Samuel Johnson
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1831-1912. Born at Bramley near Leeds. Locomotive Engineer. Apprenticeship under James Fenton
- Locomotive Superintendent at Midland Railway 1873-1903
- Oversaw re-building of Derby Works
- Pioneered high level coal stages for quick re-fuelling
- Major range of 4-4-0 class engines for the Settle and Carlisle Railway (S&C)
- Large 4-2-2 class single-driver express engines
Samuel Waite Johnson (14 October 1831 — 14 January 1912) was chief mechanical engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway.
Johnson was born in Bramley, Yorkshire and educated at Leeds Grammar School. He learned to become an engineer at the locomotive builders E. B. Wilson and Co.
In 1859 Johnson became Acting Locomotive Superintendent at the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. In 1864 he was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. In 1866, after only two years in Scotland he replaced Robert Sinclair of the Great Eastern Railway (GER) at Stratford Works. There he stayed for seven years until moving to the Midland Railway (MR) at Derby, where he would stay until his retirement in 1904.
[edit] Sources of Information
Chris de Winter Hebron, 50 Famous Railwaymen, 2005
