Ronald Guy Jarvis was a British

locomotive A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the Power (physics), motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, Motor coach (rail), motor ...

engineer, born 5 November 1911 in

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, England. Jarvis apprenticed at Derby Works under George Ivatt.

Career

Wartime work

During World War II Jarvis was sent to Turkey to oversee the assembly of the

TCDD 45151 Class The TCDD (Turkish Republic Railways) 45151 Class is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives which were acquired from the British War Department to the LMS Stanier Class 8F design. They had a maximum speed of 43 miles per hour (70 km/h), much ...

(

LMS Stanier Class 8F The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Class 8F is a class of steam locomotives designed for hauling heavy freight. 852 were built between 1935 and 1946 (not all to LMS order), as a freight version of William Stanier's successful ...

s), and then to India with William Stanier.

British Railways

After the war, he worked briefly under Ivatt before being transferred to Brighton Works on the Southern Region of the newly nationalised

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ways, replacing Oliver Bulleid. From 1956, the Merchant Navy and West Country/Battle of Britain classes of his predecessor were rebuilt to a design set out by Jarvis, removing all eccentricities that had plagued the maintenance of these locomotives.

High Speed Train project

Jarvis returned to Derby to oversee the development of the Class 43 InterCity 125 power cars.

Death

Jarvis died in

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on 2 September 1994, and was buried at Llanbedr.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarvis, Ronald Guy English railway mechanical engineers Locomotive builders and designers British Rail people People from Harpenden 1911 births 1994 deaths