However his refitting of the company's Stratford works using modern, standardised equipment saved a great deal of money and, when he left for the London and South Western Railway in 1878, his reputation was intact.
Aber seine Umrüstung des Stratforder Werkes auf moderne, standardisierte Ausrüstung sparte der Gesellschaft eine Menge Geld ein, so dass, als er 1878 dann zur London and South Western Railway (LSWR) ging, sein Ruf intakt war.