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Martin Atock
BornJune 1834[1]
Preston, Lancashire, England
Died1901 [2]
NationalityBritish
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineLocomotive engineering
ProjectsMGWR locomotives
Significant design'Fly away' cab
Significant advanceStandardisation
Regular stock renewal

Martin Atock, also formerly known as Martin Attock, was an English railway engineer, who is best known as the Locomotive Superintendent of the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) from 1872 to 1900.[2]

  1. ^ Shepherd (2009), p. 17.
  2. ^ a b Shepherd (1994), pp. 85–88.

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