Thomas Wheatley


Thomas Wheatley was an English mechanical engineer who worked for several British railway companies and rose to become a Locomotive Superintendent at the London and North Western Railway and the North British Railway.

Career

He became an apprentice with the Leeds and Selby Railway and later worked for the Midland Railway and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. Subsequently, he was Locomotive Superintendent for the Southern Division of the London and North Western Railway for 5 years. From 1867 to 1874 he was Locomotive Superintendent of the North British Railway. Prior to 1867 the post had been split across divisions.

Locomotives

Under Wheatley's superintendency, 185 new locomotives were added to NBR stock, and a number of old engines were rebuilt for further service. Only eight of the new locomotives were intended for express passenger trains. Locomotives designed by Thomas Wheatley included:
NBR classPower classTypeIntroducedDriving wheelTotalGroupingLNER classExtinctNotes
1412-4-0186921915
382-4-0186911912
418P2-4-0187386E71927
402-4-0187321903
2244-4-0187121919
4204-4-0187341918
251E0-6-01867383J841924
560-6-0186881914
170-6-0186911914
396E0-6-018678837J311937
2930-6-0187211907
357—0-4-0186821Y101925
226E0-6-0ST187021J861924
229E0-6-0ST1871151J811924
1120-6-0ST187031910
2820-6-0ST186631921
130E0-6-0ST1870101J851924
320-6-0ST187461907
180-4-0ST187221906