Editing Great Western Railway (section)

===Others===
* [[George Armstrong (engineer)|George Armstrong]], brother of Joseph, and Superintendent of the Northern Division (1864–1897) at [[Wolverhampton railway works|Wolverhampton works]], which he ran almost independently of Swindon.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Griffiths |first1=Denis |title=Locomotive engineers of the GWR |date=1987 |publisher=Stephens |location=Wellingborough |isbn=0-85059-819-2 |pages=28–29}}</ref> 
* James Grierson - Goods Manager (1857–1863), he then became the general manager (1863–1887) from which position he saw the railway through a period of expansion and the early gauge conversions.<ref name="GWCentenaryO">{{cite journal| title = The Chairmen and Principal Officers of the Great Western Railway Company 1833–1935| journal = Great Western Railway Magazine| volume = 47| issue = 9| page = 462| publisher = Great Western Railway| year = 1935}}</ref>
* Henry Lambert - The general manager (1887–1896) responsible for managing the final gauge conversion in 1892.<ref name="GWCentenaryO" />
* [[James Milne (railway manager)|James Milne]] - General manager (1929–1947) who saw the GWR through [[World War II]].<ref name="GWCentenaryO" />
* [[Felix Pole|Sir Felix Pole]] - As general manager (1921–1929) he oversaw the Grouping of the South Wales railways into the GWR following the [[Railways Act 1921]], and promoted the use of 20 ton wagons to bring efficiencies to the railway's coal trade.<ref name="GWCentenaryO" />
* [[Charles Spagnoletti]] - The GWR's [[Electrical telegraph|Telegraph]] Superintendent (1855–1892) patented the Disc Block Telegraph Instrument that was used to safely control the dispatch of trains. First used on the [[Metropolitan Railway]] in 1863 and the [[Bristol and South Wales Union Railway]] in 1864, it was later used on many other lines operated by the company.<ref name="GWCentenaryO" />
A number of engineers trained at or worked for the GWR, before moving to other companies, including: {{hlist
|[[Thomas Russell Crampton]] ([[South Eastern Railway (England)|SER]] among others)<ref name=Griffths/> 
|[[Harold Holcroft]] ([[South Eastern and Chatham Railway|SECR]], [[Southern Railway (UK)|SR]]),<ref name=Griffths/> 
|[[James Holden (locomotive engineer)|James Holden]] ([[Great Eastern Railway|GER]])<ref name=Griffths/> 
|[[William Martley]] ([[London, Chatham and Dover Railway|LCDR]])<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Proceedings |title=Memoirs of Members deceased in 1874 |date=1875 |publisher=[[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] |location=Birmingham |pages=29–30 |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsinst02britgoog/page/28 }}</ref>
|[[John G. Robinson]] ([[Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway|WL&WR]], [[Great Central Railway|GCR]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Healy |first1=John |title=Great Central Memories |date=1987 |publisher=Baton Transport |location=London |isbn=0 85936 193 4 |page=56 |url=https://archive.org/details/greatcentralmemo0000heal}}</ref>
|[[William Stanier]] ([[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]])<ref name=Griffths/> 
|[[William Stroudley]] ([[Highland Railway|HR]], [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway|LBSCR]])<ref>{{cite web |title=William Stroudley: locomotive engineer |url=https://steamindex.com/people/stroud.htm |website=steamindex.com |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> 
|[[Archibald Sturrock]] ([[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|GNR]])<ref name=Griffths>{{cite book |last1=Griffiths |first1=Denis |title=Locomotive engineers of the GWR |date=1987 |publisher=Stephens |location=Wellingborough |isbn=0-85059-819-2 |pages=155–159}}</ref>
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