Tom Hurry Riches

{{Short description|British railway engineer (1846–1911)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{more footnotes needed|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox person |name = Tom Hurry Riches |image = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1846|11|24|df=y}} |birth_place = Cardiff, Wales |death_date = {{Death date and age|1911|09|04|1846|11|24|df=y}} |death_place = Cardiff, Wales |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates =  |nationality = |other_names = |known_for = Railway engineer |education = |alma_mater = |employer = |occupation = |years_active = |title = |spouse = |partner = |children = [[Charles T. Hurry Riches]] (son) |parents = |relations = }}

'''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 Society|Whitworth Exhibitioner]] in 1868.<ref>The Whitworth Society. 'The Whitworth Register', 2008, p.46</ref>

Riches served as President of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] between 1907–1908.<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Presidents |url=https://www.imeche.org/about-us/imeche-engineering-history/presidents |website=[[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref>

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

==Locomotive designs== *[[Taff Vale Railway H class|TVR H class]] [[0-6-0T]] (1884) *[[Taff Vale Railway O1 class|TVR O1 class]] [[0-6-2T]] (1894) *[[Taff Vale Railway U class|TVR U class]] [[0-6-2T]] (1895) *[[Taff Vale Railway U1 class|TVR U1 class]] [[0-6-2T]] (1896) *[[Taff Vale Railway O2 class|TVR O2 class]] [[0-6-2T]] (1899) *[[Taff Vale Railway O3 class|TVR O3 class]] [[0-6-2T]] (1904) *[[Taff Vale Railway O4 class|TVR O4 class]] [[0-6-2T]] (1907)

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web |url=https://steamindex.com/people/riches.htm |title=Tom Hurry Riches |work=steamindex.com |accessdate=2008-01-08}}

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