Matthew Murray was an engineer born in Newcastle on Tyne who became known for improving steam engines and building the first commercially successful steam locomotive.
Montague Napier
Montague Stanley Napier (14 April 1870 – 22 January 1931) was an English automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer.
Robert Daglish
Robert Daglish (1779–1865) was a colliery manager, mining, mechanical and civil engineer at the start of the railway era.
William Henry Gaunt
William Henry Gaunt (born in Bradford, Yorkshire, 13 January 1874 – 31 October 1951) was an English transport engineer who began his working life developing and building gas-powered trams.