OBITUARIES

摘要

Allan Garraway, manager of the Ffestiniog Railway for the first 28 years of its preservation era, passed away in his sleep on December 30 at the age of 88. Born on June 14, 1926 in Cambridge, he was the son of an East Anglian-based LNER locomotive superintendent, Ron Garraway. After studying engineering at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, he joined the Royal Engineers and was posted to 348 Railway Operation Division in Germany. In 1947, he became locomotive superintendent of the British Army-run Detmold military railway and achieved the rank of captain. On returning to civilian life two years later, he joined BR's Eastern Region and in 1951 was appointed assistant to the motive power superintendent for the Eastern Region. He volunteered at the Talyllyn Railway as its preservation got going in the early 1950s but was also present at the 1951 inaugural meeting of the Ffestiniog Railway Society, later transferring his efforts to Porthmadog.