He was born in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, on 29 October 1833 and died in Glasgow on 1 February 1895.

[2] John Lambie became Locomotive Superintendent of the Caledonian Railway on 1 April 1891.

John Lambie improved conditions for enginemen by fitting cab doors, better handrails and footsteps to locomotives.

He improved on Dugald Drummond's 4-4-0 design in 1894 and he introduced condensing steam locomotives of the 4-4-0T and 0-4-4T types for underground lines.

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