William George Beattie (2 December 1841 – 28 May 1918) was an English locomotive engineer. He was born in

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, London the son of

Joseph Hamilton Beattie 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. He was educated in Belfast and initially apprenticed to his father, a Derry architect. ...

. He joined the

London and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exeter ...

in 1862 as a draughtsman at

Nine Elms Locomotive Works Nine Elms Locomotive Works were built in 1839 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) adjoining their passenger terminus near the Vauxhall end of Nine Elms Lane, in the district of Nine Elms in the London Borough of Battersea. They were re ...

. He succeeded his father as Locomotive Engineer of the LSWR following Joseph's death in 1871. He was not however a success in this post and was forced to resign in 1878.Marshall, John, (1978), ''A biographical dictionary of locomotive engineers'', David & Charles

Locomotive classes

W.G. Beattie perpetuated five of his father's designs, but with modifications. He also introduced five classes of his own design.

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* 1841 births 1918 deaths English engineers Locomotive builders and designers Locomotive superintendents London and South Western Railway people English railway mechanical engineers 19th-century British engineers {{England-engineer-stub