station clerk; stationmaster; traffic apprentice; Assistant Yard Master; Head of Signalling & Accidents; Chief Trains Clerk & Controller; Section Manager; Area Manager; field organisation; royal trains; Operations Officer; freight; reorganisations; d.o.b. 1927-07-15, railway work 1942-1983, Marske; Thornaby; Sherburn-in-Elmet; Eaglescliffe; Darlington; Hawes; Moulton; Croft Spa; Hull; Scarborough; Leeds Hunslet; Settle-Carlisle; Lincoln; Middlesbrough; York; Bradford; Leeds; Sheffield; London North Eastern Railway (LNER); Appleby, Kenneth 2001-01-18; 2001-01-25