List of chief mechanical engineers of the Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway

Engineer to the Great Western Railway

  • Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1833-1837)

Locomotive Superintendent

  • Daniel Gooch (1837–1864)
  • Joseph Armstrong (1864–1877)
  • William Dean (1877–1902)
  • George Jackson Churchward (1902–1915)

Chief Mechanical Engineer

  • George Jackson Churchward (1915–1921)
  • Charles Collett (1922–1941)
  • Frederick Hawksworth (1941–1947)

Northern Division Locomotive Superintendent

  • Joseph Armstrong (1854–1864)
  • George Armstrong (1864–1892)

British Railways (Western Region)

Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

  • Kenneth J Cook (1950–1951)
  • Robert A Smeddle (1951–?)

Constituent companies

Birkenhead Railway
  • John Dixon
  • T A Yarrow
  • Rendell
  • William Bragge
  • George Douglas (1851–1860)
Bristol and Exeter Railway
  • Charles Gregory (1849–1850) (Chief Engineer)
  • James Pearson (1850–1875)
Cornwall Minerals Railway
  • Miles Constatine
Llanelly Railway
  • Joseph Hepburn
  • Robert Hepburn
Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
  • J Routledge
Monmouthshire Railway
  • W Craig (1849–1854)
  • R Laybourne (1854–1868)
  • H Appleby (1868–1875)
Rhymney Railway
  • Thomas Clements (1858–1862)
  • Matthew Mordue (1862–1863)
  • John Kendall (1863–1869)
  • John Canty (1869–1884)
  • Richard Jenkins (1884–1906)
  • Charles T. Hurry Riches (1906-1922)
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway
  • William Marlow (1849–1853)
  • Edmund Petre
  • Joseph Armstrong
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
  • A M Ross (Engineer)
  • Thomas Truss (Carriage Superintendent)
  • Edward Jeffreys
  • Joseph Armstrong (1853–1854)
South Devon Railway;
  • Frederick Gooch (1850–1864)
  • Joseph Wright (1864–1876)
Taff Vale Railway
  • B. S. Fisher (1869–1873)
  • Tom Hurry Riches (1873-1911)
  • John Cameron (1911–1922)
Vale of Neath Railway
  • Joshua Williams (1851–1865) (General Manager)
West Cornwall Railway
  • Skater
  • H Appleby
  • Joseph Wright (South Devon Railway Locomotive Superintendent)
West Midland Railway
  • Edward Wilson (1860–1863)
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
  • Mark Carr (1854–1858)
  • Alexander McDonnell (1858–1860)
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
  • David Joy (1852–1856)
  • Frederic Haward (1856–1857)
  • Edward Wilson (1857–1860)

References

  • Allen, Cecil J (1948). British Railway Locomotives. Ian Allan.
  • MacDermot, E T (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, volume I 1833–1863. London: Great Western Railway.
  • MacDermot, E T (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863–1921. London: Great Western Railway.
  • The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 3: Absorbed Engines 1854–1921. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. 1956.
  • Swindon Steam 1921–1951. Ian Allan. 1974.
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