The great and the good rarely, if ever, accomplish all they wish to
achieve without the able assistance of many skilled men and women.
To have a very capable person beside you acting as guide, confidant
and adviser is essential. Even better when it is someone with a
depth of knowledge equal to, or even better than your own. If all
these skills can be combined in one trusted, assistant so much the
better. To a leader such a person may be valued beyond rubies',
because they have the ability to take ideas, add something and help
make them a reality. For Herbert Nigel Gresley, CME of the LNER,
Bert Spencer was just such a man. As Gresley triumphed his
faithful, introverted and highly talented assistant remained
resolutely in the background playing an unsung yet key role in the
development of Gresley's outstanding Pacifics and his many other
memorable locomotives. For sixteen vibrant years Spencer sat beside
his greatly admired leader witnessing and participating in all that
happened adding much to an emerging legend that still resounds with
us today. Here, for the first time, is Spencer's fascinating story,
much of it in his own words. This was made possible by the thoughts
and memories he recorded in letters to friends, papers he wrote for
the Institution of Locomotive Engineers, official documents and
much more. All this has been edited together to produce a unique
and important personal narrative of his life and work.
General
| Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Transport
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Tim Hillier-Graves
|
| Dimensions: |
246 x 172mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
240 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-04507-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-399-04507-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781399045070 |
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