About Alfred John Hill
Lived 1862 – 1927 (aged 64–65). Alfred John Hill was an engineer.
Alfred John Hill (1 January 1862 – 1 January 1927) was Chief Mechanical Engineer at the Stratford Works of the Great Eastern Railway from 1912 to 1922.
His best-known design is probably the GER Class L77 0-6-2 tank locomotive which was perpetuated (as Class N7) by Nigel Gresley of the London and North Eastern Railway after the 1923 grouping.
Locomotive designs GER Class C72 (LNER Class J68 0-6-0T) GER Class B74 (LNER Class Y4 0-4-0T) GER Class L77 (LNER Class N7 0-6-2T) GER Class T77 (LNER Class J19 0-6-0) GER Class D81 (LNER Class J20 0-6-0) GER Class H88 (LNER Class D16 4-4-0) GER Class S69 (LNER Class B12 4-6-0)
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British engineer
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Alfred John Hill was born in 1862.
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Alfred John Hill died in 1927.
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Alfred John Hill was an engineer.
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