Redditch | Science Museum Group Collection

Oral history interview with Mike Harvey, conducted and recorded by Philip Benham at the interviewee's home in Redditch on 26 June 2019. Duration: 1 hr. 27 min. 21 sec. Career synopsis; Compagnie Auxiliaire de Chemins de Fer Belge (CAIB); private wagons; Storage & Transport Services UK (STS UK); Traffic Services Ltd. (TSL); takeover of TSL and expansion; purchase of Procor UK 1988; responsibilities in CAIB; Marcroft Engineering customers and contract types; Tiphook and Tiger Rail acquisitions; CAIB philosophy towards legislative change; EC Directive 91/440; Private Wagon Federation (PWF): Chairman Wagon Builders’ & Repairers’ Association; Chairman Association of Private Rail Wagon Operators; private owner wagons operations; 1923 Grouping; Railway Clearing House; private wagon industry representation for privatisation; preparing Railfreight for privatisation; Robert Adley (Member of Parliament); Representations on Railways Bill 1992; privatisation process; Ed Burkhardt (Wisconsin Central); English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS); new industry relationships; vehicle repair and maintenance standards; Rickerscote accident; changes triggered by EWS; rail freight market emergence; Railtrack national distribution business Railtrack contract management

Mike Harvey interviewed by Philip Benham

2019-06-26

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Curved Suture Needles, 1901-1930

Operating lamp

Sunbeam S7 Motorcycle

Multi-Services Connector

Hymatic Multi Services Oxygen Connector

Anglepoise lamp, c. 1935.

Disposable Fistula return (venous) set (type R316) for use in dialysis

Disposable fistula outflow (arterial) set (type R312) for use in dialysis

Neil Kinnock During a Walkabout in Redditch

Mike Harvey interviewed by Philip Benham

Two nickel-iron accumulators by Nife Batteries

Motor cycle saddle