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Tait, Thomas James (1864 - 1940)

Railway engineer

Born: 24 July 1864 Melbourne, Quebec, Canada. Died: 25 July 1940 St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.

(Sir) Thomas James Tait was chairman of commissioners, Victorian Railways 1903-10. Electrification of Melbourne's suburban railways began in 1913 and the red carriages of the new electric trains were known as 'Tait cars'. He was educated at McGill University.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1880 - 1903 Worked for Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways in Canada - variety of administrative positions, rising to manager of transportation
1903 - 1910 Chairman of Commissioners for Victorian Railways
1911 Knighted
1916 Director-General of national service for Canada

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 4 December 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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