- John G. Inglis
John Gordon Inglis
B.A.Sc. (1899 -November 18 ,1990 ) was aCanadian electrical engineer and transit manager.He was born in
Atwood ,Ontario , and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from theUniversity of Toronto in 1923. He worked for ten years at the Westinghouse Electric Company inEast Pittsburgh ,Pennsylvania , where he was involved in the early development of thePCC streetcar . He left Westinghouse to become Electrical Engineer for the Co-operative Transit Company in Wheeling,West Virginia . Because of his experience with the new PCC streetcars, he returned to Canada in 1936 and joined the Rolling Stock Department of theToronto Transportation Commission . He occupied increasingly important responsibilities until 1959, when he became General Manager – Operations. During his career he guided the TTC’s acquisition and operation of the world’s largest PCC fleet, and was responsible for the TTC’s adoption in the early 1960s of aluminium-bodied 23-metre long subway cars.The former Administration Building at the TTC's Hillcrest Complex was named the J.G. Inglis building in 1991 in his honour.
References
* [http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm "TTC Coupler"] , August 1939, Vol 14 No 3
* [http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm "TTC Coupler"] , July-August 1968, Vol 43 No 7-8
* [http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/coupler/coupler.htm "TTC Coupler"] , December 1990-January 1991, Vol 65 No 10
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