Alexander Allan (locomotive engineer)

He was born at Montrose, Angus, in 1809 and died at Scarborough, Yorkshire on 2 June 1891.

[3] In 1832 aged about 23 he took a position at Robert Stephenson and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne.

[3] By 1834 he had moved to Liverpool and taken up a position with George Forrester and Company who were about to begin building railway locomotives.

[4] He was the engineer sent for a year to supervise the maintenance of the three Forrester engines Vauxhall, Dublin and Kingstown for the first year of their service at Dublin and Kingstown Railway in 1834.

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LNWR No. 3074, Allan's 'Crewe' goods engine designed for the GJR , introduced 1846 [ 1 ]
Allan's 2-2-2 Columbine , GJR No. 49, LNWR No. 1868 with cab, built 1845 withdrawn 1902
Allan valve gear , seen here fitted to an early Austrian locomotive