John Lambie (engineer)
John Lambie (engineer) | |
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| Born | 29 October 1833 |
| Died | 1 February 1895 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Engineer |
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| Discipline | Mechanical engineering |
John Lambie was a Scottish engineer. He was born in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, on 29 October 1833 and died in Glasgow on 1 February 1895.[1] He was Locomotive Superintendent of the Caledonian Railway from 1891 to 1895.[2]
Career[]
John Lambie became Locomotive Superintendent of the Caledonian Railway on 1 April 1891. He came from a railway background as his father had been Traffic Manager of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway until it was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway in 1848.
Innovations[]
John Lambie improved conditions for enginemen by fitting cab doors, better handrails and footsteps to locomotives. He improved on Dugald Drummond's 4-4-0 design in 1894 and he introduced condensing steam locomotives of the 4-4-0T and 0-4-4T types for underground lines.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "John Lambie (1833-1895) - Find A Grave Memorial". findagrave.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Brief Biographies of Mechanical Engineers". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
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