Volume 8
- PART OF:
- Railway Diaries
- Made:
- 1958-03-15-1958-10-02
- part of archive:
- Fred Rich Archive
- maker:
- Rich, Frederick
Personal diary covering the period March 1958 to October 1958. Records Fred Rich's work at the Rugby Locomotive Testing Station, including locomotive testing, performance investigation, technical analysis and experimental engineering projects. The volume documents test runs, instrumentation work, fuel and water consumption studies, and investigations into locomotive performance, reflecting Rich's increasing specialisation as a testing engineer. It also contains material relating to the preparation of his paper Some Details of Steam Locomotive Design Affecting the Footplate Man, together with entries concerning footplate experience, railway observation, photography and continuing friendships with railwaymen and railway enthusiasts. References to railway closures, retirements and changing railway practices reveal a growing awareness of the historical significance of the steam railway era. The volume is distinctive in combining contemporary diary entries with substantial retrospective additions written in later years. It documents Rich at the height of his Rugby testing career, bringing together engineering investigation, technical writing, railway observation and historical reflection during a pivotal period in his railway career.
Details
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Identifier:
- RICH/1/1/8
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