Robert Turnbull (railway manager), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British railway manager
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About Robert Turnbull (railway manager)
- Sir Robert Turnbull (21 February 1852 – 22 February 1925) was a British railway manager.
- He joined the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1868 and became its General Manager in 1914.
- He was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1911 New Year Honours and knighted in 1913.
- He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps. A Claughton Class locomotive, LNWR No.
- 1161 (LMS No.
- 5901) was named after him, this underwent a paper rebuild to LMS Patriot Class No.
- 5901, from 1934 later 5540, which was in turn rebuilt into a LMS Rebuilt Patriot Class No.
- 5540, BR No.
- 45540.
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