Tom Hurry Riches
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Tom Hurry Riches was a British engineer who became the Locomotive Superintendent of the Taff Vale Railway
in October 1873, and held the post until his death. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest locomotive superintendent in Britain.
His son, Charles T. Hurry Riches was Locomotive Superintendent of the Rhymney Railway
from 1906 until 1922.
Taff Vale Railway
The Taff Vale Railway is a railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, and is one of the oldest in Wales. It operated as an independent company from 1836 until 1922, when it became a constituent company of the Great Western Railway...
in October 1873, and held the post until his death. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest locomotive superintendent in Britain.
His son, Charles T. Hurry Riches was Locomotive Superintendent of the Rhymney Railway
Rhymney Railway
The Rhymney Railway was virtually a single stretch of main line, some fifty miles in length, by which the Rhymney Valley was connected to the docks at Cardiff in the county of Glamorgan, South Wales.-History:...
from 1906 until 1922.