Editing Chief mechanical engineer (section)

==Prominent examples==
*[[R. J. Billinton]]
**[[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] 1890–1904<ref name=Lowe>{{cite book |title=British Steam Locomotive Builders |last=Lowe |first=James W. |year=1975 |publisher=Goose and Son |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-900404-21-3}}</ref>
*[[L. B. Billinton]]
**[[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] 1912–1922<ref name=Lowe/>
*[[Oliver Bulleid]]
**[[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]], 1937–1948<ref>{{cite web |url=https://steamindex.com/people/bulleid.htm |title=Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid| date=January 4, 2011| access-date=September 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url=http://www.lner.info/eng/bulleid.shtml| title=Oliver Bulleid| encyclopedia=The London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Encyclopedia| author=Marsden, Richard| publisher=Winwaed Software Technology LLC| year=2011| access-date=September 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name=Pile>{{cite web| url=http://www.34058.co.uk/Oliver%20Bulleid.htm| title=Oliver Vaughn Snell Bulleid, CBE 1882–1970| work=34058 – Sir Frederick Pile| access-date=September 5, 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105182253/http://www.34058.co.uk/Oliver%20Bulleid.htm| archive-date=January 5, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=Yesterday's Railways| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBIcQ8D_foC| page=172| author=Herring, Peter| publisher=David & Herring| year=2004| isbn=0-7153-1733-4}}</ref>
**Córas Iompair Éireann ([[CIÉ]]) (Ireland), 1950–1958<ref name=Pile />
*[[George Jackson Churchward]]
**[[Great Western Railway]], 1902–1921<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=8&s=9&ss=269| title=George Jackson Churchward| work=SwindonWeb| access-date=September 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=The Great Western Railway| author=Bryan, Tim| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PaUO2yobbtoC| page=23| publisher=Shire Publications| year=2010| isbn=978-0-7478-0788-9}}</ref>
*[[Charles Collett]]
**[[Great Western Railway]] 1921–1941<ref name=Lowe/>
*[[Dugald Drummond]]
**[[North British Railway]] 1875–1882<ref name=Lowe/>
**[[Caledonian Railway]] 1882–1890<ref name=Lowe/>
**[[London and South Western Railway]] 1895–1912<ref name=Lowe/>
*[[Peter Drummond (engineer)|Peter Drummond]]
**[[Highland Railway]] 1896–1911<ref name=Lowe/>
**[[Glasgow and South Western Railway]] 1912–1918<ref name=Lowe/>
*[[Henry Fowler (engineer)|Henry Fowler]]
**[[Midland Railway]], 1909–1923<ref name=Lowe/>
**[[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]], 1925–1931<ref name=Lowe/>
*[[Daniel Gooch]]
**[[Great Western Railway]], 1837–1864
*[[John Viret Gooch]]
**[[London and South Western Railway]], 1841–1850
*[[Nigel Gresley]]
**[[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]], 1911–1922
**[[London and North Eastern Railway]], 1923–1941
*[[David Anderson Hendrie]]
**[[Natal Government Railways]] ?−1909
**[[South African Railways and Harbours Administration|South African Railways and Harbours]] 1910–1922
*[[Matthew Holmes (engineer)|Matthew Holmes]]
**[[North British Railway]] 1882–1903
*[[George Ivatt]]
**[[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]], 1945–1947
*[[John F. McIntosh]]
**[[Caledonian Railway]] 1895–1914
*[[Frederick Mills (engineer)|Frederick Mills]]
**[[Western Australian Government Railways]] 1940–1949
*[[Arthur Peppercorn|Arthur H. Peppercorn]]
**[[London and North Eastern Railway]], 1946–1947
*[[William Pickersgill]]
**[[Great North of Scotland Railway]] 1894–1914
**[[Caledonian Railway]] 1914–1923
*[[Vincent Raven]]
**[[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]], 1910–1922
*[[William P. Reid]]
**[[North British Railway]], 1903–1919
*[[Robert Riddles]]
**[[British Rail]]ways, 1948–1953
*[[John G. Robinson]]
**[[Great Central Railway]], 1900–1922
*[[Mervyn F. Ryan]]
**[[Central Argentine Railway]], 1918–1925
*[[William Stanier]]
**[[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]], 1932–1944<ref name=Lowe/>
*[[Matthew Stirling (Railway Engineer)|Matthew Stirling]]
**[[Hull and Barnsley Railway]], ?-1922
*[[Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)|Patrick Stirling]]
**[[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]], 1866–?
*[[Robert Absalom Thom]]
**[[Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway]], 1902–1907
*[[Edward Thompson (engineer)|Edward Thompson]]
**[[London and North Eastern Railway]], 1941–1946
*[[Francis Webb (engineer)|Francis Webb]]
**[[London and North Western Railway]] 1870–1906
*[[B. D. Rampala]]
**[[Sri Lanka Railways]] 1910–1994