Walter Mackersie Smith (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walter Mackersie Smith (1842-1906) was a Scottish engineer who made an important contribution to the development of the compound steam locomotive. His middle name has sometimes been mis-spelt Mackenzie . He was born at Ferry-Port on Craig, FifeHe married Margaret Black and they had eight children. One of his sons, Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, became a Fellow of the Royal Society . W. M. Smith died in 1906 while still working for the North Eastern Railway.