Career
After serving an apprenticeship with and working for various private locomotive manufacturers he joined the Caledonian Railway in 1890, and became chief draughtsman, and later Works Manager at St. Rollox railway works under Dugald Drummond. In 1897 he moved with Drummond to join the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) as works manager at Nine Elms in London. He transferred to the new works at Eastleigh in 1909. Following the death of Dugald Drummond in 1912, Urie became chief mechanical engineer until his own retirement at the grouping of 1923.Locomotive designs
Patents
* GB191410781, published 13 August 1914, Improvements in means for connecting pipes or conduits * GB191410782, published 3 September 1914, Improvements in steam superheatersFamily
His son David Chalmers Urie was a locomotive engineer with the Highland Railway and later theReferences
Further reading
* John Marshall, (1978) ''A biographical dictionary of locomotive engineers'', David & Charles , - 1854 births 1937 deaths Locomotive builders and designers London and South Western Railway people Scottish railway mechanical engineers Scottish mechanical engineers {{Scotland-engineer-stub