For the Love of Money by Bill Whiting

Author:Bill Whiting
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2020-10-22T00:00:00+00:00

Sir, I have discovered that the building at number sixteen Silver Street, Cosworth, was once occupied by W. G. Beattie, who was the Southern Railway Company Locomotive Superintendent and Chief Mechanical Engineer from 1850 to 1871. Readers may know that the revolutionary prototype Bo-Bo Deltic D5903 diesel engine, which had a massive tractive effort of seventy thousand pounds and weighed one hundred and thirty-eight tons and two hundredweight, was named Beattie, after our former resident. However, they may not be aware that Mr Beattie’s grandfather inspired the earlier development of the famous X-Class steam engine, with the breakthrough superheated taper boiler, producing a remarkable two hundred pounds per square inch to the twin outside cylinders, which drove the world’s first trailing driver traction wheels. In light of this and the obvious strong points of interest to tourists, I think the council should consider applying a blue historic plaque to the front of the building. A vast number of people are extremely interested in tractive…

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