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Dugald Drummond

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designs ranged from disastrous to mediocre. He also encumbered many of his LSWR engines with innovations which he had patented himself, such as firebox cross water tubes, and his smokebox steam drier, which only gave a very small degree of superheat. After his death, his successors improved the
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in January 1905, although his duties hardly changed. He remained with the LSWR until his death. His locomotives for this railway were usually capable, as long as they had no more than 8 wheels. However, his
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He was a major locomotive designer and builder and many of his London and South Western Railway engines continued in main line service with the
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Drummond's daughter, Christine Sarah Louise was born in Brighton in 1871, soon after the family's arrival there from Scotland. She married
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1873–1904. Her third child, born in 1905 was named Dugald Samuel Waite Johnson after both of his grandfathers.
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locomotive of Drummond's design, had been booked to work the train it had broken down and was replaced by
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set in and amputation became necessary. He refused an anaesthetic and died of the shock. He is buried at
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GB189901077, published 2 December 1899, Improvements in apparatus for use in heating railway carriages
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of 1879, being called to give evidence about the state of the track after the disaster. Although
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performance of many of his engines by fitting them with conventional smoke tube superheaters.
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GB189727949, published 15 October 1898, Improvements in locomotive boilers
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in 1895, at a salary considerably less than that he had received on the
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at Sydney, Australia. The scheme failed rapidly and he returned to
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Locomotive Superintendent of the London and South Western Railway
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An illustrated history of LSWR Locomotives: the Drummond Classes
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in 1896/7 for a presentation on 'high pressure in locomotives'.
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Drummond designed the following classes of locomotives:
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Drummond died on 8 November 1912 aged 72 at his home at
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Locomotive Superintendent of the North British Railway
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0-4-0 tank engines first designed by Adams as class B4
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Locomotive Superintendent of the North British Railway
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London & South Western Railway; Dugald Drummond.
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gaining further experience on the Dumbartonshire and
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The title of his post was changed to 298:London Brighton and South Coast Railway 753: 751: 1111:Scottish railway mechanical engineers 988:Dugald Drummond and his brother Peter 838:The Drummond Brothers: A Scottish Duo 506:4-4-0, later LNER classes D27 and D28 7: 389:Australasian Locomotive Engine Works 1146:19th-century British businesspeople 769:(145): 557. 1897 – via JSTOR. 397:Glasgow Railway Engineering Company 304:in 1870. In 1875, he was appointed 194:engineer. He had a career with the 932:. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. 840:. Usk: Oakwood Press. p. 89. 823:Locomotives of the L.S.W.R. part 2 567:, 4-2-2, later LMS 14010, class 1P 320:Original Tay Bridge from the north 225:service in 1947. He was awarded a 14: 1116:Locomotive builders and designers 1036:Locomotive Superintendent of the 610:4-2-2-0 prototype "double single" 280:He became foreman erector at the 903:"Espacenet – Bibliographic data" 881:"Espacenet – Bibliographic data" 590:London and South Western Railway 401:London and South Western Railway 328:Fallen Tay Bridge from the north 208:London and South Western Railway 168:London and South Western Railway 1141:20th-century Scottish engineers 1136:19th-century Scottish engineers 652:4-4-0 known as "Large Hoppers" 640:4-4-0 known as "Small Hoppers" 296:and followed Stroudley to the 231:Institution of Civil Engineers 1: 1121:Burials at Brookwood Cemetery 1101:Scottish mechanical engineers 267:Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 970:. London: Allen & Unwin. 718:4-6-0 known as "Paddleboxes" 583:Caledonian Railway 272 Class 571:Caledonian Railway 385 Class 559:Caledonian Railway 264 Class 553:Caledonian Railway 262 Class 547:Caledonian Railway 171 Class 535:Caledonian Railway 294 Class 518:4-4-0T, later LNER class D50 488:0-6-0T, later LNER class J82 332:Drummond was involved as an 966:Ellis, C. Hamilton (1956). 836:Chacksfield, J. E. (2005). 759:"Scientific Notes and News" 700:4-6-0 known as "the Turkey" 628:4-4-0 known as "Greyhounds" 585:0-6-0ST, later LMS class 0F 577:Caledonian Railway 80 Class 573:0-6-0ST, later LMS class 3F 561:0-4-0ST, later LMS class 0F 555:0-4-2ST, later LMS class 0P 541:Caledonian Railway 66 Class 524:0-6-0, later LNER class J34 494:0-6-0, later LNER class J32 1162: 792:(1): 93 – via JSTOR. 549:0-4-4T, later LMS class 1P 1131:Caledonian Railway people 1069: 1062: 1054: 1044: 1034: 1026: 1016: 1009: 1001: 996: 968:The South Western Railway 951:. Shepperton: Ian Allan. 780:Kellett, John R. (1969). 664:4-4-0 known as "Bulldogs" 622:4-2-4T known as "the Bug" 579:4-4-0, later LMS class 1P 543:4-4-0, later LMS class 2P 537:0-6-0, later LMS class 2F 434:London Necropolis Railway 409:Chief Mechanical Engineer 181: 151:Mechanical and Locomotive 140: 30: 1106:British railway pioneers 383:In 1882 he moved to the 928:Bradley, D. L. (1986). 821:Bradley, D. L. (1967). 634:4-2-2-0 "double single" 565:Caledonian Railway 123 473: 380: 329: 321: 271:Cowlairs railway works 177:Telford medal (1896/7) 109:51.299236°N 0.623569°W 480:North British Railway 467: 375: 327: 319: 265:before moving to the 241:Drummond was born in 196:North British Railway 160:North British Railway 867:Science Museum Group 810:. 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Ardrossan
Surbiton
Brookwood Cemetery
51°17′57″N 0°37′25″W / 51.299236°N 0.623569°W / 51.299236; -0.623569
North British Railway
Caledonian Railway
London and South Western Railway
steam locomotive
North British Railway
LB&SCR
Caledonian Railway
London and South Western Railway
Peter Drummond
Southern Railway
British Railways
Telford medal
Institution of Civil Engineers
Ardrossan
Forest & Barr
Glasgow
Caledonian Railways
Birkenhead
Thomas Brassey
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Cowlairs railway works
Samuel Waite Johnson
Lochgorm Works
Inverness
Highland Railway

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