Rob Shorland-Ball Author

Rob Shorland-Ball grew up in Cambridge, worked for British Railways at Cambridge Station and was deputy head of project development director at the National Railway Museum York, from 1987-1994. He has an extensive knowledge of railways, both as a researcher and author in addition to practical steam engine experience, as a cleaner, fireman and driver of traction engines and steam locomotives. He recalls watching, photographing and travelling on many railways to and from Cambridge or further afield in East Anglia. British Railways was beginning to introduce Diesel Multiple Units which provided a unique opportunity to sit at the front of the train and share the drivers eye view of the journey.