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A different ELLX question
"Peter Masson" wrote:
"Tony Polson" wrote You still haven't answered Richard J.'s valid question. What evidence do you have that he was anything other than a highly competent and powerfully motivated (some might say passionate) railway manager? There's plenty of evidence that he was a brilliant railway manager. Where and what is that evidence? There are examples he quoted which showed that he was not so good as a practical railwayman, like the time he rolled a milk churn down the ramp under an express; when he was word parfect on the Rules of Single Line Working, but had to turn to the signalman on duty when he was faced with putting in SLW; like the time when he demonstrated to station masters the technique of rerailing a wagon in a yard without calling out the breakdown train - then Hockley had a derailed wagon in the middle of the night. GFF was phoned, and asked Control 'to tell the station master to pull it on, same as I showed him.' Half an hour later Control phoned again (barely concealed laughter). 'He has done what you said. He has pulled it broadside across both Main Lines.' How does this evidence of practical incompetence support your assertion that he was "a brilliant railway manager"? It makes him appear a complete idiot. Perhaps Chippy was right. ;-) |
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