Membership
The Railway Heritage Committee is currently chaired by Lord Faulkner of Worcester, a former adviser to the British Railways Board.
During the course of 2005–07 there were sixteen other members, drawn from the railway industry, the record offices, the museums world, the heritage railway sector – and from amongst individual railway historians.
Members are now appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport. It is the responsibility of the Secretary of State to provide reasonable administrative and secretarial support.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester, CHAIRMAN From December 2004
Dr John Gough, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
Representative members
Dr David Brown, National Archives of Scotland
Michael Lamport, The railway industry (from June 2006)†
Andrew McNaughton, The railway industry (from June 2006)*
Andrew Scott CBE, National Railway Museum
Jeremy Swift, The railway industry (from June 2006)*
Peter Trewin, The railway industry (until May 2006)**
Individual members
Allan Baker
Gareth Jones
Jonathan Pepler
Christopher Fildes OBE
Sir Howard Newby KB, CBE
Graham Smith
Dr John Gough (see above)
Peter Ovenstone
CatherineWilson OBE
†Michael Lamport: employed by Silverlink Train Services Ltd
*Andrew McNaughton and Jeremy Swift: employed by Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
**Peter Trewin: employed by BRB (Residuary) Ltd.
Sub-committees
Four sub-committees were established: a
Records Sub-committee, an Artefacts Subcommittee,
a Scottish Sub-committee, and
an Appointments Sub-committee. As
shown below, the first three include
members not on the main committee.
Records Sub-committee
Dr John Gough, CHAIRMAN
Dr David Brown
Lord Faulkner of Worcester (ex-officio)
Andrew McNaughton †
Jonathan Pepler
Graham Smith †
Peter Trewin *
Appointed Additionally:Dieter Hopkin, Dr Norman James, Nigel Loadman, Carl Newton, Roderick Shelton †, Richard Taylor †, (Peter Trewin †).
Artefacts Sub-Committee
Sir Howard Newby
Allan Baker
Lord Faulkner of Worcester (ex-officio)
Christopher Fildes OBE
Gareth Jones
Michael Lamport †
Peter Ovenstone
Andrew Scott CBE
Jeremy Swift †
CatherineWilson OBE
Appointed Additionally:Helen Ashby, Bob Ballard, David Bladen, Tim Bryan, Richard Gibbon OBE, Aidan Nelson, John Robinson, MarkWhitmore †.
Scottish Sub-Committee
Peter Ovenstone, CHAIRMAN
Dr David Brown
Lord Faulkner of Worcester (ex-officio)
Dr John Gough
Sir Howard Newby KB, CBE
Appointed Additionally:Ed Bartholomew, Alastair Dodds, Bob Gardiner, Richard Gibbon OBE, Peter Ramsay, John Yellowlees.
Appointments Sub-committee
Lord Faulkner of Worcester, CHAIRMAN
Dr John Gough
Sir Howard Newby KB, CBE
Peter Ovenstone
† part-period only – new member
* retiring member of main committee
