A new Golden Age for lovers of steam

摘要

Churchill's Government did not want Lord Hurcomb's successor to be a 'career' railwayman. The ideal British Transport Commission chairman would be an administrator who could remodel the BTC and bring leadership to more than 600,000 railway employees. And where better to look than the military?rnSo it was General Sir Brian Robertson GCB, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC, who was appointed chairman from September 15, 1953.