50 FAMOUS RAILWAYMEN

50 Famous.... That is wide open to debate, dispute, discussion and even friendly banter down the local. Your pub quiz master will love it, your enthusiast must have a copy, for school projects, to read on the tube or simply to have at hand for reference this series is set to build into a quick 'must have facts' library. In a nice new format these will fit in the glove box or pocket.

In alphabetical order the 50 Famous Railwaymen are: 1 James Allport 2. J.A.F.Aspinall 3. IK Brunel 4. O.V.S.Bulleid 5. G.J.Churchward 6. Thomas G Clayton 7. C.B. Collett 8. Davison Dalzeil 9. William Dean 10. R.M. Deeley 11. Dugald Drummond 12. Thom Edmondson 13. John Ellis 14. Robert F. Fairlie 15. Sir Sam Fay 16. Sir Henry Fowler 17. Sir Daniel Gooch 18. Sir Nigel Greasley 19. Timothy Hackworth 20. George Hudson 21. H. A. Ivatt 22. S. W. Johnson 23. David Jones 24. Mathew Kirtley 25. Joseph Locke

26. J.F.McIntosh 27.R.E.L Maunsell 28. Sir Richard Moon 29. George Nagelmacchers 30. Sir Henry Oakley 31. Sir Samuel Peto 32. Sir William Pollitt 33. G. Mortimer Pullman 34. John Ramsbottom 35. R.A.Riddles 36. J.G.Robinson 37. R. H. Selbie 38. Sir William Stannier 39. George Stephenson 40 Robert. Stephenson 41. Patrick Stirling 42 William Stroudley 43. Gilbert Szlumper 44. E. Thompson 45. Richard Trevithick 46. Henry Villard 47. Sir Herbert Walker 48. Sir Edward Watkin 49. F.W Webb 50. Sir Ralph Wedgwood

Chris de Winter Hebron was born in Aylesbury and brought up in Northamptonshire. An academic for most of his career, he took early retirement from this field to set up an International Conferencing Consultancy in 1987. Now retired for the second time, he lives in North Norfolk and divides his time between writing, dining and gardening.