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SIR WILLIAM STANIER Sir William Stanier ...Impressions of Sir William Stanier by people who actually knew him Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKkTqM5v2c8 Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | ||
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Sir William Stanier ...Impressions of Sir William Stanier by people who actually knew him
Produced by Tom Stanier, Memento Films Aug 12, 2018 261 subscribers ... 57,561 views Summary biography of Sir William Stanier FRS
------------- martin welsford 1 year ago It is said that Mr Stanier described his Black 5 as 'a deuce of a good engine'. I doubt many would disagree. Interesting that to be a good CME you had to be an organiser and administrator, as well as an HR enthusiast. A great man. Very glad you bothered to compile this. 12 ------------- Chris G Chris G 3 weeks ago (edited) What a wonderful insight, not just into the life and work of one of the nation's great engineers, but also into his personality, and a real tribute to the man to see just how warmly he was and is regarded. And yes, the Black 5: much as I love the Duchesses, I think that the Black 5 is the most functionally elegant and timeless steam locomotive (allowing for that oxymoron!) ever to have been designed, and its sheer utility is as outstanding as its visual perfection. Thank you so much for sharing this. 9 ------------- David Cann David Cann 10 months ago A fantastic memorial to a fine engineer, what a real pity that the locomotive 'Sir Williams Stanier FRS' was not preserved as a real tribute; it was the final development (overseen by Ivatt of course) of the Princess Coronation class. 13 ------------- marrrtin marrrtin 1 year ago (edited) Fantastic. When I was 7, my peers were into Marc Bolan or Man Utd, but my hero was Sir William Stanier. Stupid YouTube algorithm can't tell that as train videos go, this one is rather special. Really nicely made by Tom Stanier. Great intrinsic value, with those family voices and memories which might be lost forever, and produced to a high standard. This deserves many more than 1,500 views. Expanding the title to something like 'Sir Wiliam Stanier FRS: A brief family biography Iand mpressions of Sir William Stanier by people who knew him' might help. As for content, I have two slight regrets that it didn't mention his experiment with steam turbines in LMS No 6202, or the 8F, a rugged freight loco designated as a standard by the MoD during the war, as such run all over the country (including in LNER colours) and around the world, where in Turkey they were called 'Churchills'. Trivia fact: 'Sir William Stanier FRS' was rolled out of the works alongside Ivatt's no 10 000, one of the first diesel-electrics on British rails.
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