George Dow

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For the American antiquarian , see George Francis Dow

George Dow[1] (b. 1907, d. 28 January 1987) joined LNER as a clerk at Kings Cross railway station in London, England. He held many offices in the British railway industry.

He is perhaps best known as a draughtsman for his diagrammatic railway maps and as an inspiration to celebrated designer Harry Beck on the Tube map. Their work led to a style of design which has revolutionaised the world of Urban rail and metro maps.

On the creation of British Railways in 1948 he was appointed Public Relations and Publicity Officer, Eastern & North Eastern Regions. He rose to Divisional Manager, Stoke-on-Trent, and retired in 1968.

He was also a prolific author of books and booklets on railway themes especially his 3-volume work on the Great Central Railway.

He died on 28 January 1987 aged 79 years.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.steamindex.com/library/dow.htm Biography and bibliography

[edit] Further Reading

Telling the Passenger Where to Get Off by Andrew Dow, Capital Transport, London, 2005. ISBN 1-85414-291-7

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