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Sir William A. Stanier FRS

The Working Life of a Man of Steel

Phil Braithwaite Paul Hurley

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English
Fonthill Media Ltd
23 October 2025
Swindon-born William A. Stanier joined Great Western Railway as a fifteen-year-old trainee and began rising swiftly through the ranks. In 1904 he was appointed assistant to the divisional locomotive superintendent in London, and by 1931 he was chief mechanical engineer of the London Midland & Scottish Railway. The LMS locomotives were in a poor state, with some dating back to the 1800s, and Stanier was charged with updating the company with new, more powerful locomotives. His iconic designs in steam and diesel dominated British railways from the 1930s to the end of steam in 1968. During the Second World War, Stanier was seconded to the Ministry of Supply as a consultant, and in 1943 he was knighted and appointed a fellow of the Royal Society. He retired in 1944. Sir William A. Stanier FRS is a photographic celebration of his extraordinary life in rail.

AUTHORS: Phil Braithwaite completed an electrical engineering apprenticeship with Metropolitan Vickers and then served four years in the British merchant navy as an electrical engineering officer. He worked in South Africa for fourteen years on computer mainframes before changing direction to become a safari operator for two years. This is the second book he has produced alongside Paul Hurley, the first being Remembering Steam (2018).

Paul Hurley has produced two commemorative rail books with his co-author Phil Braithwaite. He has also written a flagship railway book, an award-winning novel, an autobiography about his career in the police force, and some thirty books on local history.

49 colour, 99 b/w illustrations
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Imprint:   Fonthill Media Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 248mm,  Width: 172mm,  Spine: 7mm
Weight:   393g
ISBN:   9781781559307
ISBN 10:   1781559309
Pages:   128
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Phil Braithwaite completed an electrical engineering apprenticeship with Metropolitan Vickers and then served four years in the British merchant navy as an electrical engineering officer. He worked in South Africa for fourteen years on computer mainframes before changing direction to become a safari operator for two years. This is the second book he has produced alongside Paul Hurley, the first being Remembering Steam (2018). Paul Hurley has produced two commemorative rail books with his co-author Phil Braithwaite. He has also written a flagship railway book, an award-winning novel, an autobiography about his career in the police force, and some thirty books on local history.

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