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William Richard Sumption Jones

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Railway Acheivements in India: RMR system abbreviation corrected
==Railway Acheivements in India==
*1879, [[State Railways]] Deputy Locomotive and Carriage Superintendent posted to the [[Rajputana State Railway]](RSR) to take charge of the completion and equipment of the Central Workshops at Ajmir.
*1880, [[Rajputana State Railway]] (RSR) Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, which by absorption of other lines in 1883 became the [[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]](RMSRRMR), and he remained in the same appointment until his retirement in 1893.*1892 Delegate at , [[Indian Railway Conference Association]], Locomotive Superintendent's Conference, Lahore, 1892: , delegate representing [[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]](RMR) <ref>[http://www.steamindex.com/locomag/lcwr31.htm#133p The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review "Indian locomotive superintendents of the nineties", Volume 31, Number 393, 15 May 1925, page 133+ plate]; Retrieved 19 Jul 2016</ref>
*1893, Retirement
<blockquote>During his time with RSR/RMSR RMR the railway increased in length from about 500 miles to 1,500 miles, for which increase he built all the rolling-stock, reducing the tare and increasing the load of the wagons employed. He invented and introduced a system of flexible central buffers and screw-couplers, which was adopted by the Indian Government and made compulsory on all the railways of metre gauge. He was a clever mechanical engineer, strong administrator, able financier, and scientific accountant in workshop expenditure. At the request of the Public Works Department, he revised and recast the whole of the regulations in the PWD code relating to railway expenditure and accounts; and with minor improvements these regulations are still in force.</blockquote>
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