Author: C. J. Bowen Cooke
Alternate names: Charles John Bowen Cooke
Born: 11 January 1859
Died: 18 October 1920
Bio: Charles John Bowen Cooke, CBE, was born in Orton Longueville (then in Huntingdonshire), England, and was Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). He was the first to add superheating to the locomotives of the railway. Whilst CME of the LNWR he was responsible for the introduction of several new locomotive designs, including the George the Fifth and Claughton classes. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War.

He wrote the books *British Locomotives: Their History, Construction, and Modern Development* (1893, with a second edition in 1894, and third edition in 1899) and *Some Recent Developments in Locomotive Practice* (1902).

Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bowen_Cooke)