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Thomas Wheatley (1821–1883) was an English mechanical engineer who worked for several British railway companies and rose to become a Locomotive Superintendent at the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the North British Railway (NBR).
Harold Holcroft (12 February 1882 – 15 February 1973) was an English railway and mechanical engineer who worked for the Great Western Railway (GWR), the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) and the Southern Railway (SR).
February births. February 4 – L. B. Billinton, Locomotive Engineer for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1912–1923 (d. 1954).
Born in 1882, Lawson Billinton had worked his way up the LBSCR company starting under his father Robert Billinton, progressing through the drawing office before becoming an inspector of materials, then firstly Assistant, then District Locomotive Superintendent.
In 1882 he was appointed to the post of locomotive engineer there, where he patented a design for a sprung flap for vertically-opening carriage windows that became ubiquitous. In 1895 Ivatt returned to England and was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) in succession to Patrick Stirling .
Holcroft, Harold. Nationality: British. Harold Holcroft, was a railway engineer, born in Wolverhampton on the 12th of February 1882. His interest in railways, especially in locomotives, began at an early age.
1801-1882, locomotive engineer; railway engineer, British; English ... locomotive engineer, German-born; British. Beyer, Charles Frederick ... railway engineer ...
