George Ivatt

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mechanical engineer person railway engineer

George Ivatt was a British railway engineer best known for designing some of the last steam and early diesel locomotives for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its nationalised successor, British Railways.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mechanical engineer → person → railway engineer →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
employer	British Railways → London, Midland and Scottish Railway →
familyName	Ivatt →
fieldOfWork	diesel locomotive design → railway engineering → steam locomotive design →
gender	male →
hasGivenName	George →
hasSubjectOf	biographical articles on British railway engineers → historical studies of LMS locomotive design →
industry	locomotive engineering → rail transport →
influenced	early British diesel locomotive policy → post-war British steam locomotive design →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
notableFor	being among the last major British designers of mainline steam locomotives → contributing to the modernisation of British railway motive power → designing early diesel locomotives for British Railways → designing early diesel locomotives for the LMS → designing some of the last steam locomotives for the LMS → designing steam locomotives for British Railways →
notableRole	Chief Mechanical Engineer of the LMS →
notableWork	LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 steam locomotives → LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T steam locomotives → LMS Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 steam locomotives → early British Railways diesel locomotives → early LMS diesel-electric shunting locomotives →
occupation	locomotive designer → railway engineer →
partOf	history of British diesel locomotives → history of British steam locomotives →
workedOn	transition from steam to diesel traction on British railways →
workLocation	British Railways network → London, Midland and Scottish Railway network → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
London, Midland and Scottish Railway →	chiefMechanicalEngineer