Proposals by Joseph Locke , Consulting Engineer to the SER , for the amalgamation of that railway and the EKR were discussed by both sides in June 1858 .
Some of the SER directors were unhappy about taking on such a financially insecure company .
Proposals by Joseph Locke , Consulting Engineer to the SER , for the amalgamation of that railway and the EKR were discussed by both sides in June 1858 , although some of the SER directors were unhappy about taking on such a financially insecure company .