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Research notes & papers
PART OF:
Papers of J O P Hughes
Made:
15 May 1948 - 18 August 1969
part of archive:
Papers of J O P Hughes
maker:
Hughes, John O P
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16 files
Identifier:
HUG/1
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Papers of J O P Hughes
HUG/1 Research notes & papers
HUG/1/1 File containing correspondence and minutes of meetings with British Transport Commission
HUG/1/2 File containing patent specifications
HUG/1/3 File containing correspondence and reports on the Union Pacific Railroad Company
HUG/1/4 File containing correspondence, tracings, hand drawn sketches, photographs with W G Allen concerning the design of the GT locomotive. Papers include diagrams concerning transmission and drives
HUG/1/5 File containing an article on ‘High Speed Trains Plan – Gas Turbines to halve times’, reports on GT3 fuel and electrical systems, reasons for Gas Turbine not starting, notes of Rubber Spring Gear Development for Railways, Metalstik Limited, locomotive drawings
HUG/1/6 File containing a 15 page document titled ‘The Gas Turbine Locomotive G.T.3’
HUG/1/7 File containing notes on discussion on ‘Practical design criteria for high speed bearings’ at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 4 March 1955, a magazine articleon the lubrication of gears, a paper 'The Short Bearing Approximation for Plain Journal Bearings and a chart showing viscosity of ‘Shell’ turbo oils vs temperature in degrees C
HUG/1/8 Exercise book containing locomotive gear train data, a Christmas card, and correspondence
HUG/1/9 File containing a report in Russian of Gas Turbine Locomotives with electric (a.c.) transmission by S A Gromov and L A Sevcenko and a translated version
HUG/1/10 File containing an address to the Rugby Engineering Society regarding the gas turbine locomotive G.T.3, two copies of 'Locomotive Controls' report, a report regarding the English Electric gas turbine locomotive, correspondence to Hughes from Rugby Engeering Society, press release of 'English Electric gas turbine on show' and best recorded performances of steam & diesel-electric locomotives up the 5.5 mile climb from Tebay to Shap summit
HUG/1/11 File containing GT3 relevant papers
HUG/1/12 File containing assorted locomotive drawings, charts, correspondence and notes
HUG/1/13 File containing correspondence, drawings, charts, reports and photographs
HUG/1/14 File containing GT3 lecture notes, correspondence, drawings, charts, reports and a photograph
HUG/1/15 File containing locomotive data and charts including a diagram showing gradient of routes used for pre-revenue service trials of GT3
HUG/1/16 File containing charts demonstrating power input and tractive effort
HUG/2 Drawings
HUG/2/GTE-61 Drawing of 4500HP gas-turbine electric road freight locomotive
HUG/2/R.3939./.103 Drawing of a general arrangement of transmission gearbox, 4-6-0 locomotive
HUG/2/T.P.D.925 Drawing of a gas turbine engine
HUG/2/[1] Lubricating oil diagram for a 2700HP gas turbine locomotive
HUG/2/[2] Drawing of a section through transmission gearbox on CL of main driving axle for a 2700HP gas turbine locomotive type 4-6-0
HUG/2/[3] Drawing of a section of a locomotive main driving axle
HUG/2/[4] Lubricating oil diagram for a 4-6-0 gas turbine locomotive
HUG/3 Printed material
HUG/3/1 Leaflet, Baldwin steam turbine electric locomotive Chesapeake & Ohio Railway on display at the track exhibit RSMA Convention, Atlantic City
HUG/3/2 British Railways report, Performance and Efficiency Tests on a Revenue Earning Train, Controlled Road Testing System for Southern Region 1 Co-Co 1, 1750HP main line diesel electric locomotive
HUG/3/3 Report A.57 of the English Electric Company Limited, 4-6-0 locomotive, analysis of the first and third reduction transmission gears, Gas Turbine Department
HUG/3/4 Booklet, British-Built Gas-Turbine Locomotive, reprinted from the Railway Gazette
HUG/3/5 Report A.76, the English Electric Company Limited, E.M. 27P Gas Turbine Heat Exchanger, Gas Turbine Department
HUG/3/6 Booklet, English Electric Information Bulletin
HUG/3/7 Report, 4-6-0 Locomotive – transmission gear box special fitting instructions
HUG/3/8 Booklet, The English Electric Company Limited, ‘The Position of the Gas Turbine in Locomotive Engineering’, Gas Turbine Department
HUG/3/9 Booklet, English Electric Limited, Gas Turbine Department, ‘An Express Gas Turbine Locomotive’
HUG/3/10 British Rail (Western) Progress report, Speed for the Seventies, No. 1
HUG/3/11 British Rail (Western) Progress report, Speed for the Seventies, No. 2
HUG/4 Photographs
HUG/5 Paintings
HUG/5/1 Painting of 19100 Britannic gas turbine locomotive, signed by Allen
HUG/5/2 Painting of 19000 Lord of the Isles gas turbine locomotive
HUG/5/3 Painting of a gas turbine locomotive
HUG/6 Glass slides of gas turbine locomotives, components and drawings