Person
Tait, Thomas James (1864 - 1940)
- Born
- 24 July 1864
Melbourne, Quebec, Canada - Died
- 25 July 1940
St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada - Occupation
- Railway engineer
Summary
Sir Thomas Tait was chairman of commissioners, Victorian Railways 1903-1910. 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.
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Chronology
- 1880 - 1903
- Career position - Worked for Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways in Canada - variety of administrative positions, rising to manager of transportation
- 1903 - 1910
- Career position - Chairman of Commissioners for Victorian Railways
- 1911
- Award - Knighted
- 1916
- Career position - Director-General of national service for Canada
Published resources
Book Sections
- Johnston, Susan, 'Tait, Sir Thomas James (1864-1940)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 12 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 162-163. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120180b.htm. Details
Conference Papers
- Pierce, Miles, 'The electrification of Melbourne's suburban railway network', in Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference: AEHC 2022 (Barton, ACT: Engineers Australia, 2023), pp. 118-133., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.837099198716550. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7791217. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/4692150749010116420003. Details
- 'Tait, Thomas James (1864-1940)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475563. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018