Cecil J. Allen
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Cecil J. Allen was a British railway engineer and technical journalist and writer.
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, and then went on to write for Trains Illustrated (now Modern Railways
), which at the time was edited by his son, Geoffrey Freeman Allen
.
Work
Qualified as a civil engineer, Allen worked for the Great Eastern RailwayGreat Eastern Railway
The Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...
and later the London & North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...
, 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
The Railway Magazine
The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897. it has been, for three years running, the railway magazine with the largest circulation in the U.K., having a monthly average sale during 2009 of...
from 1909 to 1958, and then went on to write for Trains Illustrated (now Modern Railways
Modern Railways
Modern Railways is a British monthly magazine covering the rail transport industry published by Ian Allan. It has been published since 1962....
), which at the time was edited by his son, Geoffrey Freeman Allen
Geoffrey Freeman Allen
Geoffrey Freeman Allen was an author specialising in the field of railways.He authored many books and magazine articles on this subject, and for a time was editor of Jane's World Railways.His name was usually styled G. Freeman Allen.- Bibliography :...
.
See also
- Geoffrey Freeman AllenGeoffrey Freeman AllenGeoffrey Freeman Allen was an author specialising in the field of railways.He authored many books and magazine articles on this subject, and for a time was editor of Jane's World Railways.His name was usually styled G. Freeman Allen.- Bibliography :...
, his son, also a writer on railway topics, and first editor of Modern RailwaysModern RailwaysModern Railways is a British monthly magazine covering the rail transport industry published by Ian Allan. It has been published since 1962....