Volume 6
- PART OF:
- Railway Diaries
- Made:
- 1956-03-01-1957-02-08
- part of archive:
- Fred Rich Archive
- maker:
- Rich, Frederick
Personal diary covering the period March 1956 to February 1957. Records Fred Rich's final months in the Brighton Drawing Office and his subsequent transfer to the Derby Drawing Office. The volume documents drawing-office work, locomotive modification schemes and engineering consultations, together with increasing dissatisfaction with workplace management, promotion procedures and organisational practices. It also contains entries relating to footplate experience, railway observation, photography and continuing friendships with railwaymen and railway enthusiasts. Following his move to Derby, the diary records growing involvement in locomotive design, technical investigation and modern traction projects, including work associated with diesel locomotives. References to engineering research, specialist literature and discussions with technical staff reflect Rich's increasing engagement with advanced locomotive development and analysis. The volume marks a significant career transition, documenting his emergence as an independent professional engineer engaged in locomotive design, investigation and modern traction engineering.
Details
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Identifier:
- RICH/1/1/6
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