In 1994 British Rail privatisation commenced with the infrastructure being taken over by Railtrack and the rest of British Rail being reorganised into business units that could be eventually sold. I found myself in a Signalling Projects business unit called Interlogic and we started to tender for future work. We were no longer constrained to our old, basically London Midland Region stamping grounds and in mid 1995 we tendered for our first overseas project. I, along with Mr Bill Cooper and Mr Dave Gregory had the pleasure of a three day Tenderer’s site visit. So where was my first overseas business trip? The answer is Northern Ireland and we had a very enjoyable three days visiting installations between Belfast and Newry. Here are myself and Bill Cooper waiting at Belfast Bus Station for the bus out to the airport on our way home. I note I have my trusty guards bag with me which I had acquired the previous year and used as a briefcase more or less continuously for twenty three years until I retired at the end on 2017.
Photo taken by Dave Gregory
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