List of Chief Mechanical Engineers of the Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway

Locomotive Superintendent

• Daniel Gooch (1837-1864)
• Joseph Armstrong (1864-1877)
• William Dean (1877-1902)
• George Jackson Churchward (1902-1915)

Chief Mechanical Engineer

• George Jackson Churchward (1915-1921)
• Charles Collett (1922-1941)
• Frederick Hawksworth (1941-1947)

Northern Division Locomotive Superintendent

• Joseph Armstrong (1854-1864)
• George Armstrong (1864-1892)

Constituent companies

Birkenhead Railway

• John Dixon
• T A Yarrow
• Rendell
• William Bragge
• George Douglas (1851-1860)

Bristol and Exeter Railway

• Charles Gregory (1849-1850) (Chief Engineer)
• James Pearson (1850-1875)

Cornwall Minerals Railway

• Miles Constatine

Llanelly Railway

• Joseph Hepburn
• Robert Hepburn

Llynvi and Ogmore Railway

• J Routledge

Monmouthshire Railway

• W Craig (1849-1854)
• R Laybourne (1854-1868)
• H Appleby (1868-1875)

Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway

• William Marlow (1849-1853)
• Edmund Petre
• Joseph Armstrong

Shrewsbury and Chester Railway

• A M Ross (Engineer)
• Thomas Truss (Carriage Superintendent)
• Edward Jeffreys
• Joseph Armstrong (1853-1854)

South Devon Railway;

• Frederick Gooch (1850-1864)
• Joseph Wright (1864-1876)

Vale of Neath Railway

• Joshua Williams (1851-1865) (General Manager)

West Cornwall Railway

• Skater
• H Appleby
• Joseph Wright (South Devon Railway Locomotive Superintendent)

West Midland Railway

• Edward Wilson (1860-1863)

Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway

• Mark Carr (1854-1858)
• Alexander McDonnell (1858-1860)

Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway

• David Joy (1852-1856)
• Frederic Haward (1856-1857)
• Edward Wilson (1857-1860)