John F. McIntosh

John Farquharson McIntosh (1846-1918) was a Scottish engineer. He was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Caledonian Railway from 1895 to 1914.[1] He was succeeded by William Pickersgill.

John F. McIntosh
Born
John Farquharson MacIntosh

28 February 1846
Haugh of Kinnaird
Farnell, Angus
Died6 February 1918
NationalityScottish
OccupationEngineer
SpouseJeanie Fleming Logan
Children3 sons
4 daughters
Engineering career
DisciplineMechanical engineering

Early life

Born in Farnell, Angus, Scotland, in February 1846, MacIntosh would be famous for working at St. Rollox railway works, in Springburn, in Glasgow.

Career

John F. McIntosh became an apprentice with the Scottish North Eastern Railway, at the Arbroath workshops, at the age of 14. In 1865 he passed out as a fireman and in 1867 he qualified as a driver and moved to Montrose. By this time he was employed by the Caledonian Railway (CR) which had taken over the SNER in 1866. He lost his right hand in an accident in 1876 or 1877. At about the same time he became Locomotive Inspector for the northern section of the CR. He was later given responsibility for all locations north of Greenhill. By 1881 he was living in Perth. Several appointments followed – Locomotive Foreman at Aberdeen, Carstairs and Polmadie (Glasgow); Chief Inspector; Locomotive Running Superintendent and deputy to John Lambie. Lambie died suddenly on 1 February 1895 and McIntosh replaced him as Chief Mechanical Engineer.[2]

Locomotive designs

Preserved Caledonian Railway 439 Class number 419 in June 2005

McIntosh's most famous design is the Dunalastair Class 4-4-0.[3] Other designs include:

Preservation

Two McIntosh locomotives are preserved:

Patents

He obtained patents for a spark arrestor and a gauge glass protector.[5]

List of patents
  • GB189823849 (with Archibald St Clair Ruthven), published 31 May 1899, Improvements in or relating to railway wagon brakes[6]
  • GB190004019 (with Archibald St Clair Ruthven), published 16 February 1901, Improvements in or relating to railway wagon brakes[7]
  • GB190207009 (with John Riekie), published 22 April 1903, Improvements in and connected with engine valve gear[8]
  • GB190822998 (with Walter Reuben Preston), published 28 October 1909, Improvements in or relating to the smoke boxes of locomotive boilers[9]

Family

He married Jeanie Fleming Logan, a close relative to author Ian Fleming, and they had 3 sons and 4 daughters.[10]

Death

McIntosh died suddenly while working at St. Rollox railway works, on 6 February 1918, 22 days before his 72nd birthday. The cause of death was never confirmed.

See also

References

  1. "John Farqharson McIntosh". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. "JF McIntosh". Caley828.co.uk. 6 February 1918. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. "Springburn Virtual Museum: Dunalastair class locomotive, St Rollox, c 1897". Gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. "Home". Caley828.co.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  5. Caley828.co.uk
  6. "Espacenet – Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  7. "Espacenet – Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  8. "Espacenet – Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  9. "Espacenet – Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  10. Caley828.co.uk
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