Volume 7
- PART OF:
- Railway Diaries
- Made:
- 1957-02-08-1958-03-14
- part of archive:
- Fred Rich Archive
- maker:
- Rich, Frederick
Personal diary covering the period February 1957 to March 1958. Records Fred Rich's final period as a drawing-office engineer at Derby and his transition into locomotive testing and performance investigation. The volume documents his involvement in diesel locomotive design and modification work, engineering research, technical investigations and discussions concerning modern traction. It also contains entries relating to locomotive testing, test runs, instrumentation, fault investigation and the analysis of locomotive performance, reflecting Rich's growing engagement with measurement and engineering research. References to footplate experience, railway observation, photography, technical education and continued friendships with railwaymen and railway enthusiasts demonstrate his ongoing involvement in the operational and social world of the railway. The diary traces a major professional transition, documenting Rich's emergence as a locomotive testing engineer and his growing involvement with the work at Rugby that would become central to the next phase of his railway career.
Details
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Identifier:
- RICH/1/1/7
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