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**Chief Mechanical Engineers**
Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Role	Company	From	To	Loco Classes	Bio
Adams, William	15/10/1823	07/08/1904	CME	LSWR	17/01/1878	30/06/1895	LSWR 380 4-4-0 (1879) LSWR 46 (1879) LSWR 135 4-4-0 (1880) LSWR 395 0-6-0 'Jumbos' (1881) LSWR 415 4-4-2T 'Radial Tanks' (1882) LSWR 445 4-4-0 (1883) LSWR 460 4-4-0 (1884) LSWR A12 0-4-2 'Jubilee' (1887) LSWR T1 0-4-4T (1888) LSWR O2 0-4-4T (1889) LSWR X2 4-4-0 (1890) LSWR B4 0-4-0T (1891) LSWR T3 4-4-0 (1892) LSWR G6 0-6-0T (1894) LSWR T6 4-4-0 (1895) LSWR X6 4-4-0 (1895)	Link

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