Joseph Tomlinson (11 November 1823 – 22 April 1894) was a British railway engineer, and executive.

Life

Joseph Tomlinson was born in London on 11 November 1823. After leaving school in 1837, he joined his father, who was passenger superintendent, at the

Stockton and Darlington Railway The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, its first line connected collieries near Shildon with Darl ...

. From 1846 to 1852, he was outdoor foreman for J. V. Gooch. In 1851, at the time of the Great Exhibition, he was working for the London and South Western Railway, and often drove the special train which took Prince Albert from Windsor to Waterloo and back, often accompanied by his two sons, the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred. From 1854 to 1858, Outdoor Superintendent to Matthew Kirtley for the Midland Railway. From 1872 to 1885, he was resident engineer and locomotive superintendent of the

Metropolitan Railway The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex su ...

. He was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1890 and 1891, and Chairman of the Research Committee on Friction. He died in West Hampstead on 22 April 1894.

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