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John Lambie (engineer)

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John Lambie (engineer)
Born(1833-10-29)29 October 1833
Died1 February 1895(1895-02-01) (aged 61)
NationalityScottish
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineMechanical 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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "John Lambie (1833-1895) - Find A Grave Memorial". findagrave.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Brief Biographies of Major Mechanical Engineers". steamindex.com. Lambie, John. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
Business positions
Preceded by Locomotive Superintendent of the Caledonian Railway
1891-1895
Succeeded by