David MacNab Ramsay
From Graces Guide
of Florida St, Mount Florida, Glasgow (1905)
c.1873 Born in Perth[1]
1891 Living with his parents in Perth, an engine fitter[2]
1901 Employed as an assistant manager (loco engineer); living in Glasgow St Rollox
1905 David MacNab Ramsay and Hugh Reid patented [3] a joint invention, the Reid-Ramsay steam-turbine electric-locomotive[4], which underwent some trials but was not placed in service[5].
1922 Ramsay formed the Ramsay Condensing Locomotive Co which commissioned a second turbo-electric locomotive from Armstrong, Whitworth and Co of Newcastle[6].
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