Charles Bowen Cooke

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox engineer Charles John Bowen Cooke Template:Post-nominals (11 January 1859 – 18 October 1920) was born in Orton Longueville (then in Huntingdonshire) and was Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).<ref name=RM196312>Template:Cite magazine</ref> He was the first to add superheating to the locomotives of the railway.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He wrote a book called British locomotives: their history, construction; and modern development which was published in 1893,<ref name=RM196312 /> with a second edition in 1894, and third in 1899<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=steamindex>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A second book, Developments in Locomotive Practice followed in 1902.<ref name=RM196312 /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Whilst CME of the LNWR he was responsible for the introduction of several new locomotive designs, including the George the Fifth and Claughton classes.<ref name=RM196312 />

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>

He died on 18 October 1920 and is buried in the churchyard at St Just in Roseland, Cornwall.<ref name=RM196312 />