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Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE (19 September 1882 – 25 April 1970) [1] [2] [3] was a British railway and mechanical engineer best known as the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway between 1937 and the 1948 nationalisation, developing many well-known locomotives.
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. This was in part thanks to the inspiration of family friend Joe Armstrong, son of Joseph Armstrong, who would visit when Holcroft was growing up.
L. B. Billinton. Lawson Butzkopfski (or Boskovsky) Billinton (4 February 1882 – 19 November 1954) was the Locomotive Engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1912 until the company became part of the Southern Railway in 1923. He joined the LBSCR in 1900 as an apprentice.
Lawson Butzkopfski Billinton (1882-1954) the Locomotive Engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. 1882 Born in Brighton the third son of Robert John Billinton. His mother was of Polish origin and his middle name Butzkopfski (sometimes spelled Boskovsky) was her family name.
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Early years to 1847
After a spell in Canada, in 1824 Joseph's family took up residence in Newburn-on-Tyne, where his father Thomas became a bailiff to the Duke of Northumberland. Joseph attended Bruce's School in Newcastle, where Robert Stephenson had also been a pupil. In 1823 Robert Stephenson, in collaboration with his father George, had set up his locomotive works in the city. Moreover, Newburn was at one end of the Wylam Waggonway, where the sight of the famous locomotives Puffing Billy and Wylam Dilly must...
Saltney and Wolverhampton, 1847–64
In 1847 Armstrong was appointed assistant locomotive superintendent to Edward Jeffreys, on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (S&CR), whose repair works was at Saltney. When Jeffreys left in April 1853, Armstrong was promoted to Locomotive Superintendent. Also in 1853, the S&CR pooled its locomotives with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway (S&BR), and Armstrong became responsible for the combined fleet, moving to the ex-S&BR repair shops close to Wolverhampton (High Level) station, where h...
Swindon, 1864–77
In 1864, Gooch resigned the post of Superintendent of Locomotive Engines, and Armstrong was promoted to replace him; in addition to Gooch's locomotive duties, Armstrong was also made responsible for carriages and wagons, which was reflected in his new job title, that of Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent.As with Gooch, his responsibilities encompassed the Northern Division, which he was happy to devolve to his younger brother, George. Arriving at Swindon, Armstrong embarked his one...
Joseph married Sarah Burdon in 1848. They had nine children, four of whom were apprenticed at Swindon: 1. Thomas Armstrong (1849–1908). On his father's death he left the GWR, subsequently working as a salesman for engineering companies. 2. John Armstrong (1851–1931). On Joseph's death he became Assistant Divisional Locomotive Superintendent, under ...
The locomotives of the Armstrongs are relatively little known today, compared to the epoch-making work of Gooch and the turn-of-century elegance of Dean's best designs. Most Armstrong engines were withdrawn by the time of the Second World War, many long before, and none was preserved. One writerhas suggested that there is in fact not a huge amount ...
Allcock, N.J.; Davies, F.K.; le Fleming, H.M.; Maskelyne, J.N.; Reed, P.J.T.; Tabor, F.J. (1951). White, D.E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part one: Preliminary Survey. RCTS.Gibson, John C. (1984). Great Western Locomotive Design: A Critical Appreciation. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8606-9.Holcroft, Harold (1971) [1957]. An Outline of Great Western Locomotive Practice 1837-1947. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0228-2.Apr 22, 2020 · The son of British parents who had emigrated to New Zealand, Oliver Bulleid was born in Invercargill in September 1882 and lived there until the death of his father William, in 1889.
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Oliver Bulleid was born in 1882 at Invercargill in New Zealand, to British immigrants. His return to Britain in 1889 after the death of his father. He joined the Great Northern's Doncaster Works as an apprentice at age 18.
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