Locomotive superintendent of the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland
Martin Atock
Born
June 1834[1]
Preston, Lancashire, England
Died
1901 [2]
Nationality
British
Occupation
Engineer
Engineering career
Discipline
Locomotive engineering
Projects
MGWR locomotives
Significant design
'Fly away' cab
Significant advance
Standardisation 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]
MartinAtock, also formerly known as Martin Attock, was an English railway engineer, who is best known as the Locomotive Superintendent of the Midland...
draughtsman in 1890. He married Constance Louisa Vernon in 1892. When MartinAtock announced his intended retirement from the MGWR Henry Edward Cusack was...
successor Robert Ramage in 1863 also seemed to favour the type. After MartinAtock succeeded in 1872 there were no more orders of the type due to generally...
to 1887 for the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) of Ireland to a MartinAtock design. Numbering 39 at their peak they were the standard MGWR passenger...
1857 until his contract was not renewed in 1861 and he was replaced by MartinAtock. Pim, J. (Junior) (1841). "Irish Railway: The Atmospheric Railway". Letter...
class E was a small 0-6-0T steam locomotive class designed in 1891 by MartinAtock, the then locomotive superintendent of the Midland Great Western Railway...
Edward Wilson (1854-) Joseph Cabry (1856-1862) Rober Ramage (1862-) MartinAtock (1865-1900) Edward Cusack (1901-1915) W. H. Morton (1916-1924) History...
Class K was a Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) 2-4-0 designed by MartinAtock for passenger work and introduced from 1893. They replaced earlier MGWR...
Western Railway (MGWR) Class P were an 0-6-0T tank locomotive designed by MartinAtock introduced in 1881 designed for shunting and banking round North Wall...
less successful on the MGWR. The final 2-4-0 engines ordered in the pre MartinAtock era were from Avonside and formed MGWR Class 18. They were the only significant...
were born between 1847 and 1851 though Caroline died about aged two. MartinAtock, some 10 years older than Frederick, entered the employ of the ECR about...
beginning of the 1900s introducing a further generation of larger 4-4-0s. MartinAtock of the MGWR was known to be resistant to bogies but perhaps influenced...
4-2-0 and even 2-2-2 one or two driving axles designs. It was not until MartinAtock became Locomotive Superintendent in 1872 that further 0-6-0 locomotives...
1950. Railway workers with MGWR Class Lm No. 79 'Mayo' with distinctive Atock 'fly away' cab originally fitted to these locomotives No. 589 at Clifden...