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Membership

The Railway Heritage Committee is currently chaired by Lord Faulkner of Worcester, a former adviser to the British Railways Board.

There are 15 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.

the chairman, Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Lord Faulkner of Worcester, CHAIRMAN
Dr John Gough, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

Representative members
Dr David Brown, National Archives of Scotland
Michael Lamport, The railway industry †
Andrew McNaughton, FREng, The railway industry *
Andrew Scott CBE, National Railway Museum
Jeremy Swift, The railway industry*

Individual members
Chris Austin OBE
Ian Brown
Christopher Fildes OBE
Dr John Gough (see above)
Gareth Jones
Jonathan Pepler
Sir Howard Newby KB, CBE
Peter Ovenstone
Graham Smith MBE
Catherine Wilson OBE

†Michael Lamport: employed by the Olympic Delivery Authority, previously Silverlink Train Services Ltd
*Andrew McNaughton and Jeremy Swift: employed by Network Rail Infrastructure 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
Chris Austin OBE
Dr David Brown
Lord Faulkner of Worcester (ex-officio)
Andrew McNaughton FREng
Jonathan Pepler
Graham Smith MBE
Appointed Additionally: Justin Cavernelis-Frost, Dieter Hopkin, Nigel Loadman, Carl Newton, Roderick Shelton, Richard Taylor, Peter Trewin.

Artefacts Sub-Committee
Sir Howard Newby KB, CBE, CHAIRMAN
Ian Brown
Lord Faulkner of Worcester (ex-officio)
Christopher Fildes OBE
Gareth Jones
Michael Lamport
Peter Ovenstone
Andrew Scott CBE
Jeremy Swift
Catherine Wilson OBE
Appointed Additionally:Helen Ashby, Bob Ballard, David Bladen, Tim Bryan, Richard Gibbon OBE, Aidan Nelson, Mark Whitmore .

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