Thomas William Worsdell (14 January 1838 – 28 June 1916) was an English locomotive engineer.

[1] William was born at his parents' house in Liverpool on 14 January 1838.

He retired from the NER on 1 October 1890 due to ill health and was replaced by his younger brother Wilson Worsdell.

[3] Worsdell obtained a number of patents[4] including several (in association with August von Borries, a Prussian locomotive engineer) relating to compound locomotives.

T. W. Worsdell used the von Borries two-cylinder compound system in several of his designs for the North Eastern Railway.