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Gilbert Savil Szlumper

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(1884-1968) Railway Manager. Born at Kew.

Best known for:

  • Planning and initiation of major Southampton Docks extension
  • Completion of Southern Railway electrification scheme.
  • General Manager of the Southern railway 1937

For almost 25 years he was the right-hand man of Herbert Walker on the London and South Western Railway and the Southern Railway[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Chris de Winter Hebron, 50 Famous Railwaymen, 2005
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