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George Brittain (born 1821, Chester, England) was Locomotive Superintendent of the Caledonian Railway from 1876 to 1882, between Benjamin Connor and Dugald Drummond. Previously he had been locomotive superintendent of the Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen Junction Railway (1859–63) and assistant to Alexander Allan on the Scottish Central Railway (1863–65). Outdoor superintendent, Caledonian Railway (1865–76) and assistant/deputy to the incumbent and ailing Conner. In common with many of his professional contemporaries he described himself as a civil engineer in 1861 and 1871 but as a mechanical engineer (locomotive superintendent) in 1881. ==Locomotive designs== On his own account, he was responsible for the management of the design of: * 10 x 2-4-0 () * 30 x 0-4-2 () (Caledonian Railway 670 Class) * 10 x 4-4-0 () (Caledonian Railway 179 Class) * 12 x 2-4-0T () (Tank locomotive) * 1 x 2-2-2WT () * 15 x 2-4-2T () * 1 x 0-4-0CT (Crane tank) * 6 x 0-6-0ST About 30 of these locomotives saw their way into the stock of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, some possibly gaining an extended lease of life due to the demands on the railway caused by the Great War. All had outside cylinders. Most of his engines had a reasonable service life for the period but were ill-suited for the age of standardisation that swept the country from the mid-1870s onwards. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Brittain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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