O. S. Nock
Oswald Stevens Nock (1905–1994), nicknamed Ossie, was a British railway signal engineer and senior manager at the Westinghouse company; he is well known for his prodigious output of popularist publications on railway subjects, including over 100 books, as well as a large number of more technical works on locomotive performance.He authored articles on railway signalling and locomotive performance for The Engineer researched during World War 2, and from 1958 to 1980 he succeeded Cecil J. Allen as the author the "British locomotive practice and performance" series published in The Railway Magazine.
Personal facts
| Birth date | January 21, 1905 |
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| Date of death | September 29, 1994 |
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External resources
- http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-104296
- http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/02/Er19550722.pdf
- http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/04/Er19570830.pdf
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- http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/1/11/Er19391229.pdf
- http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/1/13/Er19520704a.pdf
- http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/1/1b/Er19560525.pdf
- http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/1/1c/Er19530724.pdf
- http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/1/1d/Er19430917.pdf