Edward Thompson Wartime CME

This is far from a boring random study with very little research, instead it has been fastidiously put together with full reference and examination of the man and his time on the railway from the period just before Gresley's death and the way in which he handed the batten on to Arthur Peppercorn. after the tumultuous war yearsAlong the way the author brings to life in a truly absorbing manner this important wartime period and how the effects of the conflict steered his judgements, advice and design criteria in a way we think has never been seen before. It is no wonder it was applauded by what many would recognise as potentially Edward Thompson's perhaps harshest critics as devotees of Sir Nigel Gresley's work from members of the Gresley Society.We examine each of Thompson's own designs, and the work carried out on his predecessor's locomotives to bring the best out them and the resources available at the time.