Nationality British Parent(s) Father, James Johnson | Children Son, James Johnson Education Leeds Grammar School Name Samuel Johnson | |
Born 14 October 1831 Bramley, Yorkshire Died 14 January 1912
Nottingham | ||
Engineering discipline Mechanical engineering | ||
Samuel Waite Johnson (14 October 1831 – 14 January 1912) was Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway from 1873 to 1903. He was born in Bramley, Yorkshire and educated at Leeds Grammar School.
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Career
Johnson learned to become an engineer at the locomotive builders E.B.Wilson and Company.
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 stayed until his retirement in 1904. At the time of appointment to the Midland Railway on 1 July 1873, he was paid a salary of £2,000 per year, rising to £3,500 in 1896 where it remained until his retirement on 31 December 1903.
Great Eastern Railway
See: Locomotives of the Great Eastern Railway
Midland Railway
See: Locomotives of the Midland Railway
Family
S. W. Johnson's father, James Johnson, worked for the Great Northern Railway (GNR) for sixteen years before becoming engineer of the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR). S. W. Johnson's son, also James Johnson, was locomotive superintendent of the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) from 1890-1894.