Post by Hutch on Jul 22, 2007 16:36:03 GMT
With the recent centenary of this line, I thought that list members might appreciate an article penned by Charles Lee fifty years ago in the Railway Magazine.
Part 1
Part 2
Both pdf files:- 2500 KB and 1500 KB respectively
I loved the reported derision by the “establishment” of the contracted name of Bakerloo Railway instead of the the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway.
Worthy of the ‘halfpenny papers’ but not befitting a railway company!
“… English railway officers have more dignity than to act in this manner”.
Part 1
Part 2
Both pdf files:- 2500 KB and 1500 KB respectively
I loved the reported derision by the “establishment” of the contracted name of Bakerloo Railway instead of the the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway.
Worthy of the ‘halfpenny papers’ but not befitting a railway company!
“… English railway officers have more dignity than to act in this manner”.
