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Keynote address at the the Modern Railways / Railway Forum Fourth Friday Club lunch in November 2005 was given by Malcolm Dobell, Chairman of the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Click here to view the Power Point presentation used at this meeting.
Mr Dobell, a career railwayman at London Underground, had a few tips for those that sought to turn out an excellent fleet:
He was sceptical of the notion that having a manufacturer undertaking train maintenance automatically feeds into better design of trains next time around, as often the manufacturing company's maintenance team is as distant from the same company's manufacturing team as would be an operator's own maintainers. Mr Dobell advocated cooperation between companies rather than strict adherence to contracts: The words "I am doing all that my contract requires" equals failure' he said.
The Railway Division Chairman urged operators to value their engineers. "We recognise there is lots to do, but success can still be celebrated" he said, handing over to Roger Ford to present the Golden Spanner trophies that mark that success.
David Sawyer, Go-Ahead Rail
Phil Verster, South Eastern Trains
Andy Barnes, Virgin West Coast
Jon Veitch, Arriva Trains Wales
Martin Costello, First Great Western
Andrew Hemming, First Great Western
Richard Bullard, London Lines
Peter Rigby , Angel Trains
Haydn Abbott, Angel Trains
Jane Vincent , Angel Trains
Graham Corfield, Bombardier
Colin Walton , Bombardier
Simon McCloud, Bombardier
Matt Beeton, Bombardier
Neil Harvey , Bombardier
Chris Smith, Bombardier
Richard Carrington, HSBC
Kevin Limb, HSBC
Mark Leving, Hull Trains
Ian Dunn, Hull Trains
Samantha Hodder, Govia
Alex Hynes, Govia
Andy Paterson, Govia
Richard Stuart, Govia
Alistair Gordon, Govia
Neil Heaton, Govia
Nick Kaye, Govia
Tony Miles , Modern Railways
Hassard Stacpoole, Association of Train Operating Companies
Jean-Christophe Foucrit, Govia
Paul Tweedale, HSBC
Robert Marrill, HSBC
Brian Addis , HSBC
Simon Aslett, HSBC
David Burton, HSBC
Stephen Timothy, HSBC
Tim Burleigh, HSBC
Bev Evison, HSBC
Peter Aldridge, HSBC
Paul Sheaf , HSBCRichard Elwen, Midland Mainline
Terry Mason, Maintrain
Alan Street , Bombardier Transportation
John O'Flynn, HSBC
Simon Lomax, Porterbrook Leasing
Clare Sweeney, Angel Trains
Bob Armour, Maintrain
Tim Wells, Maintrain
Mark Simpson, Maintrain
Rob Thompson, Maintrain
Keith Howard , Porterbrook Leasing
Mark Merryweather, Porterbrook Leasing
Clifford Gleave, Porterbrook Leasing
Lee Doggett, Porterbrook Leasing
Garry Taylor, Porterbrook Leasing
Tony Smith, c2c
Chris Watters, Hull Trains
Tim Shoveller, Virgin Trains
Martin Care, National Express
Mac Mackintosh, South West Trains
Christian Roth, Siemens
Steve McConnon, Angel
Steve White, Siemens
Stuart Parsons, ‘one'
Mick Hill, Siemens
Brett Chalkley, Silverlink
Adrian Weston, Siemens
Pete Dunn, Northern
Deborah Risby, Siemens
Phil Clarke, South West Trains
Richard Stone, Cummins
Andrew Mellors, First ScotRail
Tony Brown, GNER
Richard Page GNER
Simon Layton, Human Engineering
Malcolm Dobell, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Richard Carpenter, Maximus
Roger Ford , Modern Railways
Andrew Chivers , National Express
John Ratcliffe, National Express
Phil Mallen, ABB
Graham Barlow, ABB
Dave Angove, Advantage Technical Consulting
Stuart Hill, MD AEA Technology Rail
Bill Brown, Alcatel
Adriaan Goldberg, Alcatel
Helen Connolly, Alstom
Derek Collins, Ansaldo Signal UK Limited.
Julian Garratt, Areva T&D
Adrian Sinfield, Argo
Nick Higton, Arup
Tony Lacy, Atos Origin
Jan Glasscock, Atkins Rail
Ed Funnell, ATOC
David Bailey
Andy Holt, Bailey Rail
Allan Barter
Stuart Cottis, Denton Wilde Sapte
Frank Le Duc, Bircham Dyson Bell
Ted Stephen s, Bentley Systems
Jane Clarke, Blue Sycamore
Charles Burch
Leila Frances , c2c
Bill Clarke
Suzanne Whalley, CWA
Oliver Ueck, DB
Andrew Hall, Ellis Fairbank
Jim Newsom, Ellis Fairbank
Jeremy Gardner, Faber Maunsell
Mike Horne, Fifth Dimension Associates
William Barter, First Class Partnerships
Chris Loder, First Group
Rick Edmondson, FM Rail
Jonathan Moser, GB Railfreight
Robert Dibbo, Grant Rail
Andy Witkowski, Halcrow
Vernon Murphy, Heathrow Express
Jon Shaw, Hitachi
Kouji Agatsuma, Hitachi
Bob Gillett, Hochtief
Andy Norris, Hornagold & Hills
Steve Hayter, Hornagold & Hills
Peter Howarth, Interfleet Technology
Peter Johnson , Knorr-Bremse
Alison Stansfield, Laser Rail
Colin Porter, Lloyd's Register Rail
Mark Hopwood , London Lines
Richard Malins
James Abbott , Modern Railways
Ken Cordner, Modern Railways
Paul Edwards , Modern Railways
John Hughes, Mott MacDonald
Richard Shackell, Mott MacDonald
Tim Bray, Mouchel Parkman
John Segal, MVA
Jon Elliott, Network Rail
Geoff Miles, Nichols
Tom Johnson, Norton Rose
Mervyn Carter, Office of Rail Regulation
Richard King, Osborne Rail
Duncan Murray, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Jonathan Tyler, Passenger Transport Networks
Hew Miles, Rail Gourmet
Jeremy Candfield , Railway Industry Association
George Tillier, Railpart
Andy Parsons, Rail Tech
Steve Holmes, Rail Tech
Graham Ransome, Ransome Engineering
Sam Smith, Resourcing Solutions
Richard Cleaver of Ridge & Partners
Aidan Nelson, RSSB
Michael Woods , RSSB
Kate Carter, Scanmoor
Peter M ay, Scanmoor
Simon Ball, Seco Rail
John Self OBE
Mike North, Serco Assurance
John Ellard, Shearman
Michael Holden , South Eastern Trains
Peter Staveley, Railway Operations Consultant
Jim Steer, Steer Davies Gleave
Kevin Lane , Transys Projects
Anthony Cuming, Up & Cuming
Iain Court , White Young Green
James Abbott , Ken Cordner, Paul Edwards , Roger Ford , Tony Miles.