# Benjamin Connor

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Benjamin Connor Born 1813 (1813) Glasgow Died 3 February 1876(1876-02-03) (aged 62–63) Glasgow Children 5, including Benjamin Conner Jr Engineering career Discipline Mechanical engineering

**Benjamin Connor** or **Benjamin Conner** (1813 in Glasgow – 3 February 1876 in Glasgow)[1] was a [Locomotive Superintendent](/source/Locomotive_Superintendent) of the [Caledonian Railway](/source/Caledonian_Railway) from 1856 to 1876. Connor married Helen Dick and had five children: James (born 1854), Cristina (born 1858), Alexander (born 1860), Benjamin (born 1864) and William (born 1867).

## Design

*The Railway Gazette* described Connor as a "very celebrated engineer" because of his 1839 design of the passenger locomotive which was an enlargement on the locomotives available at the time. A locomotive built from his drawings was exhibited at the 1862 London International Exhibition.[2]

## Career

Connor was apprenticed to James Gray of Glasgow. Later he worked for Murdoch, Aitken & Co, Glasgow, where he learned locomotive engineering. He moved to England, working in Liverpool and Manchester, and then returned to Scotland to work for W.M. Neilson. After this he worked for [Robert Napier and Sons](/source/Robert_Napier_and_Sons) and learned marine engineering. He was appointed locomotive superintendent of the Caledonian Railway in 1856.[1]

## Locomotives

Main article: [Locomotives of the Caledonian Railway](/source/Locomotives_of_the_Caledonian_Railway)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-steamindex_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-steamindex_1-1) ["Conner, Benjamin"](https://steamindex.com/people/caleloco.htm#conner). *Steamindex.com*. 30 March 1964. Retrieved 23 June 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*The Railway Gazette*](https://books.google.com/books?id=GmYyAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Benjamin+Conner%22+railroad), vol. 33, Queen Anne's Chambers, 1920, p. 459

## Sources

- *Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives*, January 1961, page 58

Business positions Preceded by Robert Sinclair Locomotive Superintendent of the Caledonian Railway 1856-1876 Succeeded by George Brittain

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