Gerry Fiennes (full name: Gerard Francis Gisborne Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes OBE, MA) (7 June 1906 – 25 May 1985) was a famous British railway manager who rose through the ranks of the London and North Eastern Railway and later British Rail following graduation from Oxford University. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... LNER timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

He joined the London and North Eastern Railway as a Traffic Apprentice in 1928, and his subsequent appointments included: Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...

• Assistant Yardmaster, Whitemoor Yard, Cambridgeshire, 1932
• Chief Controller, Cambridge, 1934.
• Various appointments at York, London Liverpool Street station, Edinburgh, and Shenfield.
• District Operating Superintendent, Nottingham, 1943.
• District Operating Superintendent, Stratford station, east London, 1944.
• Operating Superintendent, Eastern Region, British Rail, 1956-57.
• Line Traffic Manager, London King's Cross station, 1957-61.
• Chief Operating Officer, British Rail, 1961-63.
• Chairman of the Western Region Board, and General Manager, Western Region BR, 1963-65.
• Chairman of the Eastern Region Board, and General Manager, Eastern Region, BR, 1965-67.

He was famously fired from British Rail in 1967 for writing the book I Tried to Run a Railway, which was severely critical of the way in which the then Labour government interfered in the management of Britain's nationalised railways. The then-Transport Minister, Barbara Castle, was not amused and demanded Fiennes' removal. Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, the main financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ615955 Administration Borough: Brentwood Shire county: Essex Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Essex Historic county: Essex Services Police force: Essex Police Ambulance service: East of England Post office and telephone Post town: BRENTWOOD Postal... Nottingham is a city (and county town of Nottinghamshire) in the East Midlands of England. ... This article is about Stratford Regional station in London. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Kings Cross station (often spelt Kings Cross on platform signs) is a railway station in the district of the same name in northeast central London. ... Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (October 6, 1910 – May 3, 2002), British left-wing politician, was born Barbara Anne Betts in Bradford, Yorkshire, and adopted her familys politics, joining the Labour Party. ...

Following his main railway career, he was a director of Hargreaves Group between 1968 and 1976, and was Mayor of Aldeburgh, Suffolk in 1976. He continued his association with railways by accepting an invitation to join the Board of Directors of the independent, narrow gauge, Festiniog Railway Company, in North Wales, on which he served between 1968 and 1974. Between 1970 and 1974 he was the Company's nominee to the Board of directors of the Ffestiniog Railway Society, the voluntary supporters' organisation. Map sources for Aldeburgh at grid reference TM4656 Aldeburgh is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England; it is located on the Alde river at 52° North, 1° East 1. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a narrow-gauge heritage railway, located in Snowdonia in north west Wales. ...

He was related to the actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, and the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Ralph Fiennes, (IPA: ), born 22 December 1962 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England), is a Tony Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Genie Award-nominated English actor. ... Joseph Alberic Fiennes (pronounced Fines) (born 27 May 1970) is an English actor. ... Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE (born 7 March 1944), usually known simply as Ranulph Fiennes, is a British explorer and holder of several endurance records. ...