Charles Clifford | |
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Born | c.1843 |
Died | 5 September 1927 |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Locomotive engineering |
Charles Clifford was locomotive superintendent of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland (GNRI) from 1895 to 1912. [1] Clifford is attributed with increasing the size and power of the GNRI locomotive stock to match the increasing length and weight of train loads in this period; producing locomotives of that stood comparison with those of the Great Southern and Western Railway. [1]
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Clifford began his railway career as an apprentice to Samuel Wilfred Haughton, leaving the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway in 1861. [2] At the Irish North Western Railway (INWR) in Dundalk he became Locomotive Superintendent. [2] On the amalgamation on the INWR to the GNR he transferred to the new company under J.C. Park. [2] On Park's retirement in 1895 Clifford took the position of Locomotive Superintendent of the GNR. [3]
Clifford retired from the GNR in 1912. [3] He died on 5 September 1927. [2]
Charles Clifford | |
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Born | c.1843 |
Died | 5 September 1927 |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Locomotive engineering |
Charles Clifford was locomotive superintendent of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland (GNRI) from 1895 to 1912. [1] Clifford is attributed with increasing the size and power of the GNRI locomotive stock to match the increasing length and weight of train loads in this period; producing locomotives of that stood comparison with those of the Great Southern and Western Railway. [1]
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Clifford began his railway career as an apprentice to Samuel Wilfred Haughton, leaving the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway in 1861. [2] At the Irish North Western Railway (INWR) in Dundalk he became Locomotive Superintendent. [2] On the amalgamation on the INWR to the GNR he transferred to the new company under J.C. Park. [2] On Park's retirement in 1895 Clifford took the position of Locomotive Superintendent of the GNR. [3]
Clifford retired from the GNR in 1912. [3] He died on 5 September 1927. [2]