Locomotives
Prior to 1873, Taff Vale’s locomotives were designed and built by outside contractors. The TVR’s Locomotive Superintendents were:
- B. S. Fisher (1869–1873)
- Tom Hurry Riches (1873–1910)
- John Cameron (1910–1922)
Tom Hurry Riches was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers from 1907–1908 and was the father of C. T. Hurry Riches who was Locomotive Superintendent of the Rhymney Railway from January 1906.
- Taff Vale Railway A class
- Taff Vale Railway H class
- Taff Vale Railway O1 class
- Taff Vale Railway O2 class
- Taff Vale Railway O3 class
- Taff Vale Railway O4 class
- Taff Vale Railway U class
- Taff Vale Railway U1 class
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