Ian Pritchard
Fleet Consultant at British Rail- Claim this Profile
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Bio
Credentials
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Waverley Route Heritage Association
Border Union Railway CompanyJul, 2013- Nov, 2024
Experience
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DB ESG
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Rail Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Fleet Consultant
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Mar 2012 - Present
When in doubt, go to the RTC. Opened by Barbara Castle in 1967, while she was on a break from decimating the Scottish railway network, Derwent House is where it's at. The DNA of this great industry is in every pore of DE24; it is said that Henry George Ivatt drank his first pint of snakebite at the Portland and sketched his Mucky Duck (4MT) on a beermat there before retiring to the kebab shop next door to Bubbles Spa, where the trail grows cold... When in doubt, go to the RTC. Opened by Barbara Castle in 1967, while she was on a break from decimating the Scottish railway network, Derwent House is where it's at. The DNA of this great industry is in every pore of DE24; it is said that Henry George Ivatt drank his first pint of snakebite at the Portland and sketched his Mucky Duck (4MT) on a beermat there before retiring to the kebab shop next door to Bubbles Spa, where the trail grows cold...
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North British Railway
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Pan-Universe
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Head God
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1901 - 2016
General Omnipotence General Omnipotence
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Rail Team Manager
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2010 - Mar 2012
Britain's Railway needs Class 180 to assume the mantle of 21st Century Blue Pullman, and my mission will not be accomplished until this industry of ours has made it so. Extinguishing the sun on rails is all in the day job; the British Thermal Unit was invented for Class 50s on the Waverley Route. Until now... Britain's Railway needs Class 180 to assume the mantle of 21st Century Blue Pullman, and my mission will not be accomplished until this industry of ours has made it so. Extinguishing the sun on rails is all in the day job; the British Thermal Unit was invented for Class 50s on the Waverley Route. Until now...
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Community Relations Manager
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Jan 2007 - Jan 2010
Part of 'Chard's soul was lost forever to these forebidding Cockney tunnels. We have Brunel to thank for the Wapping masterpiece that enabled eels to travel unmolested between Gun Wharf and the Finnish Church. History doesn't record if they touched-in with Oysters. Part of 'Chard's soul was lost forever to these forebidding Cockney tunnels. We have Brunel to thank for the Wapping masterpiece that enabled eels to travel unmolested between Gun Wharf and the Finnish Church. History doesn't record if they touched-in with Oysters.
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Head of Communications
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Aug 2004 - Feb 2006
The unthinkable in pursuit of the uneatable. "And tomorrow, madam, I will be sober." How large a penumbra can a legend's umbrella cast, and what's the truth about 87012's naming - all will be revealed in 'RailFest: the Musical.' The unthinkable in pursuit of the uneatable. "And tomorrow, madam, I will be sober." How large a penumbra can a legend's umbrella cast, and what's the truth about 87012's naming - all will be revealed in 'RailFest: the Musical.'
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Sales & Marketing Manager
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May 2003 - Jul 2004
Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends. Hot potato, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends.
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Alstom
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France
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Rail Transportation
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700 & Above Employee
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Sales & Commercial Manager, West Coast Traincare
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Aug 1998 - Apr 2003
How close did Class 50s get to being West Coast Thunderbirds? Close enough that we chained a pair of the refugees to the Wembley Yard four foot. Wish the same could be said of a certain Inspector Frost actor, just because you get permission to film in Longsight CS doesn't give you the right to verbally abuse my team. You plonker Rodney. How close did Class 50s get to being West Coast Thunderbirds? Close enough that we chained a pair of the refugees to the Wembley Yard four foot. Wish the same could be said of a certain Inspector Frost actor, just because you get permission to film in Longsight CS doesn't give you the right to verbally abuse my team. You plonker Rodney.
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Business Development Manager
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1995 - 1998
Home of the Happy HST. Remember road-runner livery on Great Western, before fag-packet and - dare I breathe it - the indignities of Barbie in all her gaudy outfits came along from the cauldron of perpetual paintjob hell? Well, that classy refurbishment offering came from none-other than this team. And very nice it was too. When it came to the ultimate IC70 seat refurb, we could not be beaten. Even with the strongest of whisks. Home of the Happy HST. Remember road-runner livery on Great Western, before fag-packet and - dare I breathe it - the indignities of Barbie in all her gaudy outfits came along from the cauldron of perpetual paintjob hell? Well, that classy refurbishment offering came from none-other than this team. And very nice it was too. When it came to the ultimate IC70 seat refurb, we could not be beaten. Even with the strongest of whisks.
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Assistant Project Manager
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1990 - 1992
Ever wondered about the birth story of the Network Turbo DMUs, the Class 165 and 166 honies that have plied their humble trade out of Marylebone and Paddington's fine trainsheds for a generation? True they consigned many a Class 47 to razorblades, but these wide-bodied troupers were the first and last DMUs built at York and in the rich tapas tree of the 'Chard CV they provide a dowty bedrock. Ever wondered about the birth story of the Network Turbo DMUs, the Class 165 and 166 honies that have plied their humble trade out of Marylebone and Paddington's fine trainsheds for a generation? True they consigned many a Class 47 to razorblades, but these wide-bodied troupers were the first and last DMUs built at York and in the rich tapas tree of the 'Chard CV they provide a dowty bedrock.
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GEC Power, Lichfield Road, Stafford
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Lichfield Road, Stafford
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Teenage Youth Labourer
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Jul 1983 - Aug 1983
Every day three of us would get picked up by a youthful sparky in his aged Bedford HA van at the junction of Gravelly Hill and Kingsbury Road, Erdington, for the frankly hair raising 30 mile, half hour thrash up the M6, crouching on toolboxes in the back, prey to the HGVs that were quite capable of outpacing our rusty steed. The lure of a wad of no-questions-asked used McGarretts made it all worthwhile, in fact that M6 middle lane was a character-forming rite of passage. We'd sing KC & The Sunshine Band's charting 'Give It Up' at ear-shredding volume, a) to drown out the wail of the Vauxhall and b) take our minds off the sense of impending violent connection with the pursuing ERF or Scammell artics. In truth we'd have ridden the gantry cranes in the GEC plant's high-bays for free, chucking down the old fluorescent tubes into the waiting skips below with a satisfying, and deeply non-environmentally friendly 'POP.' Think I purchased Killing Joke's fourth album with a tiny part of the proceeds. Show less
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Education
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1976 - 2013
Punk Rock City
Punk Rock, Old School Four Square Riot Music -
1985 - 1988
The University of Sheffield
BA (Honours), Transportation and Economic Geography -
1977 - 1984
King Edwards School, Birmingham
A-levels, Humanities -
1968 - 1972
New Oscott Junior and Infant
Adding-up and not joined-up writing mainly, Being last picked at games
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