Railway - apprentice boilermaker

[Hanan]

Wondering if anyone has access to railway records and can find me more information on this guy who pops up living with my relatives in 1911 Census.

Name: James Holmes
Age: 16
Relation to Head: Relative
Marital Status: Single
Born: Lanarkshire Glasgow
Address: 9 Craigton Ter, Springburn, Glasgow

Occupation: apprentice boilermaker
Industry: WB railway worker

I’d be interested to find out more about him and particularly how we are related.

Can anyone tell me who WB Railway are?

[tonepad]

Perhaps:

William Beardmore and Company

They made railway locomotives


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beardmore_and_Company


Tony

Added: Locomotive manufacture started in the 1920s, so maybe not the correct employer

[mazi]

I wonder if it’s mistranscribed and should be NB, for North British railway worker.

They had a large locomotive works in Springburn.

Mike

[Hanan]

Thanks for that I've never heard of William Beardmore, thought I was reading the census wrong.

[Hanan]

Have a look.

[tonepad]

William Beardmore were making plates for railway boilers in 1906:

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im190612RE-Beardmore.jpg


Tony

[mazi]

I would say that is NB railway works or worker, not sure which abbreviation,  but below is an stoker, just NB railway no works or worker distinction.

I would expect to find an apprentice boilermaker in a loco works, a separate division of the railway
Making locos rather than running them.

Mike

[tonepad]

Now agree it is more likely to be NB Railway Wks

The 'W' in Wks is written different to the 'N' in NB


Tony

[Hanan]

I think you may be right, Mazi makes a good argument and if there is a North British works in Springburn where they live. It makes sense to work there rather than travel.