Gerard Fiennes
I Tried to Run a Railway
I Tried to Run a Railway
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A vivid, witty and caustic view of the dying days of the golden age of rail, from a British Railways insider.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 03 May 2018
Publisher: Head of Zeus
The book that led to Gerard Fiennes's sacking from British Railways in 1968 is a notorious one. Fiennes, who joined the L.N.E.R. as a Traffic Apprentice in 1928, worked his way up to the top of the management tree, experiencing all facets of railway life. When he arrived at the top, he believed that railways could be a success, but it was the wrong time for a manager who thought that railways could be a success. Dr. Beeching was sharpening his axe and unprofitable lines were closed rather than turned round. After being resisted, circumvented, delayed, and blocked, G. F. Fiennes ran out of patience and put pen to paper, running his career into the buffers as he told the story of what happens when non-railwaymen try to run the railway.
Weight: 218g
Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786691286
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