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A Privileged Journey: From Enthusiast to Professional Railwayman Kindle Edition

by David Maidment (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A Privileged Journey, Volume 1 1940–1962 is a personal and individual account of the author' youthful enthusiasm for trains and the travels he undertook in Great Britain and on the European continent as a student and management trainee of British Railways. It is illustrated by over 140 black and white photos, mostly taken by the author himself as a boy and student. The chapters cover the emergence of the young boy's interest in steam locomotives in particular, through his 'trainspotting' days to his numerous journeys in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with many accounts of locomotive performance supported by an extensive appendix of train 'logs'. Some of the chapters are much extended narratives from articles serialised in the UK enthusiast magazine, 'Steam World' over the last decade and are also based on ten hours of verbal interviews recorded by the UK National Railway Museum at York as part of their 'Oral History' archives supported by a UK National Lottery Grant.The second volume, to be published at a later date, covering the period from 1962 to the current time, will describe his continuing interest and records while pursuing his career as stationmaster, area manager, train planner, Regional operating manager and finally Head of Safety before his retirement in 1996 and subsequent career as an international railway safety consultant.
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David Maidment was a senior manager with British Railways, with widespread experience of railway operating on the Western and London Midland Regions culminating in the role of Head of Safety Policy for the BRB after the Clapham Junction train accident.

He retired in 1996, was a Principal Railway Safety Consultant with International Risk Management Services from 1996 to 2001 and founded the Railway Children charity (www.railwaychildren.co.uk) in 1995. He was awarded the OBE for services to the rail industry in 1996 and is now a frequent speaker on both the charity.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ZGOZGO0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Transport (June 30, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 30, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 119608 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 381 pages
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D. G. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars First rate railway writer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2019
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This is an excellent book which brings back huge memories of steam in the fifties and sixties in the UK. It was meticulously logged at the time but is richly narrated so does not turn into a list of reminiscences. Absolutely first rate. It makes me wish I had been born 10 years earlier but I would not have done as well. I am now moving on the the next volume . David Maidment is a first rate writer on the subject having read a couple of his locomotive monograms.
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cerise
5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas gift
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2016
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This was a gift for my husband who has already read it from cover to cover and enjoyed it.
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mary harding
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2016
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Very good
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