger rearrangement, recovery of HST, back-up limitations, signal box tea service; signalmen's strike, 1994, trade union, loyalty; privatisation, effects; different signalling systems, Worcester, busy; heatwave; barriers; views from signalboxes, wildlife; teamwork; rivalry; safety; changes; communications; goodwill; d.o.b. 1931-08-01; railway work 1990-1996, Malvern; Moreton-in-Marsh; Ascott-under Wychwood; Worcester; Druce, Brian 2000-10-05
clerk; Goods Office; Booking Office; relief clerk; medical office; welfare work; BRSA; d.o.b. 1926-03-30, railway work 1951-1984, Beverley; Hull; Bridlington; York; Leeds; Sheffield. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Wilson, Ray 2001-08-22