Joseph Hamilton Beattie
Joseph Hamilton Beattie | |
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Born | 12 May 1808 |
Died | 18 October 1871 | (aged 63)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Engineer |
Children | William George Beattie |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Locomotive engineer |
Employer(s) | London and South Western Railway |
Joseph Hamilton Beattie (1808-1871) was a locomotive engineer with the London and South Western Railway. Joseph Beattie was born in Ireland on 12 May 1808.[1] He was educated in Belfast and initially apprenticed to his father, a Derry architect. He moved to England in 1835 to serve as an assistant to Joseph Locke on the Grand Junction Railway and from 1837 on the London and Southampton Railway. After the line opened he became the carriage and wagon superintendent at Nine Elms and succeeded John Viret Gooch as locomotive engineer on 1 July 1850.
Locomotives
Initially he designed a series of singles, but the weight of the
.Locomotive classes
Class | Wheel arrangement | Driving wheels | Years built | Builders | Quantity | Purpose | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hercules | 2-4-0 | 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) | 1851–55 | Nine Elms | 15 | Goods | |
Tartar |
2-2-2WT | 6 ft 0+1⁄2 in (1.8 m) | 1852 | Sharp Brothers |
6 | Suburban passenger | |
Sussex |
2-2-2WT | 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) | 1852 | Nine Elms | 8 | Suburban passenger | |
Saxon | 2-4-0 | 5 ft 0 in (1.5 m) | 1855–57 | Nine Elms | 12 | Goods | |
Canute | 2-2-2 | 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) | 1855–59 | Nine Elms | 12 | Passenger | |
Chaplin |
2-2-2WT | 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) | 1856 | Nine Elms | 3 | Suburban passenger | |
Minerva |
2-4-0WT | 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) | 1856 | Nine Elms | 3 | Suburban passenger | |
Nelson |
2-4-0WT | 5 ft 0 in (1.5 m) | 1858 | Nine Elms | 3 | Suburban passenger | |
Tweed | 2-4-0 | 6 ft 0 in (1.8 m) | 1858–59 | Nine Elms | 6 | Passenger | |
Clyde | 2-4-0 | 7 ft 0 in (2.1 m) | 1859–68 | Nine Elms | 13 | Express passenger | |
Nile |
2-4-0WT | 5 ft 9 in (1.8 m) | 1859 | Nine Elms | 3 | Suburban passenger | |
Undine | 2-4-0 | 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) | 1859–60 | Nine Elms | 12 | Passenger | |
Eagle | 2-4-0 | 6 ft 0 in (1.8 m) | 1862 | Nine Elms | 3 | Passenger | |
Gem | 2-4-0 | 5 ft 0 in (1.5 m) | 1862–63 | Nine Elms | 6 | Goods | |
298 | 2-4-0WT | 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) | 1863–71 | Beyer, Peacock |
70 | Suburban passenger | 15 more ordered by W.G. Beattie |
Falcon | 2-4-0 | 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) | 1863–67 | Nine Elms | 17 | Passenger | |
Lion | 0-6-0 | 5 ft 0 in (1.5 m) | 1863–71 | Nine Elms | 32 | Goods | Six more ordered by W.G. Beattie |
221 | 0-6-0 | 5 ft 1 in (1.5 m) | 1866–72 | Beyer, Peacock | 18 | Goods | Six more ordered by W.G. Beattie |
231 | 2-4-0 | 6 ft 0 in (1.8 m) | 1866 | Beyer, Peacock | 6 | Passenger | |
Volcano | 2-4-0 | 6 ft 0 in (1.8 m) | 1866–69 | Nine Elms | 12 | Passenger | Six more ordered by W.G. Beattie |
Vesuvius | 2-4-0 | 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) | 1869–71 | Nine Elms | 14 | Passenger | 18 more ordered by W.G. Beattie |
Innovations
Beattie was a highly innovative engineer, introducing the country's first successful
Death
On 18 October 1871,[1] Beattie died of diphtheria and was succeeded as locomotive engineer by his son William George Beattie.
References
- ^ a b Marshall 1978, p. 24.
- ^ "LSWR 0298 Class 2-4-0WT". 6 February 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
- ^ "Swanage Railway News Gallery Page 275". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
- ^ "LSWR (SR) Beattie Well Tank 2-4-0 WT No 30587". Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
- ^ Bradley 1965, pp. 50–88, 100–114.
- ^ Ahrons 1987, p. 12.
- ^ Ahrons 1987, p. 131.
- ^ Ahrons 1987, pp. 133–134.
- ISBN 1-85170-103-6.
- Bradley, D.L. (1965). Locomotives of the L.S.W.R.: Part 1. Kenilworth: ISBN 0-901115-08-8.
- Bradley, D.L., (1989), LSWR Locomotives The Early Engines 1838-53 and the Beattie Classes, Wild Swan
- ISBN 0-7153-7489-3.