Person

Garratt, Herbert William (1864 - 1913)

Born: 8 June 1864
London, England
Died: 25 September 1913
Richmond, Surrey, England
Occupation: Railway engineer

Summary

Herbert Garratt was the New South Wales Railways' Inspecting Engineer in London in 1907. He proposed a new form of 3 piece articulated locomotive. It had a central frame, a conventional boiler and a single cab slung between two end 'engine' units, each with one set of cylinders, wheels and motion; both engine units had water tanks and that adjoining the back, a fuel bunker as well.

Details

Born London, 8 June 1864. Apprentice, North London Railway locomotive works at Bow; work in South and Central America and West Africa; New South Wales Government Railway.

Published resources

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1609313. Details
'Garratt, Herbert William (18640608-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476488. Details

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