D. E. Marsh

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Douglas Earle Marsh was the Locomotive Superintendent of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1905 until his retirement in 1911.

He was born at Brighton in 1862, and was educated at Brighton College and University College London. He worked for the Great Western Railway at on under William Dean becoming Assistant Works Manager at Swindon in 1888. In 1896 he became Chief Assistant Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway under H.A. Ivatt. He succeeded R.J. Billinton at Brighton in 1905.

Marsh's locomotive classes included two designs of Atlantic 4-4-2 (H1 Class and H2 Class), and four designs of 4-4-2T (I1, I2, I3, I4). In 1910 he designed two 4-6-2T tank locomotives. He retired in 1911 and died in May 1933.

[edit] Bibliography

• John Marshall, A biographical dictionary of locomotive engerineers, 1978.
• D.L. Bradley, Locomotives of the LB&SCR, Parts II. and III. 1972.

Preceded by R. J. Billinton

Chief Mechanical Engineer of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1905-1911

Succeeded by L. B. Billinton