"Hello me little mate"Saltley driver Maurice Newman on 58004. One of the railway industry's true gentleman drivers. Photo credited to Jason Pountney

A 1975 view of 25145 on T25 standing at Wednesbury Town while the shunter Cliff Burton passes instructions to BS driver Ron Hillyard. This image belongs to Gary Robinson who has allowed publication here

A poor quality scan from a print. Taken in 1980 after I had been at Bescot for a few months. The wooden racks in front of me contain TOPS punchcards replicating Bescot downside yard. The machine to my left was a mufax machine which used damp paper and a rotating metal blade to produce facsimile messages. AFA Alan Phillips sits at a Ventek TOPS machine behind me.

A rather posed picture of Dave Gilbert in the AOC at Bescot. Dave came to Bescot when the Divisional Control in Birmingham was closed, and went to Saltley on creation of Railtrack in 1994

A right motley crew here in Feb 89 in the Bridge Restaurant in Walsall. Jon Beale, Kenny Lang, Ronnie Jordan, Mick Knowles, Dave Burley Steve Howard

Alec Chesney working as engine arranger in the old portacabin at Bescot. Alec later moved to Regional Railways in Birmingham, later retiring - owd bugger !!!

Another bar another day - Steve Howard, Steve Hughes' missus, Kate Harris, Zane Jenkins, Steve Hughes and Les Davis

Another picture in Walsall - adding Al Lloyd to the photo.

At the Waldviertel Schmalspurverein (WSV) AGM "bash" at Neu Nagelberg in Austria. Bubi, a professor of music from Wien brought his accordion. This is me looking a complete prat with it !!

At the WSV AGM in Neu Nagelberg L-R Richard Arthur, Pete Colton, Jon Breale and me with some of Zwettler's finest bier

Bescot Driver Malcolm Sweet at your service !!! An early morning pose !!

Bescot Dvr Gareth Jones and his 2nd man "Punk Rocker" aka Alan Arnold preparing to leave Bescot for Oxley to collect some ADEX stock (oops - theres that ADEX word again !!)