Talk:Chief Mechanical Engineer
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I had originally put NA because this is a list. Since there's some disagreement, I've now put it at Start class. Please review the quality rating scale and reassess as needed. Slambo (Speak) 11:19, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
- I think it needs a lot more work and better definition of what a CME was. I get the impression that Locomotive Superintendent was a bigger fish in the hierarchy with more responsibility and power although there may have been some variation according to the company and the character of the person holding the office.--John of Paris 08:16, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Scope of article
Didn't know this article existed! It is obviously not as well-linked as it might be. Having found it, I see it is in need of work. For a start we need to define the responsibilities of a CME, and explain when the title was first and last used, whether it was a UK-only thing, etc.
Next we need to sort out the list of names. At present it is A-Z by surname. I'm not convinced this is the best way to show them. There are enough of them to justify a Category:Chief Mechanical Engineers of railways of the United Kingdom, in which case an A-Z list would be redundant (and the dates/railways would be shown on their own articles). Also, there are an awful lot of names missing.
Perhaps it would be more useful to list all CMEs in chronological order per company, showing the dates served. This also would permit links to sub-pages like: List of Chief Mechanical Engineers of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (and the equivalents for the Big Four).
Something for the WikiProject:UK Railways ToDo list? A possible collaboration in due course?
EdJogg (talk) 13:15, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
PS - Note that Category:Locomotive superintendents already exists! -- EdJogg (talk) 13:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
