Railway Personnel

A summary of Personnel and related Events that took place on our local Railways represented at Cathays Cemetery.

Barry Docks Railway

Name Dates Classification Plot
Richard Evans 1833-1912 First General Manager M 1770

Cardiff Railway

Name Dates Classification Plot
Samuel W Allen 1845-1920 Post of Locomotive Superintendent created in 1870 when he came from Parfitt & Jenkins which built locomotives for the Marquis of Bute. Post lapsed in 1881 when he retired (role fulfilled by chief engineers). M 439
Charles Lafayette Hunter 1839-1902 Chief Engineer L 1184

Rhymney Railway

Name Dates Classification Plot
John Canty 1842-1884 Locomotive Superintendent M 757
Henry Hawks 1876-1904 Boiler burst on the Rhymney Railway J 189
John Kendall 1829-1869 Locomotive Superintendant Q 527
Cornelius Lundie 1818-1908 Director & Engineer M 1917
William Murphy 1885-1904 Boiler burst on the Rhymney Railway R 2740
Thomas Parry 1876-1904 Boiler burst on the Rhymney Railway A 1276

Neath & Brecon Railway

Name Dates Classification Plot
Samuel W Allen 1845-1920 Locomotive Superintendent, Consulting Engineer to Cardiff Board of Guardians, member of the Cardiff Naturalists M 439

Parfitt & Jenkins, Cardiff

A general engineering firm which constructed thirteen 0-6-0ST locomotives between 1869 and 1881. These were supplied to the Marquis of Bute's Railway. Some were eventually absorbed into GWR stock. See Samuel W Allen - Cardiff Railway above.

Severn Tunnel

Name Dates Classification Plot
William Marsh 1839-1901 Assistant Engineer B 864

Taff Vale Railway

Name Dates Classification Plot
James Brown -1893 Pontypridd Railway Disaster 1893 Victim J 345
Edward Edwards 1836-1912 Secretary L 2171
George Fisher 1866-1891 Loco Superintendant 1869-73 L 839/L 867
George Gould -1911 Hopkinstown Railway Disaster 1911 Victim S 3327
John Howell Hosgood 1860-1910 Chief draughtsman L 1856
Oscar Hurford 1848-1926 Stationmaster Cowbridge & Pontypridd M 1283
Edward Kenway 1816-1867 Secretary M 1877
Frederick Marwood 1827-1879 Secretary L 720
Thomas McMullen 1804-1892 Station Manager - Station Terrace & Newport Road, Cardiff L 881
Patrick Ratican -1878 Hopkinstown Railway Disaster 1878 Victim D 428
Tom Hurry Riches 1846-1911 Locomotive superintendent L 867
Annie Williams -1893 Pontypridd Railway Disaster 1893 Victim S 455