Hugh Smellie

Hugh Smellie (1840–1891) was a Scottish locomotive engineer who served as Locomotive Superintendent of the Maryport & Carlisle Railway from 1870, of the Glasgow & South Western Railway from 1878 to 1890, and of the Caledonian Railway from May 1890 until his death the following year. His Caledonian appointment, in succession to Dugald Drummond, was made in spite of a hard-fought rivalry with the Glasgow & South Western, the Caledonian's main competitor.

Born at Ayr on 14 May 1840, Smellie was apprenticed in the local engineering trade and joined the GSWR. His most enduring design was the GSWR 119 Class 4-4-0 of 1886. After only fifteen months in office at St Rollox he died suddenly on 19 August 1891 and was succeeded by John Lambie.