I Tried to Run a Railway (eBook, ePUB)
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Partner: | buecher.de |
Hersteller: | Head of Zeus (Fiennes, Gerard) |
Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
´BR rebel chairman resigns´ The Guardian. ´Rebel rail chief in row´ Daily Mail. ´I don´t take it back says sacked rail chief´ Daily Express. This is the notorious book that got Gerard Fiennes sacked from British Railways while he was Chairman and General Manager of the Eastern Region in 1968. Fiennes became a railwayman by accident, joining the L.N.E.R as a Traffic Apprentice in 1928. Over the next four decades he worked himself up to the top of management tree, experiencing all facets of railway life - steam through diesel to electrification - on his way to the top. When he got there, he knew the service was ripe for a revolution... and he believed he was the man to lead it. But of course, it was the wrong time for a manager who thought that railways could be a success - Dr. Beeching was sharpening his axe and unprofitable lines were closed rather than turned round. After being resisted, circumvented, delayed and blocked, G....
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