Robert Scott (engineer)

On leaving school he worked in the locomotive department of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway where he was trained by William Stroudley.

[6] Scott also designed a prototype insulated frozen-meat wagon in the mid-1880s, the "V" and "W" class locomotives, and New Zealand's first oil engine.

[9] In August 1889, Scott was offered an engineering post in the New Zealand Railways Department's head office in Wellington.

[13] His sailing and design prowess became apparent in the 1888 when Scott with a group of friends acquired an old yacht Fleetwing, upgraded it, and won a number of races.

[14][15] He died of heart failure in Christchurch on 8 November 1930, having suffered from long periods of ill health over a number of years.