Samuel Barton Worthington

Samuel Barton Worthington (1820–1915) was a British railway civil engineer whose career spanned the formative decades of mainline railway construction. He was articled to Joseph Locke in 1836 and worked with him on major surveys and construction projects across Britain, including the Glasgow–Greenock Railway, the Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway, and the Sheffield & Manchester Railway. Between 1840 and 1844 he assisted Locke on the construction of the Paris–Rouen Railway.

Worthington returned to England in 1844 to serve as resident engineer for the southern half of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway, becoming engineer to the company when the line opened in 1846. He took charge of the Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway in 1850. Following the leasing of the Lancaster & Carlisle to the London & North Western Railway in 1859, he was placed in charge of the lines from Carlisle to the Liverpool and Manchester line. His responsibilities were expanded in 1862 to include all LNWR lines north of Crewe, except the Cromford & High Peak Railway. He remained Engineer of the LNWR Northern Division until his retirement in 1886.

Worthington practised as a consulting engineer from 1886 until 1896. He was elected a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1861 and of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1860.