George Hughes (engineer)
| George Hughes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 October 1865 Benwick, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Died | 27 October 1945 (aged 80) Stamford, Lincolnshire, England |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Locomotive engineer |
George Hughes (9 October 1865 – 27 October 1945) was an English locomotive engineer, and chief mechanical engineer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
During Hughes' time at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway an experimental electric locomotive (rebuilt from a steam locomotive of 2-4-2 wheel arrangement) was introduced in 1912 for goods traffic. This had four 150 horsepower motors (total 600 hp) and could pick up current from the third rail on the main line or from overhead lines in the Aintree and North Mersey yards. It was scrapped in 1919.
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