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Railwaymen at In a follow-up to our popular feature ‘Engineers at Rest’ in SR451, TOM BRIGHT uncovers the final resting places of more of this country’s most prominent railwaymen Did you know that the death of one chief mechanical engineer indirectly led to the death of another? As part of Steam Railway’s ongoing study of the final resting places of our most eminent engineers, the tragic tale of Massey Bromley and Charles Reboul Sacre came to light. Bromley’s tenure as CME of the Great Eastern Railway only lasted three years, and none of his locomotive designs survived into LNER ownership. He was killed, along with 23 others when, at Penistone in 1884, while travelling on the 12.30pm Manchester-King’s Cross service, the locomotive’s crank axle snapped and the train derailed. The engine, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway ‘D12’ 4‐4‐0 No. 443, was designed by MS&LR CME Charles Reboul Sacre. While no blame could be apportioned to him or his design, Sacre reportedly felt such overwhelming guilt that he committed suicide by shooting himself five years later. By commemorating CMEs, we overlooked innumerable others who played their part in developing the railways. One such man was Col Holman Fred Stephens, best known for his light railways. SR reader Ross Shimmon explains Colonel Stephens’ importance: “He exploited the terms of the Light Railways Act of 1896, intended to help rural communities by encouraging construction of railways where conventional ‘heavy’ railways would be unviable, and engineered or managed 16 lines in England and Wales. He also designed several locomotives and experimented with unconventional motive power.” Col Stephens also extended the Welsh Highland Railway to Porthmadog from Rhydddu in 1923, the same year he became civil engineer and locomotive superintendent for both the WHR and Ffestiniog. Staying with these North Wales lines, another who adapted the steam locomotive for all types of use included Robert Francis Fairlie. His ‘Double Fairlies’ transformed the Ffestiniog, and not only is 1879-built Merddin Emrys still in service, but the railway is planning to build another; a testament to the quality of Fairlie’s innovative design. Equally innovative are the Beyer-Garratts, patented by Herbert W. Garratt in 1907. While the type was never widely adopted in Britain, former South African ‘NGG16s’ form the backbone of WHR passenger services today. Henry Greenly is most famous for his locomotive designs for the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. Greenly’s one-third scale 15in gauge ‘Pacific’ and ‘Mountain’ engines took inspiration from Gresley’s ‘A3s’ in 1927 and still run today at speeds of up to 25mph - equivalent to 75mph in full-size terms. SR 1. LAWSON BILLINTON (Locomotive Engineer) London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (1912-22) Born: 1882, Brighton, Sussex Died: 1954, Lyme Regis, Dorset Cremated: Weymouth Crematorium, Dorset 2. JOHN BLENKINSOP (Pioneering Locomotive Engineer), Middleton Railway (1808-31) Born: 1783, Felling, County Durham Died: 1831, Leeds Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Rothwell, Leeds 3. THOMAS BOUCH (Bridge Designer) Born: 1822, Thursby, Cumberland Died: 1880, Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland Buried: Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh 4. MASSEY BROMLEY (Chief Mechanical Engineer) Great Eastern Railway (1878-81) Born: 1847, Leamington, Warwickshire Died: 1884, Penistone, South Yorkshire Buried: Leamington Cemetery, Warwickshire 5. THOMAS EDMONDSON (Ticketing Innovator) Born: 1792, Stonewell, Lancaster Died: 1851, Meltonville, Manchester Buried: Friends’ Burial Ground, Mount Street, Manchester 6. ROBERT FRANCIS FAIRLIE (Locomotive Engineer and Designer) Born: 1830, Glasgow Died: 1885, Clapham Common, London Buried: West Norwood Cemetery, London 7. SIR SAM FAY (General Manager) Midland & South Western Junction Railway (1892‐99) Great Central Railway (1902-22) Born: 1856, Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire Died: 1953, Awbridge, Hampshire Buried: All Saints Church, Awbridge, Hampshire 8. SIR JOHN FOWLER (Civil Engineer) London Underground & Forth Bridge Born: 1817, Wadsley, Sheffield Died: 1898, Bournemouth, Dorset Buried: Brompton Cemetery, London 9. HERBERT WILLIAM GARRATT (Locomotive Engineer and Designer) Born: 1864, London Died: 1913, Richmond, Surrey Buried: Municipal Cemetery, Richmond, Surrey Named after its designer, ‘A2’ No. 60525 A.H. Peppercorn stands outside Doncaster in ex-works condition on September 26 1959. The locomotive’s namesake is buried at St Wilfrid’s Church, Cantley, Doncaster. NORMAN PREEDY/RAIL PHOTOPRINTS 10. HENRY GREENLY (Miniature Locomotive Designer) Born: 1876, Birkenhead, Merseyside Died: 1947, Heston, Hounslow, London Buried: St Leonard’s Church, Heston, Hounslow 44 Issue 455 June 17-July 14 2016 www.steamrailway.co.uk
3 CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS rest 11. WILLIAM HEDLEY (Pioneering Locomotive Engineer) Born: 1779, Newburn, Tyne and Wear Died: 1843, Lanchester, County Durham Buried: St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Newburn, Tyne and Wear 12. SIR ARTHUR HEYWOOD (Engineer) Pioneer of 15in ‘minimum gauge’ railways Born: 1849, Denstone, Staffordshire Died: 1916, Duffield, Derbyshire Buried: All Saints’ Church, Denstone, Staffordshire 13. GEORGE HUDSON (Railway Promoter - ‘The Railway King’) Born: 1800, Howsham, Yorkshire Died: 1871, London Buried: St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Scrayingham, North Yorkshire 14. JOSEPH LOCKE (Civil Engineer) Born: 1805, Attercliffe, Sheffield Died: 1860, Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland Buried: Kensal Green Cemetery, London 15. MATTHEW MURRAY (Pioneering Locomotive Manufacturer) Born: 1765, Newcastle upon Tyne Died: 1826, Leeds Buried: St Matthew’s Churchyard, Holbeck, Leeds 16. SIR HENRY OAKLEY (Great Northern Railway) Company Secretary (1858-70) General Manager (1870-98) Director, (1897-1912) Born: 1823, Marylebone, London Died: 1912, Regent’s Park, London Buried: Brompton Cemetery, London 17. SIR CECIL PAGET (General Superintendent, designer of the ‘Paget Locomotive’) Midland Railway (1907-19) Born: 1874, Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire Died: 1936, King’s Newton Hall, Derbyshire Buried: Marlepit Hill Cemetery, Sutton Bonington 18. ARTHUR PEPPERCORN (CME) LNER and BR Eastern Region (1946-49) Born: 1889, Leominster, Herefordshire Died: 1951, Doncaster Buried: St Wilfrid Church, Cantley, Doncaster 19. SIR SAMUEL MORTON PETO (Civil Engineering Contractor) Born: 1809, Woking, Surrey Died: 1889, Tunbridge Wells, Kent Buried: Pembury Old Churchyard, Tunbridge Wells 20. SIR FELIX POLE (General Manager) GWR (1921-29) Born: 1877, Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire Died: 1956, Reading, Berkshire Buried: St Michael’s Church, Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire 21. WILLIAM POLLITT (General Manager) MS&LR and GCR (1886-1902) Born: 1842, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester Died: 1908, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire Buried: Altrincham Cemetery, Greater Manchester 25 24 1 5 21 30 11 29 12 22. CHARLES REBOUL SACRÉ (Engineer and Superintendent of the Locomotive & Stores Dept) Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (1859-86) Born: 1831, London Died: 1889, Manchester Buried: All Saints’ Church, East Hanningfield, Essex 23. FREDERICK GEORGE SMITH (Locomotive Superintendent) Highland Railway (1912-15) Born: 1872, Newcastle upon Tyne Died: 1956 Buried: West Cemetery, Darlington 24. CHARLES EASTON SPOONER (Secretary and Locomotive Superintendent) Ffestiniog Railway (1847-87) Born: 1818, Maentwrog, North Wales Died: 1889, Porthmadog, North Wales Buried: Beddgelert Churchyard, Gwynedd 25. JAMES SPOONER (Ffestiniog Railway) Surveyor (1825-36), Manager (1844-56) Born: 1790, Powick, Worcestershire Died: Porthmadog, North Wales, 1856 Buried: St Cynhaearn churchyard, Pentrefelin, North Wales 23 2 15 4 20 We could not have conducted this survey without the help from our ever-resourceful readers. Our thanks for this issue go to: Phil Atkins, P. M. Chatfield, Dave Harris, David McCollum, Ross Shimmon, Kenneth Woods. Thanks are also due to Peter Walcroft for telling us 17 7 13 18 10 19 9 22 16 8 27 28 14 6 26 26. JOSIAH STAMP (Chairman) LMS (1927-41) Born: 1880, Hampstead, London Died: 1941, Shortlands, Bromley, London Buried: Beckenham Cemetery, London 27. COLONEL HOLMAN FRED STEPHENS (Civil Engineer and Manager of Light Railways) Born: 1868, Hammersmith, London Died: 1931, Dover, Kent Buried: Brompton Cemetery, London 28. SIR HERBERT WALKER (General Manager) LSWR (1912-22), SR (1923-37), SR Director (1937-1947) Born: 1868, Paddington Died: 1949, London Cremated: Golders Green Crematorium, London 29. SIR EDWARD WATKIN (Railway Manager and Chairman) Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway General Manager (1854-62) MS&LR Chairman (1864-94) Born: 1819, Salford, Greater Manchester Died: 1901, Northenden, Manchester Buried: St Wilfrid’s Churchyard, Northenden 30. SIR RALPH WEDGWOOD (General Manager and Chairman) LNER (1923‐39), Railway Executive Committee (1939‐41) Born: 1874, Barlaston, Staffordshire Died: 1956, Wotton, Surrey Buried: Barlaston Cemetery, Staffordshire that Charles Bowen-Cooke’s memorial looks across the peaceful St Just Pool from the cemetery of the church at St Just-in-Roseland, 50 miles east of St Just. We are indebted to P.M. Chatfield and Kenneth Woods for tracking down the final resting places of Lawson Billinton and Arthur Peppercorn. www.facebook.com/SteamRailway June 17-July 14 2016 Issue 455 45
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