Bell, Alfred Robert One of the two founding brothers, and editor of the
Locomotive Magazine.
Bell, Arthur Morton Although one of the initial two brothers behind the publishing company, he focused on his engineering career. After serving an apprenticeship at the GER's
Stratford Works, he rose to a position of some seniority in the locomotive department. He was involved in the trials of
Holden's oil-burning locomotives and this work on oil firing would be a theme for the rest of his career, around the world; at the
Kursk, Kharkov and Sevastopol Railway, the
Austrian State Railways, the railways of Sicily, and, in the United States, on the
Pennsylvania, the
California Southern, and the
Los Angeles Terminal. although published by Virtue rather than Locomotive Publishing.
Bell, Walter John The third of the brothers to join, he became the fourth partner in 1896 with the formation of the company. His professional career remained focussed on engineering though, particularly through a long career with Taike and Carlton Ltd. of Victoria Street, London. His publishing career included being the Consulting Editor of
The Locomotive. In addition he authored a number of books on locomotive engineering and on railway history, some co-authored with A.C.W. Lowe. Died 18 September 1938 at Malden,
Kingston upon Thames, aged 64.
A.C.W. Lowe A.C.W. Lowe was one of the original founders of the company. A graduate of
Trinity College, Cambridge, he lived at Gosfield Hall,
Halstead, Essex. The extent of his involvement with the magazine was extensive, although now difficult to ascertain. He may have been an initial financial backer, and remained a major shareholder. His extensive writing for the magazine was anonymous, although he is known to have written a long and notable series of articles on
Great Eastern locomotives, published between 1901 and 1913. He also acted as
proofreader for
The Locomotive, throughout his life. He died on 3 February 1942, aged 76.
Tilling, William George Tilling was a trained
printer, rather than a railwayman, and became a director of the Locomotive Publishing Co. He took a keen amateur interest in railways though and was an early member of the
Institution of Locomotive Engineers. He wrote a number of
monographs on locomotives,
The Locomotives of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (1920) and the three-volume
Locomotives of the Southern Railway. He died on 25 July 1956. This death precipitated the sale to Ian Allan by the two remaining partners. Tilling was a
freemason and also wrote
A Short History of the Lodge of St. James, No. 765: 1859-1959. This was completed after his death by Gilbert Fabes and published posthumously. == Photo library ==