The adage that the LNER Directors whose names adorn some of Edward Thompson's 'B1s' were named after the locomotives rather than vice-versa is an old joke. Ralph Assheton (1901-84) was Minister of Supply (1942/3) and an MP for the City of London (1945-50). Here's his namesake at Doncaster MPD on Sunday 13th May 1956.

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