Oswald Stevens Nock | |
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| Born | 21 January 1905 Sutton Coldfield, England |
| Died | 21 September 1994 (aged 89) Bath, England |
| Education | Giggleswick School |
| Occupation | Signalling engineer |
| Known for | Railway author |
| Spouse | Olivia Ravenall |
Oswald Stevens Nock, B. Sc., DIC, C. Eng, M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Loco.E.,[1] (21 January 1905 – 29 September 1994), nicknamed Ossie, was a British railway signal engineer and senior manager at the Westinghouse company; he is well known for his prodigious output of popularist publications on railway subjects, including over 100 books, as well as many more technical works on locomotive performance.
He authored articles on railway signalling and locomotive performance for The Engineer researched during World War II, and from 1958 to 1980 he succeeded Cecil J. Allen as the author of the "British locomotive practice and performance" series published in The Railway Magazine.