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Oral history interview with Allan McLean, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at the National Railway Museum, York on 13 June 2018. Duration: 2 hr. 8 min. 12 sec.

Allan McLean interviewed by Frank Paterson

2018-06-13

Interview with Simon Osborne conducted by Frank Paterson on the 13th October 2021 at the National railway Museum, York. Duration 2hr. 52 min. 11 sec. Key topics include Parliamentary Bills; Selby diversion bill; Kings Cross lands Bill; Formation of Railtrack; Liquidation of Railtrack

Simon Osborne interviewed by Frank Paterson

2021-10-13

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.

Ian Yeowart interviewed by Frank Paterson (Session 1 of 2)

2019-06-24

Oral history interview with Philip Dunkley, conducted and recorded by Christopher Mew at the interviewee's home in Northamptonshire on 10 May 2019. Duration: 11 min. 15 sec. Formation of Safety Case Panels; personal career; safety case process; comparison to safety under British Rail; train operating companies (TOCs) approaches varied

Philip Dunkley interviewed by Christopher Mew

2019-05-10

Oral history interview with Robert Goundry, conducted and recorded by Christopher Mew on 4 April 2018 (session 1) at the interviewee's home in Warwickshire. Duration: 52 mins. 25 sec. Career until privatisation; setting up Provincial sector; process of creating train operating company (TOC); personal views on privatisation; difficulties of process; management buyout (MBO) process

Robert Goundry interviewed by Christopher Mew (session 1 of 2)

2018-04-04

Oral history interview with Robert Goundry, conducted and recorded by Christopher Mew on 15 January 2019 (session 2) at the interviewee's home in Warwickshire. Duration: 25 min. 53 sec. Implementation of privatisation; privatisation unsuccessful in North West; lack of real competition post-privatisation; separation of track and trains; effect of privatisation on station staff service; personal feelings about privatisation; overview of privatisation

Robert Goundry interviewed by Christopher Mew (session 2 of 2)

2019-01-15

Oral history interview with Stanley Judd, conducted and recorded by Christopher Mew at another interviewee's home in Northamptonshire on 10 May 2019, includes contributions from Philip Dunkley and James Ward. Duration: 21 min. 53 sec. Railway career; completion of safety cases; Chairmen could apply experience to safety considerations; Railtrack approach to safety; contractor management key safety responsibility; remit of safety cases

Stanley Judd interviewed by Christopher Mew

2019-05-10

Interview with Paul Smart conducted by Christopher Mew on the 5th of August 2021 in Twickenham. Duration 7min 28 sec.This interview was conducted in a group with Allan galley and Douglas Downie, please see corresponding interviews. Early career; Operations Manager for Freightliner; Post privatisation service reliability; locomotive use; Bidding process; benefits of privatisation for Freightliner and professional life.

Paul Smart Interviewed by Christopher Mew

2021-08-05

Oral history interview with Penny Jones, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at interviewee's home on 13 April 2023. Duration: 1 hr. 20 min. 59 sec. Study and training in psychology; early career in psychology; Northern Ireland Electricity Privatisation; working with Roger Salmon; consultancy for British Railways, planning the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF); recruitment process, new approach, awaydays, OPRAF implementation; personal reflections

Penny Jones interviewed by Frank Paterson

2023-04-13

Oral history interview with James Ward, conducted and recorded by Christopher Mew at another interviewee's home in Northamptonshire on 10 May 2019, includes a contribution from Philip Dunkley. Duration: 16 min. 7 sec. Constitution of safety case panels; career background; railway laboratories; Scientific Services; sale of Meldon Quarry; precursor for formal safety cases; safety case requirements; Adrian Shooter (Managing Director Chiltern); larger train operating companies (TOCs) more responsibilities and expertise

James Ward interviewed by Christopher Mew

2019-05-10

Interview with Alan Galley, conducted by Christopher Mew on the 5th of August 2021 in Twickenham. Duration 19 min. 6 sec. This interview was conducted in a group with Douglas Downie and Paul Smart, please see corresponding interviews. Early career; becoming Managing Director of privatised Freightliner business; Freightliner management bid; Bid team; Business plan; Crewing considerations; Pay; new ways of working accepted; Trade Union supportive; overall improvements.

Alan Galley Interviewed by Christopher Mew

2021-08-05

Oral history interview with Barry Grant, conducted and recorded by Christopher Mew at another interviewee's home in Herefordshire on 11 December 2019, includes contribution from Monty Hiatt. Duration: 20 min. 6 sec. Earliest Operational Research involvement with privatisation; Operational Research Computerised Allocation of Tickets to Services (ORCATS); factors; Model of Inter-Regional Activity (MOIRA) model; modal split; performance regime creation; revenue allocation and performance regime pivotal

Barry Grant interviewed by Christopher Mew

2019-12-11

Oral history interview with John Smith, conducted and recorded by Michael Robson (session 2) at the interviewee's office at GB Railfreight, London on 13 November 2019 (session 2). Duration: 41 min. 18 sec. Heavy haul freight; Class 66 locomotives; political understanding of rail freight; Class 73 refurbishment; Class 92; Caledonian Sleeper; Class 56; Brexit; productivity; overview of current situation; additional infrastructure needed to accommodate growth; safety improvements

John Smith interviewed by Michael Robson (session 2 of 2)

2019-11-13

Oral history interview with Steve Murphy, conducted and recorded by Nick Mitchell at St Mary Axe, London on 22 November 2018. Duration: 1 hr. 10 min. 1 sec. Early career; Chiltern Trains management buyout (MBO); culture change; franchise agreement; Adrian Shooter; working with government regulators; 3i; Association of Train operating Companies (ATOC); secondment to Irish Railways (Iarnród Éireann); London Overground; reflections on privatisation and franchising

Steve Murphy interviewed by Nick Mitchell

2018-11-22

Oral history interview with Lord Peter Snape, conducted and recorded by Lord Richard Faulkner at Westminster on 10 July 2018. Duration: 17 min. 49 sec. Labour’s stance on privatisation; Robert Adley; Peter Parker; Bob Reid 2; John Prescott; House of Lords British Railways Board (BRB) bidding right decision; separation of track and trains; development of privatisation model; re-nationalisation; inevitability of privatisation; John Major uncommitted; ideal industry structure; Railfreight

Lord Peter Snape interviewed by Lord Richard Faulkner

2018-07-10

Oral history interview with Nigel Harris conducted by Frank Paterson at the Grand Hotel in York, UK on the 11th April 2022. Professional background and history of rail enthusiasm; development of Rail magazine; meeting John Welsby; early contacts; Transport 2000; Chiltern and GNER highlights; Health and safety post Hatfield; Support for EWS campaign on lorry axle weight; professional relationships; relationship with civil service; Railtrack difficulties; Politician's attitudes; rail regulation; origin of National Rail awards; opinion on privatisation.

Nigel Harris interviewed by Frank Paterson

2022-04-11

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.

John Reddyhoff intereviewed by Peter Willey

2021-08-19

Oral history interview with Andrew Nock, conducted and recorded by Michael Lee at the interviewee's home in Bedfordshire on 24 April 2018. Duration: 1 hr. 13 min. 28 sec. Career overview; awareness of scope for freight privatisation 1980s; cash generation; Privatisation Studies group; action immediate after election 1992; freight privatisation team; working with Department for Transport (DfT); Trainload Freight (TLF) split geographically; contracts for engineering trains; freight management buy-out teams; Wisconsin Central; Ed Burkhardt; views in retrospect

Andrew Nock interviewed by Michael Lee

2018-04-24

Oral history interview with Adrian Shooter, conducted and recorded by David Maidment (session 1) in a public place on 12 June 2019. Duration: 59 min. 5 sec. Early career; Area Manager St Pancras; driver only operation (DOO); Managing Director Red Star Parcels; Director Parcels; Post Office contracts; work on privatisation for Director Engineering; setting up rolling stock companies (ROSCOs); arranging Master Operating Lease Agreements (MOLA); input from TOCs; relationships with civil service; setting up Chiltern Trains; management buyout (MBO) successful; discussions with ROSCOs

Adrian Shooter interviewed by David Maidment (session 1 of 3)

2019-06-12

Oral history interview with Gareth Davies conducted by Frank Paterson on the 18th October 2021 in the Union Jack Club, London. Legal Bids relating to privatisation Railtrack division; Realism of Civil Servant ideas; London Bridge Story; Trackside workers vulnerability; train toilet discharge unacceptable; Track access principles; workshops with BR staff; Network code development; People commitments; Shadow Train Operating Companies; Station Access contracts; Railtrack flotation developed with Rothschilds; Personal impact; General Counsel for Transport for London; Personal reflections; case for short contracts; experiences.

Gareth Davies interviewed by Frank Paterson

2021-10-18

Oral history interview with Stuart Baker, conducted and recorded by David Wharton-Street (session 3) at the interviewee's home in York on 12 December 2018. Duration:49 min. 15 sec. Arriva franchise management; disputes process; Part 1 Access Disputes Resolution Committee (ADRC); Part 2 Railway Industry Disputes Resolution Committee (RIDRC); examples of ADRC; Railtrack’s speed restrictions; importance of resolution committees; franchises and rolling stock; open access operators; Regional North East (RRNE) bids; traffic growth

Stuart Baker interviewed by David Wharton-Street (session 3 of 3)

2018-12-12

Oral history interview with Monty Hiatt, conducted and recorded by Christopher Mew at the interviewee's home in Herefordshire on 11 December 2019. Duration: 14 min. 21 sec. Operational Research (OR) Management Trainee 1965; description of team; initial use of OR; John Prideaux; Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook (PDFH); role of OR until privatisation; British Railways Board used OR during privatisation; privatisation as threat to OR as a central body; change in OR’s role post-privatisation

Monty Hiatt interviewed by Christopher Mew

2019-12-11

Oral history interview with David Douglas, conducted and recorded by Brian Clementson at the interviewee's home in York on 11 June 2021. Duration:31 min. 6 sec. Education; Trainload freight; Track maintenance; Privatisation anxiety; Production Director, eastern Track Renewals Co; purchasing of companies; Formation of Fastline Co; Management Employee Buy out; Jarvis ltd takeover of Fastline; relationship with Railtrack and Network Rail; head of Civil engineering at Jarvis; Senior role in Network Rail; Working on international projects; opinions on privatisation.

David Douglas Interviewed by Brian Clementson

2021-06-11

Interview with Jonathan Bray conducted by Frank Paterson on the 9th September 2021 in Askham Bryan. Duration: 49 min. 49 sec. Education and early interests; campaigning process; recruitment to save Our Railways campaign; Political influence and timetable for privatisation; amendments to Railways Bill; briefing of MPs; Office of Rail Passenger Franchising amended documentation; Rail user Group relationships; Labour attitude to rail; Unions withdrew support to Save Our Railways; Lobbying tactics; all Save our Railway documents in the National Railway Museum archive

Jonathan Bray interviewed by Frank Paterson

2021-09-09

Oral history interview with Richard Gostling, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at the National Railway Museum, York on 3 March 2020. Duration: 52 min. 25 sec. Early career; joined British Rail (BR) Research 1969; Vampire vehicle dynamics software; pantograph design; stoneblower; BR Research becomes a profit centre; relationships; staff uncertainty over privatisation; management buyout (MBO) bid; financing; Peter Watson; Managing Director AEA Technology; bid unsuccessful; contrast with Railtrack; relationships; research offers; culture change; Technical Director Railway Industries Association (RIA); Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMECHE) changed role; fragmentation of BR; reflections on privatisation; quality staff

Richard Gostling interviewed by Frank Paterson

2020-03-03

Oral history interview with Peter Middleton, conducted and recorded by Richard Goldson at the interviewee's home in Warwickshire on 11 April 2018. Duration: 51 min. 20 sec. Start of footplate career; impact of management on drivers; union representation at Harrogate; start of organisational change; traction types; Class 14x Pacers; union representatives’ action on persistent faults; nationalisation; 1992 election; formation of separate company; looming impact of privatisation; possibility of management buyout (MBO); communications from management; impact of new franchisee announcement; new management; fragmentation; Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) attitude to privatisation

Peter Middleton interviewed by Richard Goldson

2018-04-11

Oral history interview with Richard Wightman, conducted and recorded by Peter Willey on 6 March 2018 at the interviewee's office in Milton Keynes. Duration: 1 hr. 20 min. 51 sec. Management trainee; Traffic Manager; Retail Manager; Quality Manager Great Eastern; Retail Manager West Midlands; privatisation; passenger track access contracts negotiations; initial workload high; management supervision; competition for experienced staff; Railtrack organisation; performance regimes problematic; performance regime benchmarks and disincentives; Account Executive South Eastern Trains and Eurostar; Headquarters Strategy Team; issues from West Coast Mainline Upgrade; Railtrack in Administration; industrial relations post-privatisation; separation of industry post-privatisation introduced inefficiencies; personal background

Richard Wightman interviewed by Peter Willey

2018-03-06

Oral history interview with Sonia Braybrook, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson (session 1) at the interviewee's home in Lincolnshire on 21 January 2020. Duration: 40 min. 24 sec. Early career; British Rail (BR) Legal Department structure; move to Parliamentary division; Terence Jenner; freight contracts; job satisfaction; Railways Act 1993; becoming self accounting unit (SAU); Terence Jenner key to consistency and controls of privatisation; scale of task; external assistance; track access agreements; negotiations with Railtrack and shadow Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR); completing Railtrack vesting; Martin Shrubshole; Peter Trewin; range of contracts; impact on personal life

Sonia Braybrook interviewed by Frank Paterson (session 1 of 2)

2020-01-21

Interview with Euan Cameron conducted by Richard Goldson at the interviewee’s home in Leeds on the 26th of May 2021. Duration 1 hr. 43 min. 13 sec. Education; British rail management Training; Scottish region operation; Area Manager, Ayr; Network North subsector; Network South East; Privatisation on horizon; Dismantling of Network South East headquarters; Commercial Director for South and East; Rolling Stock issues; Track Access issues; Performance regime issues; First Train operating Company handover; Interface with private sector bidders; Thames Link; Key partners in privatisation; revenue drivers; User groups; Thames Trains; prism rail; Further career thoughts.

Euan Cameron interviewed by Richard Goldson

2021-05-26

Oral history interview with John Smith, conducted and recorded by Michael Robson (session 1) at the interviewee's office at GB Railfreight, London on 28 June 2019. Duration: 56 min. 16 sec. Career overview; shadow Anglia franchise; Hull Trains; GB Railfreight; challenges compared to working for British Rail (BR); cultural differences between GB Railways and BR; Master Operating Lease Agreement (MOLA); Class 170; rolling stock costs; open access; Hull Trains; GB Railfreight (GBRf) contract for Railtrack infrastructure services; intermodal freight; Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC); English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS); GBRf principles; intermodal productivity; Class 66 maintenance; reflections on post-privatisation industry

John Smith interviewed by Michael Robson (session 1 of 2)

2019-06-28

Interview with Michael Schabas conducted by Frank Paterson on the 9th May 2022. Duration 01hr 44min 38 Sec. Early Career; Olympia &York (O&Y) developments; British rail Contacts; Channel Tunnel Rail Link involvement; Development of St Pancras; involvement in the Jubilee Line Cross Rail; Privatisation opportunities; Founding GB Railways (GBR); Bids for franchises; discussion with OPRAF; Analysis of long form data; bids for Anglia; Awarded £7m guarantee; management retained; sale Class 73 locomotives; GH Railfreight launch and operation; Railtrack relationships First Group purchase of GBR; Consultancy work; First Class Partnerships; attitude to privatisation.

Michael Schabas interviewed by Frank Paterson

2022-05-09

Oral history interview with Anton Valk, conducted and recorded by Michael Robson at the Science Museum, London on 11 September 2018. Duration: 1 hr. 18 min. 2 sec. Career and experience; setting-up Abellio; Meeting with Sir Alistair Morton; Strategic Rail Authority (SRA); South West bid with First Group; Hatfield accident; Brian Burdsall, join venture with Serco; Mersey Rail and Northern franchises; staff morale; stakeholder involvement; Transport Select Committee hearing; London Overground concession bid; European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM); change of name from Ned Rail to Abellio; Greater Anglia franchise bid; exchange of best practice; reflections on time in UK

Anton Valk interviewed by Michael Robson

2018-09-11

Oral history interview with Gareth Hadley, conducted and recorded by Nick Mitchell in London on 13 December 2018. Duration: 1 hr. 21 min. 46 sec. Greater London Council (GLC); recruitment to British Rail Group Employee Relations Manager; meeting with trade unions; National Union of Railwaymen (NUR); Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA); Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF); first industrial dispute; politicians and Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS); Collective Bargaining Arrangements (CBA); privatisation discussions; setting up train operating companies (TOCs); preparing TOC directors for privatised industry; Scotrail dispute; succession planning; Promotion Transfer and Redundancy arrangements (PT&R)

Gareth Hadley interviewed by Nick Mitchell

2018-12-13

Oral history interview with Geoff Mee, conducted and recorded by Michael Robson at the Royal Over-Seas League, London on 14 June 2018. Duration: 59 min. 32 sec. Early career; Train Planning Manager South Eastern Division; Network SouthEast (NSE); Railtrack; British Railways Board (BRB) Privatisation Director; Booze Allan; Veolia; Qatar World Cup rail planning; views on privatisation; tension between BRB and Railtrack; privatisation teams structure; Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) set-up; rolling stock companies (ROSCOs); Access Disputes Resolution Committee (ADRC); relationships between government/railways/future operators; income and expenditure; South Eastern and South Central franchises; less flexibility; increased investment

Geoff Mee interviewed by Michael Robson

2018-06-14

Interview with Andrew Cooper conducted by Frank Paterson on the 6th September 2021 in London. Duration 1hr. 37 min. 47 sec. Early career; Management Trainee; Steel and Coal works; Posts in freight at Paddington; Intercity sector jobs; Initial West Coat Upgrade submission; Pendolino Impact; Research; Revenue Allocation; Privatisation; meetings; collective view to support not fight privatisation; Gatwick Airport; Set up of Train operating Companies; Anglia team; Management Buy Out preparation; SERCO; GB Railway Franchise; working relationships; Rolling Stock Companies; 1998 move to Great Western; National Express Central Trains; Arriva franchise bid; Virgin Trains; Trade Union attitudes; opinion on privatisation; reflections.

Andrew Cooper interviewed by Frank Paterson

2021-09-06

Oral history interview with Mervyn Rogers, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at the RAF Club, Piccadilly, London on 12 March 2020. Duration: 1 hr. 15 min. 11 sec. Early career; area management; Lew Adams; train service management; joined Deloitte Haskins & Sells; transport and distribution projects; Coopers merger; EC Directive 91/440 implications; separation of track from trains; train paths; Terry Worrell; Ivor Warburton; Treasury pressure; vertical integration issues; advising on access agreements after EC Directive 91/440; infrastructure maintenance and renewals; shadow train operating companies (TOCs); reflections

Mervyn Rogers interviewed by Frank Paterson

2020-03-12

Oral history interview with Steve Gollop, conducted and recorded by Dick Fearn at the interviewee's office at Paddington station on 30 April 2018. Duration: 51 min. 14 sec. Traction trainee/secondman 1984; train driver 1988; Traction Inspector Didcot 1990; Driver Leader Network SouthEast (NSE) Thames and Chiltern Division; formation of British Rail businesses; staff culture; Thames Trains; driver reactions to new rolling stock; move to Connex South Eastern; changes in staff terms and conditions; positive changes in safety culture; impact of Ladbroke Grove accident; British Transport Police (BTP) investigation; train driver recruitment; benefits of greater investment

Steve Gollop interviewed by Dick Fearn

2018-04-30

Oral history interview with Sir Moir Lockhead, conducted and recorded by Richard Goldson at the Chaplain's office, Paddington station on 14 February 2019. Duration: 56 min. 50 sec. Personal background; political moves towards privatisation; First Group branding; initial corporate plan; Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP); First Great Eastern franchise; comparative size of bus/rail companies; risk management; balance of cost and revenue projections; first impressions of rail; focus on safety; transferable lessons from buses; relationship with Railtrack/Network Rail; integrated transport; management of acquired companies; open access operation and competition; interactions with government bodies; industrial relations; reflections; effects of privatisation

Sir Moir Lockhead interviewed by Richard Goldson

2019-02-14

Oral history interview with John Edmonds, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at the interviewee's home in London on 31 October 2019. Duration: 58 min. 23 sec. Early career; freight studies; Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) contract; Sector Director Provincial; development of profit centre management data; creation of Anglia Region 1989; sectorisation; Organising for Quality (OfQ); integrating mechanical engineers; overhead line equipment (OLE); implementation of OfQ in Provincial; Richard Goldson; Bob Reid 2; Bob Horton; Railtrack non-executive relationships; setting-up Railtrack; relationships with Department of Transport; Chris Leah; Michael Holden; personal reflections; retirement

John Edmonds interviewed by Frank Paterson

2019-10-31

Interview with Donald Heath (session 2) interviewed by Frank Paterson on the 19th July 2021 at Sutton on Derwent. Duration: 44min 35 sec. Background to his appointment as Director of projects- Development of Project Management Manual; Touche-Ross consultancy review; responsibility for East Coast Main Line Electrification (ECML) ; Provincial Rolling Stock; Channel Tunnel Locomotives; Stanstead Infrastructure; major projects; Changes in project Managers; Accountancy and Passenger Ticket issuing System; story of appointment to ECML project; Devolution of project Managers; Possible Management Buy Out; Crossrail reporting lines; personal opinions.

Donald Heath interviewed by Frank Paterson (Session 2 of 2)

2021-07-19

Oral history interview with Peter Forbes, conducted and recorded by Richard Spoors at the interviewee's home in Wiltshire on 5 June 2018. Duration: 55 min. 15 sec. Early career; Senior Technical Officer (STO) Swansea; Area Civil Engineer Preston; sectorisation; Civil Engineer Regional Railways; creation of Railtrack; creating Railtrack Zone boundaries; British Rail Infrastructure Services (BRIS); separation of renewals and maintenance; Western Infrastructure Maintenance Unit (Western IMU) management buyout (MBO); privatisation of BRIS; leading MBO; relationship with Railtrack; Amey; Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE); new transport fleet; Amey buyout of MBO team; retirement

Peter Forbes interviewed by Richard Spoors

2018-06-05

Oral history interview with David Rollin, conducted and recorded by Richard Malins in Doncaster on 6 March 2019. Duration: 1 hr. 51 min. 47 sec. Early career; gaining commercial expertise with British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL); Project Director for InterCity 225/250; management buyout (MBO) interest; train engineering service units (TESCOs); acquiring business and expansion skills; bid finance; Interfleet deal; Vendor Unit; shares offers; sale of business; business growth; international operations; structure; SNC-Lavalin (SNCL) purchase; railway pensions; organisational culture and structure; bringing British Rail (BR) culture over; SNCL mergers; reflections on career; BREL; Class 91

David Rollin interviewed by Richard Malins

2019-03-06

Oral history interview with Peter Newbould, conducted and recorded by Michael Lee at the interviewee's home in Cambridgeshire on 13 March 2019. Duration: 53 min. 41 sec. Personal background and early career; civil engineering; Network SouthEast (NSE); Thameslink 2000; Franchise Development Manager South West Trains (SWT); Dominic Booth; Peter Field; Michael Holden; Mac Macintosh; Chris Kinchin-Smith; Strathclyde Marketing Manager; Cyril Bleasdale; Chris Green; Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive (SPTE); Service Quality Incentive Regime (SQUIRE); management buyout (MBO) team; National Express won franchise; early work with SWT franchise development team; franchise management

Peter Newbould interviewed by Michael Lee

2019-03-13

Oral history interview with David MacLean, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at the National Railway Museum, York on 10 June 2019. Duration: 1 hr. 39 min. 48 sec. Personal background; apprenticeship; Signalling & Telecoms (S&T); merger; microwave radio Doncaster to Edinburgh; public address systems; King's Cross test bed; Anglia Region; Contracts Manager responsibilities; project management relationships; Organising for Quality (OfQ); establishment of British Rail Telecommunications (BRT); safety; approach to job; attitude to privatisation; John Drake; shadow train operating companies (TOCs); preparing for sale of BRT; Racal culture change; share value; trade unions

David MacLean interviewed by Frank Paterson

2019-06-10

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

Adrian Shooter interviewed by David Maidment (session 3 of 3)

2019-08-29

Oral history interview with Peter Trewin, conducted and recorded by Dick Fearn at Sheffield Park, East Sussex on 1 June 2018. Duration: 59 min. 24 sec. Overview of railway career; initial thoughts in privatisation; Policy Unit; influencing and steering privatisation; EC Directive 91/440; formation of Railtrack; meeting with John MacGregor (Secretary of State for Transport); Bob Reid 2’s tenure; Select Committee Report; appointment of Bob Horton; British Railways Board (BRB) and Railtrack Board relationship; role at BRB Residuary; Railfreight Distribution (RFD); formation of Strategic Rail Authority (SRA); responsibility for Channel Tunnel contract; role of Board Secretary

Peter Trewin interviewed by Dick Fearn

2018-06-01

Oral history interview with Christine MacLean, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at the National Railway Museum, York on 3 January 2020. Duration: 1 hr. 1 min. 5 sec. Signalling & Telecommunications (S&T) Tracer Stratford; Property Board York; training as surveyor; selling closed railways; Whitby to Scarborough; selling railway houses; Selby diversion land purchases; cash flow; British Rail Investment Services created; Hull Dairycoates sale; Anglia Region 1989; property management; joined Railtrack; station leases to train operating companies (TOCs) prior to franchises; Railtrack information technology (IT) difficulties; retirement; Railtrack unrealistic targets

Christine MacLean interviewed by Frank Paterson

2020-01-03

Oral history interview with Leslie Smith, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at the interviewee's home in Edinburgh on 5 December 2019. Duration: 1 hr. 36 min. 10 sec. Career overview; freight marketing posts; Managing Director Trainload Freight (TLF); cost reductions; TFL profit subsidised Railfreight Distribution (RfD) losses; separation of freight; implementation processes; management buyouts (MBOs); Wisconsin Central bid; internal movement of engineering materials; English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS); Ed Burkhardt (Chief Executive Officer); Ian Braybrook (Managing Director); reversed strategy; open access; Foster Yeoman; Charterail; National Power contract; private owner wagons; Section 8 grants; Merehead Quarry; Class 59; financial improvements; retirement

Leslie Smith interviewed by Frank Paterson

2019-12-05

Oral history interview with Lord Richard Rosser, conducted and recorded by Nick Mitchell at the interviewer's home in London on 12 July 2018. Duration: 1 hr. 2 min. 8 sec. Industrial Relations Clerk London Underground; Baker Street; joining Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA); branch secretary; Labour Party; TSSA General Secretary 1989; campaigning against privatisation; train operating companies meetings; sale of British Rail companies; membership in the private sector; staff attitudes; Railtrack; relationships with engineering companies; rolling stock companies (ROSCOs) de-recognition of TSSA; foreign ownership; Secretary of State involvement in industry; collective bargaining; retirement; reflections from House of Lords

Lord Richard Rosser interviewed by Nick Mitchell

2018-07-12

Oral history interview with Christopher Gibb, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson (session 1) at Network Rail Headquarters, Waterloo, London on 11 December 2018. Duration: 58 min. 49 sec. British Rail: Southern Region clerical posts; Management Trainee; Train Crew Supervisor Polmadie; Ayr Train Crew Manager; move to South Wales; 3 months secondment to Societe nationale des chemins de fer Francais (SNCF); Wales and Western Service Group Manager; Organising for Quality (OfQ); Theo Steel; staff transfer from regions; Class 158; rolling stock utilisation; sectorisation; separation of track from trains; conversion of business units to shadow companies; Connex; Prism; political relationships

Christopher Gibb interviewed by Frank Paterson (session 1 of 2)

2018-12-11