Tom Hurry Riches Explained

Tom Hurry Riches
Birth Date:	24 November 1846
Birth Place:	Cardiff, Wales
Death Place:	Cardiff, Wales
Known For:	Railway engineer
Children:	Charles 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 on 4 September 1911. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest locomotive superintendent in Britain. Riches was elected as a Whitworth Exhibitioner in 1868.^[1]

Riches served as President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers between 1907–1908.^[2]

His son, Charles T. Hurry Riches was Locomotive Superintendent of the Rhymney Railway from 1906 until 1922.

Locomotive designs

• TVR H class 0-6-0T (1884)
• TVR O1 class 0-6-2T (1894)
• TVR U class 0-6-2T (1895)
• TVR U1 class 0-6-2T (1896)
• TVR O2 class 0-6-2T (1899)
• TVR O3 class 0-6-2T (1904)
• TVR O4 class 0-6-2T (1907)

References

• Web site: Tom Hurry Riches . steamindex.com . 2008-01-08.

Notes and References

1. The Whitworth Society. 'The Whitworth Register', 2008, p.46
2. Web site: Past Presidents . . 25 October 2022.