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    George Jackson Churchward CBE (31 January 1857 – 19 December 1933) was an English railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western...
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  • Churchward is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: George Jackson Churchward (1857–1933), chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western...
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    of later years were initially introduced by the next engineer, George Jackson Churchward. He was also responsible for the introduction of self-propelled...
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    class of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1906 and introduced from...
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  • George Jackson (Brookside), a character on UK soap opera Brookside "George Jackson" (song), a 1971 song by Bob Dylan George Jackson Churchward (1857–1933)...
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    series of 2-cylinder passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward and built between 1902 and 1913 with differences in the dimensions...
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    is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive completed in 2019 to a design by George Jackson Churchward. It was based on the frames and boiler of 4900 "Hall" Class No...
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  • in 1906 and 1912 with minor differences. They were designed by George Jackson Churchward, who used standard components to produce a four-coupled version...
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    Armstrong. He retired from the post in 1902 and was replaced by George Jackson Churchward. He designed famous steam locomotive classes such as the Duke...
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  • 1897) 1932 – Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (b. 1908) 1933 – George Jackson Churchward, English engineer and businessman (b. 1857) 1938 – Stephen Warfield...
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    Class was a class of nine 2-8-0 steam locomotives, designed by George Jackson Churchward. They were introduced in 1919 for heavy mixed-traffic work. Although...
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    the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design by George Jackson Churchward. It was partially rebuilt in 1911 and 1915, and renumbered 3717...
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  • George Jackson Churchward created for the Great Western Railway a family of standard classes of locomotive, based on a limited set of shared dimensions...
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  • process mostly took place during the tenure at Swindon Works of George Jackson Churchward. Only a very small number of saddle tank locomotives escaped rebuilding...
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    in 1902 to be replaced by George Jackson Churchward, who introduced the familiar 4-6-0 locomotives. It was during Churchward's tenure that the term "Locomotive...
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    was a locomotive of the Great Western Railway. It was bought by George Jackson Churchward to evaluate French locomotive practice, and particularly the effect...
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    their designer, possibly with the collaboration of his assistant, George Jackson Churchward. Four prototype 4-4-0s, of the Armstrong Class, had already been...
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    National Railway Museum in York, UK. Lode Star was designed by George Jackson Churchward and was built in 1907, one of the first locomotives in its class...
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    locomotive. It was built at GWR Swindon Works under the direction of George Jackson Churchward in June 1902. Originally built as an oil-burning locomotive 'on...
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    was developed in 1875 by Robert Neville-Grenville, assisted by George Jackson Churchward. It was built around a boiler from a Merryweather & Sons fire...
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    the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design by George Jackson Churchward. Some believe the locomotive to be the first to attain a speed...
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    1903, for use in comparative trials against his own designs, George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway (GWR) purchased three French De Glehn...
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  • turned out of its Swindon Works, England. The class, designed by George Jackson Churchward, will comprise 342 members and see overseas service during World...
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    principles established by GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) George Jackson Churchward for Great Western Railway (GWR) locomotives. The U class design...
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  • Railway, 1937–1948 Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) (Ireland), 1950–1958 George Jackson Churchward Great Western Railway, 1902–1921 Charles Collett Great Western...
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  • into two pieces, leading to its demise in 1959. December 19 - George Jackson Churchward, former Chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway...
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  • (1864–1877) William Dean (1877–1902) George Jackson Churchward (1902–1915) Chief Mechanical Engineer George Jackson Churchward (1915–1921) Charles Collett (1922–1941)...
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  • Western Railway's No. 111 The Great Bear of 1908, designed by George Jackson Churchward. This locomotive was rebuilt into a 4-6-0 Castle Class engine...
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    performers. Fowler was not a hands-on engineer in the mould of George Jackson Churchward. Although (as was traditional) designs produced during his tenure...
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    encouraged more sophisticated blastpipe and venturi chimney designs. George Jackson Churchward, working at Swindon on the Great Western Railway, formulated a...
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