James Johnson (railway engineer)

British railway engineer (19th century)

James Johnson

Born| 1862

Bury, Lancashire

Nationality| English
Parent| Samuel Waite Johnson (father)
Engineering career
Discipline| Mechanical engineering

James Johnson (1862 – )[citation needed] was an English railway engineer who was Locomotive Superintendent of the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) from 1890–94.[1][2] He was the son of Samuel Waite Johnson, of Midland Railway fame. In 1892, he married Christina Sarah Louisa Drummond, daughter of Dugald Drummond.[citation needed]

## Locomotive designs

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At the GNSR, he designed the locomotive classes listed below. Both classes survived into the ownership of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923.

* GNSR class R (LNER Class G10) 0-4-4T[3]
* GNSR class S (LNER Class D41) 4-4-0[4]

## See also

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* Locomotives of the Great North of Scotland Railway

## References

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1. ^ "Brief Biographies of Mechanical Engineers". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
2. ^ "James Johnson". Lner.info. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
3. ^ "The GNSR Johnson G10 0-4-4T Locomotives". Lner.info. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
4. ^ "The D41 (GNSR Johnson Class S & Pickersgill Class T) 4-4-0 Locomotives". Lner.info. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

Business positions

Preceded by

James Manson

|  Locomotive Superintendent of the
Great North of Scotland Railway
1890-1894  | Succeeded by

William Pickersgill

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