William Arthur Newman
William Arthur Newman (c1890-1953),chief of motive power and rolling stock on the Canadian Pacific Railway
1953 Obituary [1]
We have learned with regret of the death, which occurred recently in Montreal, of Mr. William Arthur Newman, chief of motive power and rolling stock on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Mr. Newman, who was sixty-three, joined the mechanical department of the C.P.R. in 1911 and became chief mechanical engineer in 1928.
During the war he was engaged in the service of the Canadian Government, first as president and general manager of Federal Aircraft, Ltd., and later as aircraft controller in the Department of Munitions and Supply.
After the war, Mr. Newman organised the C.P.R. research department, of which he was manager from 1945 to 1949, when he was appointed chief of motive power and rolling stock.