Steam in the Blood
A Railwayman's Journey 1941-1982
$30.00
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
12 September 2022
Summary
Unlike many of his fellow managers, Dick was a rail enthusiast at heart and never lost his passion for locomotives and their crews. He considered himself first and foremost a ‘people person’ and estimated he had worked during his career with more than 25,000 men and women, many of whom became close friends and remained so for many years afterwards. After retirement in 1982, he made a major contribution to the continuance of main line steam train operations across the network.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800351455 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1800351453 |
| Author: | R.H.N. Hardy |
| Publisher: | Crecy Publishing |
| Imprint: | Crecy Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 12 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 528g |
| Dimensions: | 128mm x 198mm |
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R.H.N. Hardy
Richard Hardy, until his death in 2018 at the age of 94, was one of the last remaining professional links with the ‘Big Four’ and a railwayman who commanded as much respect in the preservation era as he did during his illustrious career with the LNER and British Railways. He joined the LNER in January 1941 as a Premium Apprentice and worked his way from there to Divisional Manager level in British Railways 40 years later. He made a meteoric rise through the rail industry’s hierarchy, becoming a shedmaster at the astonishingly young age of 22 and running five major depots before he was 35. These included Woodford Halse, Stratford and Stewarts Lane. He was then responsible for overseeing the changeover from steam to modern traction on the busy Stratford district of the Eastern Region.
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