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    Henry George Ivatt (4 May 1886 – 4 October 1972), known as George Ivatt, was the post-war Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London Midland and Scottish...
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  • railway engineer, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway George Ivatt (1886–1976), Irish railway engineer, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the...
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    Henry Alfred Ivatt (16 September 1851, Wentworth, Cambridgeshire – 25 October 1923) was an English railway engineer, and was the Chief Mechanical Engineer...
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    The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T is a class of light 'mixed-traffic' steam locomotive introduced in 1946. The LMS had...
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    engines and it was left to George Ivatt to introduce a new class of low-powered locomotive. He designed a tender version of the Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T, introduced...
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    Mechanical Engineer when Stanier retired, and he was followed in 1945 by George Ivatt. Locomotive production continued, including new versions of the shunters...
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    The final two locomotives were constructed to the modified design of George Ivatt who succeeded both Stanier, following his retirement, and Stanier's immediate...
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  • heart attack in October 1945. LMS Class 4MT 2-6-4T George Ivatt, son of the former GNR CME Henry Ivatt, became CME in 1946. He continued building some Stanier...
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    fouling the ashpan. In 1948, George Ivatt introduced more modifications to bearings and valve gear; other experimental Ivatt features included the use of...
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    The LMS Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive primarily designed for medium freight work but also widely used on secondary passenger services...
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  • applied for the position of Chief Mechanical Engineer, but the job went to George Ivatt, with Riddles being promoted to vice-president of the LMS. Upon the creation...
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  • Lieutenant-General, British Army officer in World War I and World War II George Ivatt, mechanical engineer Hugh Jackman, actor (former teaching assistant)...
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  • mainline diesel locomotives which were carried out under his successor H.G. Ivatt. (see also LMS 10000) Fairburn died of a heart attack aged 58 on 12 October...
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  • and Harbours 1910–1922 Matthew Holmes North British Railway 1882–1903 George Ivatt London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1945–1947 John F. McIntosh Caledonian...
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    valve gear as standard. In 1947, as part of an experimental programme by George Ivatt to try to improve the already good design, (4)4767 was built with Stephenson...
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    4, which continued to be produced until 1957. Between 1946 and 1950, George Ivatt of the LMS also built eighteen 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) examples of a very...
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    Stanier, who was then engaged on war work, so was actually undertaken by George Ivatt and E.S. Cox. Initially these too were built without smoke deflectors...
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    mechanical parts were to be constructed at the LMS's Derby Works with George Ivatt responsible as the overall designer; electrical parts and diesel engine...
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    Sir William Stanier 1944–1945: Charles Fairburn 1945–1947: Henry George Ivatt The name of the LMS was revived by Govia in the form of the train operating...
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    1948 nationalisation of the railways. The locomotive was designed by George Ivatt as a possible replacement for steam locomotives on secondary and branch...
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    lighting. These modifications were part of a series of experiments by George Ivatt to improve the already excellent William Stanier-designed Black Five...
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    WT locomotives were built at Derby Works in England to the design of George Ivatt between 1946 and 1950, numbered 1–10 and 50–57. They were a tank engine...
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  • Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England. Jarvis apprenticed at Derby Works under George Ivatt. During World War II Jarvis was sent to Turkey to oversee the assembly...
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    built with several modifications to the original Stanier design, by George Ivatt. 6256 was initially painted in LMS 1946 black livery. After nationalisation...
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    lighting. These modifications were part of a series of experiments by George Ivatt to improve the already excellent Stanier-designed Black 5. The double...
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  • locomotives with domeless ("straightback") boilers. Many were rebuilt by Ivatt with larger, domed boilers, and were placed in a different class as shown...
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    British Railways at Swindon Works in 1952. The locomotive was designed by George Ivatt to replace many of the ageing 0-6-0 engines that the LMS used to work...
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  • WT locomotives were built at Derby Works in England to the design of George Ivatt between 1946 and 1950. They were numbered 1–10 and 50–57. They were a...
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  • George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe, PC, DL (4 June 1828 – 26 February 1917) of Denbies House, Dorking, Surrey, was a British politician and peer, a son...
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    power was a push-pull set powered by a late-LMS 2-6-2T designed by Henry George Ivatt as in the photograph above. Great effort and money was expended on tourist...
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