Well to be honest I've never worked for the railway , but I have worked on it in a fasion.
I work for one of the Big 6 Electricity companies and spent a number of years reading and exchanging the meters in North Wales / Merseyside & Cheshire, during which I spent many hours traipsing trackside, ( I still dont know why so many meters were the wrong side of the fence).
Spent many hours working with Trevor Owen from LLandudno ( I think) very decent Gent.
my last track side job was to "Find" all the meters from Euston to Gretna and as far across as Sheffield & The S&C as many hadnt been read for years.
It had to be my last as I knew I woundn't pass my next medical due to hearing loss.
Great days though and I was much thinner ( I wonder why).
Steve