Barry was a signalman for 40 years. In 1972 he started his employment with British Rail as a Box Boy at
Horsham, then a signalman jobs at Warnham and Crawley, becoming relief signalman at Horsham in 1979.
In 1983 he identified for a job at Three Bridges Signal Centre and in 1988 he was given a Gatwick Express
Supervisors job. In 1990 he returned to Three Bridge signal box and retired in 2012.
He became a life member of the Horsham Signal Box Preservation Society in 2014.
