DIRECTORS oftheGreatCentralRailway Rolling StockTrust have paid tribute to founding chairman RichardTilden-Smith, who died suddenly at home on January 10 aged 83.
His death was unexpected, and was evidently precipitated by a major hemorrhage. Earlier that day, he had been discussing fundraising initiatives for the trust’s project to restore GCR‘Barnum’carriage No.228 (as highlighted in issues 296 and 298).
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