Overseas railways photographs

EP/H/2001 - 2026

Apr 1947. Casting faults

General view of British Guiana railway coach ¾ view

Special Model Plane for GTC

Hampsfield Grange (Grange-over-Sands)

Various photos of control gear

Nov 194, special camera at TC. (Label reads: Wilkinson Manufacturing)

Failed diesel engine crankshaft bearing

Diesel locomotive on a low loader – for Egyptian Railways

EP/H/3038 - 3067

Model of proposed new offices

English Electric sequence tester for Teddington Time Delay Switch FHM/A/3

Components

EP/H/3113 - 3162

Test equipment in the factory

Model of proposed company houses

Group in front of a Canberra aircraft in June 1952

Model of a bogie frame – New Zealand Railways

Victorian Railways (Australia) “L” Class locos being built at Preston together with an 0-6-0 diesel shunter “SEC6” (1953)

EP/H/3211 - 3263

Various photos of components including failed components of a diesel engine

A train heating boiler for a diesel locomotive in Preston works

A bolster for a locomotive bogie

EP/H/3321 - 3393

Auxiliary motors

Deltic locomotive frame under construction

New Zealand Railways Class Df 2Co-Co2 diesel-electric locomotive at Preston

Frames for South Africa Class 5E locos in the factory

Diesel engine control relay with the cover removed

1500hp diesel-electric locomotive for New Zealand on a low loader from Preston works

Views inside Preston works from inside a locomotive cab

EP/H/3400 - 3499

Traction motor armature without windings on a balancing machine

Mock-up of a diesel engine

Bo-Bo diesel-electric loco for Gold Coast (Ghana) under construction at Preston

2 axle bogie with motors installed

English Electric diesel engine

Loco for Gold Coast leaving Preston works on a lorry (minus bogies)

Victoria Railways (Australia) “L” Class electric loco in Preston works

Aircraft fuselages in factory

Group on Strand Road, Preston

The Duke of Edinburgh visiting Preston works c 1955

EP/H/3500 - 3599

The Duke of Edinburgh visiting Preston works

South African Railways Class 5E loco No 1 in Preston works on test

Rhodesian Railways 1200 class locos under construction.

Gold Coast Bo-Bo diesel-electric loco

Washers with a silver 3d coin

Canberra aircraft instrument panels

Rhodesian Railways loco No 1 (1200)

EP/H/3600 - 3699

“Deltic” locomotive in Preston works c 1955

Rhodesian Railways diesel-electric locomotive 1200 on a Pickfords low-loader at Preston (1955)

Auxiliary machines

South African Railways Class 5E loco under construction

Cabling in an underframe

Rhodesia Railways 1Co-Co1 diesel-electric loco 1203 in Preston works

English Electric 510kW self-contained mobile diesel generating station for the Metropolitan Water Board leaving Preston works

EP/H/3700 - 3799

“Deltic” hauled into Preston works yard (no bogies)

Locomotives in Preston works

Bo-Bo diesel-electric loco No 1 for Jamaica at Preston

South African Railways Class 5E loco cab being manufactured

EP/H/3801 - 3895

Relay coil manufacture

Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive at Preston works for Jamaican Railways

Factory photos

EP/H/3907 - 3995

South African Railways Class 5E loco cab in factory

Co-Co diesel-electric loco 20101 in Preston works – for Malaya

Frequency monitor

English Electric 12 cylinder diesel engine & generator in Preston works

English Electric 16 cylinder diesel engine

EP/H/4005 - 4099

Canberra aircraft in factory

Malaya Co-Co loco in Preston works

Cracked relay coil for NR28 relay/NV8 magnet valve

EP/H/4100 - 4160

WH711 aircraft in factory

English Electric Preston North Works Gate

Machining a component

Un-numbered Negatives:

Hardness scales conversion graph

Plaque to the Empire Goodwill

Diesel locomotive in the works

Laboratory staff 1949