James Johnson (railway engineer) explained

James Johnson
Nationality:	English
Birth Date:	1862
Birth Place:	Bury, Lancashire
Parents:	Samuel Waite Johnson (father)
Discipline:	Mechanical engineering

James Johnson (1862 –) 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.

Locomotive designs

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.

• GNoSR class R (LNER Class G10) 0-4-4T^[3]
• GNoSR class S (LNER Class D41) 4-4-0^[4]

See also

• Locomotives of the Great North of Scotland Railway

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brief Biographies of Mechanical Engineers . Steamindex.com . 2012-06-27.
2. Web site: James Johnson . Lner.info . 2012-06-27.
3. Web site: The GNSR Johnson G10 0-4-4T Locomotives . Lner.info . 2012-06-27.
4. Web site: The D41 (GNSR Johnson Class S & Pickersgill Class T) 4-4-0 Locomotives . Lner.info . 2012-06-27.