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| Richard Mountford Deeley (24 October 1855 — 19 June 1944). He was Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the [[Midland Railway]]. He was succeeded in 1909 by [[Henry Fowler]]. | | #REDIRECT: [[Richard Mountford Deeley]] |
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| Deeley was born in Derby, the son of a [[Midland Railway]] accountant. He became a pupil of [[Samuel W. Johnson]] at [[Derby Works]] and was promoted to locomotive superintendent in 1904. He made significant contributions to compounding, adopting Smith's system for his "Midland Compound" 4-4-0s.
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