Cecil J. Allen
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| Cecil J Allen | |
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| Born | 1886 |
| Died | 5 February 1973 |
| Occupation | Railway engineer |
| Employer | Great Eastern Railway; London and North Eastern Railway |
Cecil J. Allen (1886– 5 February 1973[1]) was a British railway engineer and technical journalist and writer.
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Work
Qualified as a civil engineer, Allen worked for the Great Eastern Railway and later the London & North Eastern Railway, becoming an authority on steel rails. He inspected new rails for quality.
He also was the second contributor to the long-running British locomotive practice and performance article series in The Railway Magazine from 1909 to 1958,[2] and then went on to write for Trains Illustrated (now Modern Railways), which at the time was edited by his son, Geoffrey Freeman Allen.
He was a committed Christian and an accomplished organist, writing a chorus "The Lord has need of me". He was offered a place on the train when Mallard broke the world speed record in 1938, but declined the offer as the run was scheduled for a Sunday morning and clashed with his regular church (Christian Brethren) attendance.[citation needed]
Bibliography
He wrote numerous books on locomotives, and railway company histories, as well as an autobiography "Two Million Miles of Train Travel":[2]
- Locomotives
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- Railway company histories
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- General railways
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- Other
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See also
- Geoffrey Freeman Allen, his son, also a writer on railway topics, and first editor of Modern Railways
References
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