Thomas Wheatley

Thomas Wheatley (1821–1883) was a British locomotive engineer who served as Locomotive Superintendent of the North British Railway from 1867 until 1874. His most notable design was the four-coupled bogie 4-4-0 of 1871, the first British inside-cylinder 4-4-0, which served the NBR's Edinburgh–Carlisle expresses over the Waverley route.

Born at Hooton, Cheshire on 21 April 1821, Wheatley worked under John Ramsbottom on the LNWR's Northern Division before joining the NBR. He was dismissed in November 1874 over alleged irregularities; he was succeeded by Dugald Drummond. Wheatley died at Bedlington on 4 April 1883.