John Lambie (engineer)

John Lambie (engineer)
Born 1833
Saltcoats, Ayrshire
Died 1 February 1895
Glasgow
Nationality Scottish

Engineering career

Engineering discipline Mechanical engineering

John Lambie was a Scottish engineer. He was born in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, in 1833 and died in Glasgow on 1 February 1895. He was Locomotive Superintendent of the Caledonian Railway from 1891 to 1895.[1]

Career

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

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

References

  1. "Brief Biographies of Mechanical Engineers". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
Business positions
Preceded by
Hugh Smellie
Locomotive Superintendent of the Caledonian Railway
1891-1895
Succeeded by
John F. McIntosh