Making Tracks
After retiring from the railways, he moved to Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, with his wife for four years before returning to Adelaide. Fitch used his railway life and experience to become a respected railway author and historian, his three books "Making Tracks" (1989), "Railroading at its Wildest" (1993) and "Australian Railwayman" (2006) were well received by rail enthusiasts and historians.