Английская Википедия:Charles Bowen Cooke

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox engineer Charles John Bowen Cooke Шаблон:Post-nominals (11 January 1859 – 18 October 1920) was born in Orton Longueville (then in Huntingdonshire) and was Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).[1] He was the first to add superheating to the locomotives of the railway.[2] He wrote a book called British locomotives: their history, construction; and modern development which was published in 1893,[1] with a second edition in 1894, and third in 1899[3][4] A second book, Developments in Locomotive Practice followed in 1902.[1][5]

Whilst CME of the LNWR he was responsible for the introduction of several new locomotive designs, including the George the Fifth and Claughton classes.[1]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War.[6]

He died on 18 October 1920 and is buried in the churchyard at St Just in Roseland, Cornwall.[1]

Locomotive designs

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