James Edward Anderson, CBE (3 April 1871 — 15 January 1945) was a mechanical engineer of the Midland Railway and later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and had a great influence on the latter's adoption of the former's unwise locomotive policies. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mechanical engineering is the application of physical principles to the creation of useful devices, objects and machines. ... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...

Biography

Born in 1871, Anderson served an apprenticeship with the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR). He worked for Sharp Stewart, Dübs and the Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR), before becoming Assistant Chief Draughtsmant of Robert Stephenson Ltd of Darlington. 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The ‘’Great North of Scotland Railway’’ (GNSR) received its Parliamentary approval on June 26 1846, following over two years’ of local meetings. ... Glasgow and South Western Railway formed part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway External link The Glasgow & South Western Railway Association Categories: Corporation stubs | Pre-grouping British railway companies ... This article discusses Darlington, England. ...

In April 1903, Anderson moved to the Midland Railway (MR) at Derby as a draughtsman. He replaced J.W. Smith when Smith left for Great Central Railway, and was also given responsibility for the Locomotive Works in the absence of Henry Fowler. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... This is about the historic company; see also about the present day preserved Great Central Steam Railway. ...

During Anderson's time at Derby, he helped design the 990 Class 4-4-0. Superheating was introduced on the Class 4F 0-6-0 and to the rebuilt Class 2P 4-4-0. A large 2-8-0 for the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and the Lickey Banker 0-10-0 for the Lickey Incline. These departed from the Midland's small engine policy. Atlantic, Mississippi, & Ohio Railroad #87, delivered 1873-10-27 from the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts. ... See superheater for the device used in steam engines. ... 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) was an English railway company jointly owned by the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway. ... The nickname Big Bertha was used in the United Kingdom for a steam locomotive with the unusual wheel configuration of 0-10-0. ... In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotive wheel arrangement, an 0-10-0 is a locomotive with ten driving wheels (five axles) and neither leading nor trailing wheels. ... The Lickey Incline in England is a steep climb of just over two miles, at a gradient of 1 in 37, between Bromsgrove and Blackwell (near Barnt Green) on the railway line between Birmingham and Gloucester. ...

Anderson was acting Chief Mechanical Engineer between 1915 and 1919 when Fowler was away on war work. Anderson himself was awarded a CBE in March 1920 for his own war work. 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

The Midland was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. On locomotive affairs, Anderson and Fowler were able to influence the LMS to follow Midland practice rather than that of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). This included the use of standard small axle bearings and short travel valves that resulted in hot axle boxes and inefficiency respectively. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ...

Andeson retired in 1932 to Ayr. A year later, William Stanier arrived from the Great Western Railway and started to reform things. Anderson died in 1945. 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Ayr is a town in the county of Ayrshire, in the south_west of Scotland, situated on the Firth of Clyde. ... Sir William Arthur Stanier F.R.S. (27 May 1876-27 September 1965) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ... Bristol Temple Meads railway station, the original terminus at Bristol. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• http://www.steamindex.com/people/fowler.htm#anderson