John F. McIntosh

John F. McIntosh
Born John Farquharson MacIntosh
28 February 1846
Haugh of Kinnaird
Farnell, Angus
Died 6 February 1918
Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality Scottish
Spouse(s) Jeanie Fleming Logan
Children 3 sons
4 daughters

Engineering career

Engineering discipline Mechanical engineering
Preserved Caledonian Railway 439 Class number 419 in June 2005

John Farquharson McIntosh (1846-1918) was a Scottish engineer. He was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Caledonian Railway from 1895-1914.[1] He was succeeded by William Pickersgill.

Early life

Born in Farnell, Angus, Scotland, in February 1846, MacIntosh would be famous for working at St. Rollox railway works, in Springburn, in Glasgow.

Career

John F. McIntosh became an apprentice with the Scottish North Eastern Railway, at the Arbroath workshops, at the age of 14. In 1865 he passed out as a fireman and in 1867 he qualified as a driver and moved to Montrose. By this time he was employed by the Caledonian Railway (CR) which had taken over the SNER in 1866. He lost his right hand in an accident in 1876 or 1877. At about the same time he became Locomotive Inspector for the northern section of the CR. He was later given responsibility for all locations north of Greenhill. By 1881 he was living in Perth. Several appointments followed - Locomotive Foreman at Aberdeen, Carstairs and Polmadie (Glasgow); Chief Inspector; Locomotive Running Superintendent and deputy to John Lambie. Lambie died suddenly on 1 February 1895 and McIntosh replaced him as Chief Mechanical Engineer.[2]

Locomotive designs

McIntosh's most famous design is the Dunalastair Class 4-4-0.[3] Other designs include:

Preservation

Two McIntosh locomotives are preserved:

Patents

He obtained patents for a spark arrestor and a gauge glass protector.[5]

List of patents

Family

He married Jeanie Fleming Logan, a close relative to author Ian Fleming, and they had 3 sons and 4 daughters.[10]

Death

MacIntosh died suddenly while working at St. Rollox Works, on 6 February 1918, just 22 days before his 72nd birthday. The cause of death was never confirmed.

See also

References

  1. "John Farqharson McIntosh". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. "JF McIntosh". Caley828.co.uk. 6 February 1918. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. "Springburn Virtual Museum: Dunalastair class locomotive, St Rollox, c 1897". Gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. "Home". Caley828.co.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  5. Caley828.co.uk
  6. "Espacenet - Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  7. "Espacenet - Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  8. "Espacenet - Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  9. "Espacenet - Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  10. Caley828.co.uk
Business positions
Preceded by
John Lambie
Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Caledonian Railway
1895-1914
Succeeded by
William Pickersgill