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Monday Train Blogging: Design Dictators | 11 comments (11 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

:-)

The KylChap work was a large part of the base for the acheivement (not so real, but quite celebrated none the less) of a local hero here in Doncaster.

Sir Nigel Gresley is most famous for the Mallard, which holds a (dubious) speed record, but certainly deserves an award for beauty in my mind...

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 01:37:45 PM EST
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Re: Here's a thing... (4.00 / 2)

I think Sir Nigel Gresley can be praised as another great design dictator without limitation, and the dubious part of the Mallard's record was not his fault! (BTW, ironically, the Mallard's German rival was Wagner's greatest success, even tough it contained all his bad ideas, which didn't hinder Gresley. But Gresley was most probably limited by the smaller cross section of British railways.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 02:50:30 PM EST
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