James Johnson (railway engineer)

{{short description|British railway engineer (19th century)}}

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|birth_date = 1862

|birth_place = Bury, Lancashire

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|parents = Samuel Waite Johnson (father)

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James Johnson (1862 – ){{cn|date=March 2024}} was an English railway engineer who was Locomotive Superintendent of the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) from 1890–94.{{cite web|url=https://steamindex.com/people/engrs.htm#johnson |title=Brief Biographies of Mechanical Engineers |publisher=Steamindex.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lner.info/eng/jjohnson.shtml |title=James Johnson |publisher=Lner.info |date= |accessdate=2012-06-27}} He was the son of Samuel Waite Johnson, of Midland Railway fame. In 1892, he married Christina Sarah Louisa Drummond, daughter of Dugald Drummond.{{cn|date=March 2024}}