Pettitt with the train that was named after him visiting the Bluebell Line at East Grinstead - Courtesy of Derek Hayward ...

Pettitt quickly climbed the ladder, becoming Sheffield Area Divisional Commercial Manager in 1974 and Regional Freight Sales ...

Gordon Pettitt, who has died aged 90, was one of British Rail’s most visionary and effective leaders in the years leading up to privatisation, as the last general manager of BR’s Southern ...