Tributes to 'passionate' heritage railway enthusiast after death aged 49
An employee of a Shropshire company known across the UK for his involvement in heritage and mainline railways has died at the age of 49.
Keiron Thorogood, rail and heritage account manager for Morris Lubricants, died in his sleep on Saturday at the home he shared with his partner, Helen Cottee, in Newton Sudbury, Suffolk.
He had worked for Shrewsbury-based Morris Lubricants for 20 years, following in the footsteps of his father, Nigel, who was the company’s area sales manager for East Anglia for 23 years.
“Everybody in the company is shocked and stunned by the loss of Keiron,” said Andrew Goddard, Morris Lubricants’ executive chairman.
“He was so passionate about his job, had real knowledge and understanding of railways and the heritage market but, most of all, was such a lovely man.
"His passion also extended to motorsport and he was a great ambassador for the company at race events across the country where our sponsored drivers were competing.”
Having inherited his passion for railways from his father, Keiron helped to launch the Morris Lubricants Heritage Railway Support Scheme in April to provide assistance to railways during the Covid-19 pandemic.
