Membership
The Railway Heritage Committee is chaired by Peter Ovenstone, otherwise Company Secretary of the Heritage Railway Association.
The Deputy Chairman is Sir Howard Newby KB CBE, otherwise Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool.
There are 7 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 appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport. It is the responsibility of the Secretary of State to provide reasonable administrative and secretarial support.
Peter Ovenstone, |
Sir Howard Newby KB CBE |
Representative members
Helen Ashby, National Railway Museum
Dr David Brown, National Archives of Scotland
Prof Andrew McNaughton FREng, The railway industry *
Jeremy Swift, The railway industry *
Individual members
Mike Lamport
Jonathan Pepler
Graham Smith MBE
*Prof Andrew McNaughton employed by High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd; Jeremy Swift by Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Sub-committees
Four sub-committees are established...
Artefacts Sub-committee
Sir Howard Newby KB CBE, CHAIRMAN
Helen Ashby
Ian Brown
Mike Lamport
Peter Ovenstone
Jeremy Swift
Appointed additionally:
Bob Ballard, David Bladen, Tim Bryan, Christopher Fildes OBE, Gareth Jones, Charlie Maddocks, Aidan Nelson, Andrew Scott CBE, Mark Whitmore
Records Sub-committee
Jonathan Pepler, CHAIRMAN
Chris Austin OBE
Dr David Brown
Prof Andrew McNaughton FREng
Peter Ovenstone (ex officio)
Graham Smith MBE
Appointed additionally
Justin Cavernelis-Frost, Dr Elizabeth Hallam Smith, Dieter Hopkin, Carl Newton, Tim Procter, Roderick Shelton, Peter Trewin
Scottish Sub-committee
Dr David Brown, CHAIRMAN
Sir Howard Newby KB CBE
Peter Ovenstone
Jonathan Pepler
Appointed additionally
Ed Bartholomew
Alastair Dodds
Bob Gardiner
Peter Ramsay
John Yellowlees
Appointments Sub-committee
Peter Ovenstone, CHAIRMAN
Dr David Brown
Jonathan Pepler
Sir Howard Newby KB, CBE
