My British Rail Life focuses on the nationalised rail industry. From leaving school in 1975, to the date of privatisation, 1 April 1994, Colin Varney fashions a recollection, which is an honest and humorous record of his experiences growing up as a British Rail employee.
Starting at Southampton Central, as a Signalman’s Booking Lad, he then became a Signalman, Signalling Manager, (and Signalling Instructor later in his career.) He covers his time as a Station Supervisor, Youth Training Scheme Co-ordinator and a short spell in a Telephone Enquiry Bureau, in an industry of constant reorganisation and job-changing.