Known for Railway engineer Name Tom Riches | Died September 4, 1911 | |
Born November 24, 1846 ( 1846-11-24 ) Cardiff, Wales Children C. T. Hurry Riches (son) | ||
Tom Hurry Riches (1846–1911) 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. Riches was elected as a Whitworth Exhibitioner in 1868.
His son, Charles T. Hurry Riches was Locomotive Superintendent of the Rhymney Railway from 1906 until 1922.
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