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Collection of interviews with workers on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway line

1984-1999

Collection of commercial audio cassettes 'Somerset & Dorset Railway Memories'

1985-1997

Audio cassette, Mrs V E Coleman interviewed by Mr A. G. Self

1977-08-31

Garlick, Gladys

2002-12-06

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
footplate; engine cleaner; fireman; driver; training; work conditions; freight, coal; lodgings Second World War; freight, ammunition; air raids; electric locomotives; passenger trains; accidents; Beyer Garratt; d.o.b. 1901-11-21, railway work: 1918-1966, London and North Eastern Railway; Doncaster; Manchester-Sheffield-Wath line; Woodhead tunnel;

Sheridan, George Mosby

2000-05-24
Made during the interview training session. The Interview was between a career Signalling and Telegraph Engineer and a career Traction and Rolling Stock Engineer, whose careers were both with British Rail. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Robin Nelson/David Russell

2000-04-17
messenger; porter; guard; relief stationmaster; controller; Royal Engineers; First Aid movement; "wages" grade posts; wartime experiences; Royal Engineers; railways in France and India; railway First Aid movement. d.o.b. 1916-11-23. railway work 1931-1979. Barnsley. 2.8346 x 3.1496 x .315 in.

Harper, Hollin

2000-06-22
footplate, cleaner, fireman, driver; special trains, Grand National; control; train crew supervisor; incidents, derailment; childhood, Bury, cellar boy in cotton mill, bar lad; passed cleaner, fireman, Second World War, driver, qualifying examination; banking procedures, gradients; transfer to clerical grade, control; Woodhall Tunnel; 200 engines; Aintree Depot, Grand National; Grand National; footplate strike, Carlisle Canal Depot; road training (Glasgow); Carlisle Kingmoor; new marshalling yard; freightliner; weather 1962 (snow); detraining incident; Settle-Carlisle line (London-Edinburgh train); Carlisle Kingmoor; Christmas; Carlisle Kingmoor; d.o.b. 1939-07-12 . railway work 1939-1984. Woodhall Tunnel; Aintree depot; Carlisle Kingmoor; Derby Training School; Stratford

Berry, James John (Jim)

2000-07-18
junior clerk, sundries division; guard; relief supervisor; traffic manager; line manager; pannier tank; entrance exam; invoicing; move from rail to road; Advanced Traffic Information (ATI) shunting; treatment of staff; Total Operation Processing System (TOPS); militancy; resistance to change; management training; shunting, "off the road"; steel strike; depot closed; redundancy; fatality; booking office; coal marshalling; mail; newspapers; train crew; reorganisation; staff rapport; privatisation; reorganisation; timber by rail; reductions in level crossings; improvements of infrastructure; political and financial issues; local management; d.o.b. 1952-09-16, railway work 1968-active staff at date of Interview. Birmingham New Street; Aston Goods; Winson Green; Moor Street; Saltley; Washwood Heath; Great Bridge Steel terminal; Cashmore Sidings; Coventry; Rugby Leamington; Isle of Wight; Three Spires Marshalling Yard; Llwyngwril; Freightliner; National Carriers; Cambrian Coast Express;

Bridges, L.W.A. (Larry)

2003-01-31
engineering apprentice; improver; draughtsman trainee; first day experience of works; personalities; turning section; washing facilities; work practice, rotation; Second World War; women on the railways; reduced demensions, metal saving; attitudes in wartime; motive power; methods and experience; steam locmotive experience; class 'H' freight; Firing and driving, London Midland & Scottish 3Fs; fitted freights; compound; Jubilee 5656, lost cylinder cover; divisional motive power office; locomotive testing section; highest steaming rates; British Rail (BR) '5', Austerities 2-8-0; 2-10-0 tests; performance; fitted coach train test; Westinghouse; d.o.b. 1929-01-03, railway work 1943-1956, Derby Works, No 9 Shop; Derby Motive Power Depot, station; Chaddesden Sidings; Brunswick, Liverpool; Stratford motive Power Depot; Westerleigh; London St Pancras; Trafford Park; Annan; Dumfries; Stratford Motive Power Depot; Holyhead; Euston; London Midland & Scottish (LMS);

Webb, Pat

2003-01-29
footplate, knocker-up, cleaner, fireman, driver; d.o.b. 1922-06- 19; railway work 1937-1985. Birmingham. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Alcock, Gwilyn Tudor

2000-06-06
Made during the interview training session. 1940s-1990s. relief station clerk; personnel; traffic management scheme; reorganisation; local departmental committees; sectional councils; trade unions; business-led organisation; privatisation; Lincoln; Doncaster; Retford; York; Sheffield; Leeds. : 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Vessey, John

2000-04-17
apprentice fitter; railway cottages; 9 shop; 50 ton cranes; handrail work; conditions of work; working with asbestos, illness; 0-8-0 locomotives; trade union; d.o.b. 1925-02-12, railway work 1941-1946, Crewe Works; London Midland Scottish Railway (LMSR); 2.8346 x 3.1496 x .315 in.

Jones, Vera

2003-01-30
footplate, cleaner, fireman; clerk, accounts, supplies. d.o.b. 1921-09-15; railway work 1945-1985. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Rice, Walter

2000-06-08
Articled Accountant: Accountant in the Private Sector; Chief Accountant, Western Region of BR; AGM Sundries Division; GM National Carriers; Group Co-ordinator, National Freight Corporation (NFC); Director, Corporate Planning, NFC; MD British Transport Hotels; Chairman Venture Capital Consortium; Chairman District Health Authority;

Land, Peter

2002-08-13
draughtsman; technical assistant; engineering assistant; assistant district engineer; permanent way assistant; assisitant divisional civil engineer; divisional civil engineer; terratorial engineer; prefabricated track; curved track calculations; mileposts; relationships within department; electrification; permanent way inspectorate; track marking exercise; prize lengths; track profiles, bridge raising, reconstruction; Ordnance Survey Benchmarks; transition from steam to electric traction; ballast train working; explosives; conditions, duties; derailment; high speed junction; various projects described; commuter traffic; promotion; East Coast Main Line (ECML); improved standards, level crossings; routes described; 100 ton bogie wagons; team described; industrial relations, comparison between regions; bomb incident; challenges of new job; National Union of Railwaymen (NUR); high-speed, electrification surveys; Selby diversion, difficulties, project finance and responsibilities; first train over the diversion; value of electrification project; theft of overhead equipment; resignalling; 140 mph running; class 91; electrification; First Aid Committee, York; d.o.b. 1928-08-27, railway work 1954-1989, Northhampton Castle Station; Northampton Marshalling Yard; Peterborough; Blisworth; West Coast Mainline; Bedford; Glenford Junction; Long Buckby; Watford; Ribblehead; Preston; Settle & Carlisle; Lake Windemere; Low Gill; Clapham, Yorkshire; Lancaster & Morecambe; Doncaster; York; Shaftholme Junction; Gainsborough; Newark; Marshgate Works Depot; Bawtry; Newcastle; Monkseaton; King Edward Bridge; Leeds; British Rail (BR); London Midland Region; Crewe Alexandra Football Club; Derby School of Transport; National Coal Board (NCB); British Railways Board (BRB); Swiss Federal Railways; Eastern Region;

Payne, Philip

2003-01-24
apprenticeship; technical assistant; assistant works manager; premium apprentice; post war shortage of materials; installation of oil facilities; dieselisation programme; training courses; high capacity of coal wagons, merry-go-round trains; information for new equipment; new materials used for wagon sheets; containers; Second World War, experiences; wartime work; nationalisation; first run of Silver Fox; first mainline diesel run end of 1940s; d.o.b. 1921-09-15, railway career 1939-1983, York Goods Station; York Carriage and Wagon Works; Darlington Locomotive Works; Banktop Shed; Cowlairs Carriage and Wagon Works; Wolverhampton; Railway Technical Centre, Derby; Shildon; Horwich foundry; North Eastern Railway (NER); BREL; Freightliner;

Cooper, Richard Lister

2003-04-23
call lad; lad porter; signal lamp man; guard; ticket inspector; railway horses; special trains; freight shunting; weaseling; circus trains; royal train; football trains; breakdown crane; Second World War; conditions, hours; braking incidents; reporting incidents; carriage arrangements; George Unwin, Cyril Rose; station toilets; signals; training; travelling porter; signing the road; royal train; staff acommodation; conductor guard; ticket inspector; fare dodgers; coal train; 1953 floods; accident van; derailments; Ray Constable (crane driver), Jim Rayner (crane driver); father's work on railway; brothers' work on railway; family working on same train; reshaping of the railways; Beeching closures; Mr Marples; trade union, closed shop working; branchline closures; Channel Tunnel; Guards and Shunters Conference; electrification; staff discipline; d.o.b. 1917-02-24; railway work 1941-1991. Cambridge; Newmarket; Ely; Ipswich; Hunstanton; Wolvinton. 2.9528 x 3.3465 x .315 in.

Sheldrick, Sidney Harry

2000-06-14
clerk, port shiping, operating; chief clerk (class 4); assistant controller (class 5); passenger trains clerk (class 1); MS2 operations officer; railway control; army train operation; freight train group returns; nationalisation 1948; Sir Henry Johnson, Gerry Fiennes, W.G. Thorpe, John Bonham-Carter, proteges of George Docking; crisis management; shift work; Certificate in Railway Economics and Operations; T.B. Hare; importance of control in wartime; location and buildings; modernization; relief controller; locomotive controller responsibilities; section controllers description; contiguous districts; shifts; turn arounds; John Willie Dedman; signalling and accidents section; district from division; timetable changes; diesel depot; royal journey; new traffic organisation; rationalisation; merger; electrification; connecting services; train planning work; wagonload traffic; pay-train; closure; block trains; soft fruit, sugarbeet, milk, fish traffic; role and work of operations officer; bomb scares; strikes; sectional councils; Jimmy Knapp; bottlenecks; officer's mess; Train Planning Officer; Channel Tunnel, pathing; Sir Robert Reid; d.o.b. 1926-08-19., railway work 1942 to 1982., Cambridge, station, control, diesel depot; Liverpool Street; Norwich; Nottingham London Road; Doncaster; Gorton Works; Dunkinfield Works; Bordon; Liss; Liverpool; Town Green; Aughton; Princes Dock; Manchester; Coldhams Lane; Whitemoor, up yard; Temple Mills; Norwood Yard; Sudbury; Haverhill; Fenchurch street; Bethnal Green; York; Hamilton House; Tilbury; Basildon; Broad Street; Waterloo; Derby; Crewe; Watford; Woking; Ilford; Longmoor Military Railway; Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway; Great Eastern Choral Society; Felixstowe Dock & Railway Company; London Tilbury & Southend Line; Southern Region; British Railways Board (BRB); London North Eastern Railway (Southern Region); (LNER); BR, Eastern Region; BR, Southern Region; British Transport Staff College

Unwin, Raymond

2002-12-05
Audio cassette, edited compilation of oral history interviews extracts, where interviewees talk about their railway work experience in the 1950s and 1960s.

Audio cassette, compilation of oral history extracts, railway staff experiences in the 1950s and 1960s

1980-1995
Audio cassette, John Gilks (Ryedale Audio Visual Enterprise Ltd) interviewing George Lee, signalman, on 22 June 1984, recording made for the Friends of the National Railway Museum. The interview focuses on the operation of the Goole Swing Bridge.

Audio cassette ‘Goole Swing Bridge: J.S. Gilks talks to signalman George Lee about the operation of the bridge’

1984-06-22
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Ronald Kennedy; Flying Scotsman

Kennedy, Ronald

2005-06-22
Digital transfer of audio cassette with the same title. Original recording by John Jameson, likely in his own home, in 1984. John Jameson talks about his childhood in Manchester, in 1910s-1920s, as well as being a young teacher in a school located in the slum area of Manchester in the 1930s. He also talks about his own father (David Jameson), his career as a signalman for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, who was nearly deaf and almost caused incident in 1910s-1920s.

Oral history recording with John Jameson

2016
Oral history interview with Donald Heath, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at the interviewee's home in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 17 October 2018. Duration: 1 hr. 46 min. 2 sec. Early Career; British Rail (BR) Research track stability; development of stone blower; drop joints; relationships with other departments; Planning department British Rail: London Midland Region; Birmingham New Street track layout process; Newton Heath Maintenance Depot; programmes planning; development of networks critical path analysis; Signalling & Telecommunications (S&T) reluctance; rules of the route for possessions; over-runs factors; Manchester Central Area tunnel scheme development 1972; passenger transport executive (PTE); Transmark project in Tehran 1976-1980; Deputy Director Major Projects; Project Director East Coast Main Line (ECML) electrification; project progress; project scale; development of computerised management information systems; Durham Viaduct; Berwick-upon-Tweed; impact of organisational changes; first through electric train London to Edinburgh July 1991; Crossrail; failed Bill 1992; submission withdrawn 1993; retirement; consultancy; reflections

Donald Heath interviewed by Frank Paterson (Session 1 of 2)

2018-10-17
Oral history interview with Michael Siebert, conducted and recorded by David Maidment at the interviewee's home in Reading on 9 June 2021. Duration: 1 hr. 49 min. 16 sec. Education, early career; 1974 Health & Safety Act; fire and explosion expert for Health and Safety Executive (HSE); joined British Rail (BR) as Head of Safety Audit 1990; health and safety development in railways; railway safety regulations; train accident investigation; Career as chemist in private industry and Health & Safety Executive, safety audit with fire & explosion specialism, joined BR to develop safety audit post Clapham accident. Implemented Safety Audit and Safety Validation process on BR pre privatisation and used these systems within Railtrack Safety Case to validate and audit privatised railway companies. Part of massive change of safety culture between 1990 and 1995 pre privatisation.

Michael Siebert interviewed by David Maidment

2021-06-09
Oral history interview with Philip O'Donnell, conducted and recorded by Peter Willey at the interviewee's home in Buckinghamshire on 20 March 2018. Duration: 56 min. 26 sec. Career overview; highlights; cultural change from Civil Service to British Rail; radical vision for structure; rail privatisation compared with other privatisations; industry structure; Privatisation Unit; importance of track access rights in Department for Transport (DfT) and Treasury model; role of the Rail Regulator over charges and contracts; definition of track access rights; designing the contractual arrangements from scratch; role of DfT; industry re-organisation 1992; emergence of Railtrack management structure; flotation of Railtrack in 1996; role of the Rail Regulator; effect of cultural change on people; involvement in West Coast Mainline (WCML) upgrade; dedication of colleagues; shift from contraction to growth; reflections on privatisation

Philip O'Donnell interviewed by Peter Willey

2018-03-20
Oral history interview with Mike Crabtree, conducted and recorded by David Maidment at the interviewee's home in Crewe on 29 May 2018. Duration: 2 hr. 17 min. 24 sec. Personal career; early career; Acting Superintendent Doncaster Works 1979; building Class 56s; Superintendent of Wagon Works 1980-1984; Works re-organisation; British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL); British Rail Maintenance Ltd (BRML); BREL privatisation; sectorisation; new contract systems; staff benefits concerns; BREL management buyout (MBO) preparation and involvement; Production Manager British Railways Board (BRB); Level 5 Maintenance Depots preparation for privatisation; financial arrangements; General Manager of Departmental Traffic; preparation for privatisation; MBO; three freight companies set-up; personal situation 1994; Fleet Manager for Trainload Freight South East: MBO; Mainline Freight MBO; split of locomotive and wagon repairs management; National Power; wagon policy; MBO progress; management style; Wisconsin Central; Ed Burkhardt; English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS); Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate (HMRI); new organisation; Scottish depots; scope for action under privatisation; staff reductions

Mike Crabtree interviewed by David Maidment

2018-05-29
Five magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tapes recorded on 16 and 17 November 1976 or 1982 at a conference for railway engineers. The tapes are numbered from 1 to 5. According to the notes inside the tapes’ cases, each tape corresponds to the recording of a session of the conference, with main speakers and questions from attendance, with a total of about 90 male participants throughout all sessions. The sessions were likely led by Dr Saunders. Several of these participants have been identified as British Railways workers who worked all or a part of their career in York or Yorkshire area. The following individuals may have participated to these sessions: Ken Appleby (Area Manager, York and Divisional Office, Leeds), John Bellwood (former LNER and BR, shed master, and Chief Mechanical Engineer at the National Railway Museum from 1975-1988), Geoff Bird (shed master at York), Alan Clothier (Divisional Maintenance Engineer, Newcastle), Eric Dalton (Divisional Manager Leeds), Arthur Dean (Chief Civil Engineer, York), Arthur Dytch (Deputy General Manager, York), Mike Fossett (Management services, York), Gordon Graham (Regional Operating Manager, York), Dick Hardy (shed master in East Anglia and at Stewarts Lane, Battersea), John Holt (British Railways Board Operations, York), Ernie Jefferson (Area’s Manager Organisation, Hull), George Mackie (Divisional Manager, Leeds), Mr McGregor (Divisional Manager, Hull), Geoffrey Myers (Deputy General Manager, York, and Vice Chairman of British Railways Board), Stanley Raymond (General Manager, York), John Thompson (Divisional Manager, Newcastle).

Five audio tapes of recordings with British Railways workers mainly based in York and Yorkshire area

1976-1982
Oral history interview with Roger Salmon, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at the interviewee's home in Cambridge on 30 October 2019. Duration: 1 hr. 41 min. 5 sec. Banking career; headhunted for first Director of Rail Franchising 1992; recruitment; setting-up team; personality analysis; Department of Transport attitudes; objectives; first draft franchise agreement rejected; Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF) team working practices differences from civil service culture; network of contract documents; rolling stock issues; Andrew Pitt; Railtrack track access difficulties; British Rail (BR) good relationship with OPRAF; relationship with Department of Transport (DoT) and Treasury; documentation; breakdown of processes; Thameslink 2000; Allison Ingram; development of Schedule 8 performance concepts

Roger Salmon interviewed by Frank Paterson

2019-10-30
Three magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tapes, oral history interview with Robert Riddles CBE, conducted and recorded by David Jenkinson at the interviewee’s home on 3 February 1983. Robert Riddles, aged 90, talks about his railway engineering career, including being Sir William Stanier’s Principal Assistant when working for the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and being the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) for British Railways after the Nationalisation. They are two original session tapes (tapes 1 of 2 and 2 of 2) and one edited master tape (made on 07/02/1983). Session tapes, 7 inch reels, mono, ½ track, recorded at 3 ¾ ips. Session tapes recording equipment: Tandberg Model 11 portable tape deck, ARG D202 microphones. Edited master, 7 inch reel, mono, 2 tracks, recorded at 3 ¾ ips. Edited master made using Sony TC 377.

Audio tapes, Robert Riddles CBE interviewed by David Jenkinson

1983-02-03
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, recording of William Withuhn (Bill), talking to staff at the National Railway Museum: ‘Collecting: an American view’. Bill Withuhn talks about his experience as a curator (transportation) at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA. Recording made on 18 May 1992. Original master recording. 10 inch reel, 4 tracks, recorded at 7 1/2 ips, DBXI.

Audio tape, William Withuhn (Bill), transportation curator at the Smithsonian Institute talking to NRM staff

1992-05-18
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with Mr H. Cox, conducted and recorded by David Jenkinson in Settle, followed by oral history interview with Mr W. Fleming, conducted and recorded with David Jenkinson in Carlisle. Both interviews were recorded on the same tape on 25 February 1976. Mr H. Cox, aged 83, talks about being a stonemason on the Settle-Carlisle railway line between 1902 and 1913. Mr W. Fleming talks about his role as an engine driver on the Settle-Carlisle line, for Midland Railway (MR), London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and British Railways (BR) from 1915 to 1966. Original master recording, 7 inch reel, mono, 1/2 track, recorded at 3 3/4 ips. Original recording equipment: Tandberg Model 11 portable tape deck, ARG D202 microphone.

Audio tape, Mr H. Cox and Mr W. Fleming interviewed by David Jenkinson

1976-02-25
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with representatives of Woking Homes, railway orphanage and old people home, Mr Max Millard (Chairman), Mr Jack Trucker (Vice Chairman) and Mrs Mavis Champion (Principal), conducted and recorded by Helen Ashby on 24 October 1988. Duration: 29 minutes. The interview outlines the history of the homes from 1885 when they were established and only accepted girls, through to the time boys and old people were accepted. From the 1980s most of the residents are old people. Interviewees also give details of fundraising and management structure. Master recording made from missing original master. 7 inch reel, stereo, 2 tracks, recorded at 7 1/2 ips, using DBXII, noise reduction. Master copy made using Sony TC 377.

Audio tape, representatives of Woking Homes railway orphanage and old people house interviewed by Helen Ashby

1988-10-24
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with Ivor Munkley, conducted and recorded by David Mosley at the interviewee’s home, on 13 October 1982. Ivor Munkley talks about his career as an engine driver for the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Railways (BR), between 1920 and 1963. Master tape copy made from missing original master. 7 inch reel, stereo, 2 tracks, recorded at 7 1/2 ips. Original recording equipment: Tandberg Model 11 portable tape deck, ARG D202 microphone. Master copy made using Sony TC 377.

Audio tape, Ivor Munkley interviewed by David Mosley

1982-10-13
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with Mr D. Drain, conducted and recorded by David Mosley on 16 February 1984. Duration: 55 minutes. D. Drain, British Railways workshops instructor, talks about his early career, being a fitter at Kentish Town, then moving to British Midland Region, and doing his apprenticeship at London St Pancreas. He talks about Derby and Crewe training schools, detailing their education programme. He also mentions Selhurst depot. Original master recording. 7 inch reel, mono, 2 tracks, recorded at 3 3/4 ips.

Audio tape, D. Drain interviewed by David Mosley

1984-02-16
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with John Baldwin, conducted and recorded by David Mosley on 23 July 1986. Duration: 29 minutes. John Baldwin served on ambulance trains during the Second World War. He worked in the steel industry before the railways. His first posting was to Southampton where the train worked in conjunction with five hospital ships. He gives details about the London, Midland and Scottish railway carriages used to transport patients. He describes some of the lines he travelled, and what happened to the carriages at the end of the war. Master tape copy made from missing original master. 7 inch reel, mono, 2 tracks, recorded at 7 1/2 ips. Original recording equipment: Uher 4200 portable tape deck. Master copy made using Sony TC 377.

Audio tape, John Baldwin interviewed by David Mosley

1986-07-23
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with Syd Martin, conducted and recorded by David Mosley on 10 August 1980. Duration: 53 minutes. Syd Martin talks in detail about his different roles on the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER): platelayer, signalman, shunter and station staff. He also talks in depth about the stations and railway lines and locomotives running around Yorkshire. Original master recording. 7 inch reel, stereo (out of phase), 2 tracks, recorded at 7 1/2 ips. Side 1: tracks 1 and 3; side 2: tracks 2 and 4. Original recording equipment: TEAC 2340.

Audio tape, Syd Martin interviewed by David Mosley

1980-08-10
Digital audio tape (DAT) of oral history interview with Sylvia Moss, conducted and recorded by Janet Davidson at the National Railway Museum, York, on 5 March 2001. The interview focuses on Sylvia's reminiscences of railways and holidays.

Sylvia Moss interviewed by Janet Davidson

2001-03-05
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tapes, oral history interview with George Barlow BEM, conducted and recorded by David Mosley on 1st October 1985. George Barlow, then retired, talks about his railway career, including his roles as an engine driver and manager of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR). Original master recording, 10 inch reel, 4 tracks (David Mosley tracks 1 and 3, George Barlow, tracks 2 and 4) , recorded at 15 ips, DBXI, noise reduction, NAB EQ. Original recording equipment: Tascam 34 tape deck, ARG D202 microphones.

Audio tape, George Barlow BEM interviewed by David Mosley

1985-10-01
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, Sir William Stanier FRS, interviewed by Mr I. MacNichol, recorded at the interviewee’s home (‘Newburn’, Rickmansworth), in April-May 1965. A note on the case states that ‘At time of recording, Stanier was suffering the after effect of a stroke, his speech is very heavily slurred’.

Audio tape, Sir William Stanier interviewed by Mr I. MacNichol

1965
Digital audio tape (DAT) of oral history interview with Colin Cameron, conducted and recorded by Janet Davidson at the National Railway Museum, York, on 5 March 2001. The interview focuses on Colin's reminiscences of railways and holidays.

Colin Cameron interviewed by Janet Davidson

2001-03-05
footplate; knocker-up; engine cleaner; mutual improvement class; firing; driver; Second World War; diesel and electric traction training; royal trains; Travelling Post Office; d.o.b. 1920, railway work 1938-1983, Kittybrewster; Fraserburgh; Macduff; York; Aberdeen; Ferryhill; Edinburgh; Haddington; Polmont; Usan; Longmorn; Montrose; Ballater; St Combs; Cairnie Junction;

Adam, John

2001-05-02
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
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
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
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
permanent way; platelayer; Permanent Way Inspector; childhood; first job; starting on railway; early career as platelayer; sub-ganger; ganger and sub-Inspector; description of relaying by hand; track maintenance; measured shovel packing; other trackwork; unloading long welded rails (LWR); track tamping machines; mobile gangs; messing facilties; follow-up relaying; conditions (shifts), longest shift; weather, snow duties; working under overhead electric wires; duties of a Permanent Way Inspector; proposal of items for renewal; loading rails by hand; derailment training; changes after the Sheffield Area Office closed changes to relaying; maintenance; supplies for day-to-day maintenance; d.o.b. 1928-06-21, railway work 1952-1993, Darfield; Wath North; Roundwood; Wath Road; Swinton; Rotherham;

Arrowsmith, Harry

2000-09-27; 2000-10-28
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
footplate; cleaner; passed cleaner; fireman; passed fireman; driver; d.o.b. 1917-12-25, railway work 1936-1976, Hellifield; Garsdale; Dent; Blackburn; Long Preston; Northampton; Willesden;

William Chaffer

2001-03-12; 2001-03-29;