| July 2, 1932 | Railway Age | Vol. 93 No. 1 |
George E. Smart, chief of car equipment of the Canadian National, who retired at the end of June, as announced in the Railway Age of July 2, page 34, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on December 23, 1873. Mr. Smart began railroad service in 1892, in the car department of the Grand Trunk. He was connected with the Canadian Pacific from 1904 to 1913, holding successively positions of general inspector, heating and lighting; general car inspector, and divisional car foreman, Eastern lines. In 1913, he became master car builder of the Canadian Government Railways (not C.N.R.) at Moncton, N.B., and in 1918, he was removed to Toronto, Ont., as general master car builder of the Canadian National. In 1920, Mr. Smart's jurisdiction was extended to include the Grand Trunk Pacific lines and later in the same year he became mechanical assistatn to the operating vice-president. In 1923, he was appointed chief of car equipment, with headquarters at Montréal, which position he held until his retirement. Mr. Smart served as vice-chairman of the Mechanical Division, American Railway Association from 1926 to 1927, and as chairman from 1928 to 1930.
George E. Smart