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1901 Employed as an assistant manager (loco engineer); living in Glasgow St Rollox | 1901 Employed as an assistant manager (loco engineer); living in Glasgow St Rollox | ||
1905 [[David MacNab Ramsay]] and [[Hugh Reid]] patented <ref>European patent database</ref> a joint invention, the | 1905 [[David MacNab Ramsay]] and [[Hugh Reid]] patented <ref>European patent database</ref> a joint invention, the [[Reid-Ramsay]] steam-turbine electric-locomotive<ref>[[The Engineer 1909/11/05]]</ref>, which underwent some trials but was not placed in service<ref>Reid Ramsay loco[http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/reidrams/reidrams.htm]</ref>. | ||
1922 Ramsay formed the [[Ramsay Condensing Locomotive Co]] which commissioned a second turbo-electric locomotive from [[Armstrong Whitworth|Armstrong, Whitworth and Co]] of Newcastle<ref>The Times Mar 29, 1922</ref>. | 1922 Ramsay formed the [[Ramsay Condensing Locomotive Co]] which commissioned a second turbo-electric locomotive from [[Armstrong Whitworth|Armstrong, Whitworth and Co]] of Newcastle<ref>The Times Mar 29, 1922</ref>. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:13, 8 January 2018
of Florida St, Mount Florida, Glasgow (1905)
c.1873 Born in Perth[1]
1891 Living with his parents in Perth, an engine fitter[2]
1901 Employed as an assistant manager (loco engineer); living in Glasgow St Rollox
1905 David MacNab Ramsay and Hugh Reid patented [3] a joint invention, the Reid-Ramsay steam-turbine electric-locomotive[4], which underwent some trials but was not placed in service[5].
1922 Ramsay formed the Ramsay Condensing Locomotive Co which commissioned a second turbo-electric locomotive from Armstrong, Whitworth and Co of Newcastle[6].
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