Books by Roderick H. Fowkes

Roderick H Fowkes Was born in 1941 at Breaston, a village midway between Derby and Nottingham, and a couple of miles from Toton, the largest marshalling yard in Britain. His dreams of being an engine driver were dashed in 1956 when he went for a medical at Derby station. He then applied for the job of Junior Porter at Trent station, was successful and began his thirty-nine-year career with British Railways on 14 January 1957\. Further appointments followed, Telegraph Clerk, Controller, Supervisor and Traction Arranger at Toton, eventually retiring from British Rail in March 1996 as Operations Manager at Laira Depot in Plymouth.