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)
- Charles Gregory (1849–1850) (Chief Engineer)
- James Pearson (1850–1875)
- Cornwall Minerals Railway
- Miles Constatine
- Llanelly Railway
- Joseph Hepburn
- Robert Hepburn
- 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)
- William Marlow (1849–1853)
- Edmund Petre
- Joseph Armstrong
- A M Ross (Engineer)
- Thomas Truss (Carriage Superintendent)
- Edward Jeffreys
- Joseph Armstrong (1853–1854)
- 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)
- Joshua Williams (1851–1865) (General Manager)
- Skater
- H Appleby
- Joseph Wright (South Devon Railway Locomotive Superintendent)
- Edward Wilson (1860–1863)
- Mark Carr (1854–1858)
- Alexander McDonnell (1858–1860)
- 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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