 In light of his service, on 1 November 1947 the LNER named  an LNER A4 Pacific after him  Just before nationalisation, Beevor was acting chief general manager for LNER in June 1947, after which he became Chief Secretary and legal advisor for the British Transport Commission between 1947 and 1951.Beevor was Managing Director of Brush Group Ltd between 1954 and 1958, as the company pushed into producing diesel locomotives for the newly founded British Railways, to replace their steam fleet.Beevor died on 9 September 1994 at the age of 94.