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List of chief mechanical engineers of the Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway

Engineer to the Great Western Railway

Locomotive Superintendent

Chief Mechanical Engineer

Northern Division Locomotive Superintendent

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
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
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
  • A M Ross (Engineer)
  • Thomas Truss (Carriage Superintendent)
  • Edward Jeffreys
  • Joseph Armstrong (1853–1854)
South Devon Railway;
Taff Vale Railway
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
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
  • David Joy (1852–1856)
  • Frederic Haward (1856–1857)
  • Edward Wilson (1857–1860)

References