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Sir William A. Stanier FRS: The Working Life of a Man of Steel

By Paul Hurley, Phil Braithwaite
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By Paul Hurley, Phil Braithwaite
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Swindon-born William A. Stanier joined Great Western Railway as a fifteen-year-old trainee and began rising swiftly through the ranks. In 1904 he was appointed assistant to the divisional locomotive superintendent in London, and by 1931 he was chief mechanical engineer of the London Midland & Scottish Railway. The LMS locomotives were in a poor state, with some dating back to the 1800s, and Stanier was charged with updating the company with new, more powerful locomotives. His iconic designs...

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