This from Alec Trick...
It's all getting very competitive in the Dead Tree Media world.
According to Stop and Examine in the latest issue of RAIL (p79 issue 709) Nigel Harris invented the idea of TRAXX UK in 2010!
Hmmm...
Reading
through back copies of Modern Railways I discover that one Ian
Walmsley, of Porterbook fame, put the idea forward in November 2008
and according to Bombardier sources has been pursuing it tiresomely ever
since. (shurely 'tirelessly ever since'? Ed)
Still, success has many fathers whilst failure has none.
Who for instance would be brave enough to claim paternity of the Incredibly Expensive Procurement?
UPDATE: This from a Mr Neil Bennett...
May I gently correct the claims of both gentlemen to the progeny of Traxx UK?
This project was initiated in 2007 by Allco Rail (now Beacon Rail) in conjunction with Bombardier locos (Italy).
So there you have it. Both Harris and Walmsley cuckolded - Official.
