Papers of R C Bond, London Midland & Scottish Railway/British Railways Engineer, concerning locomotive design, performance and operation, diesel and other forms of motive power, locomotive testing, overseas visits, photographs, newspaper cartoons (Beeching), staffing and the employment of women at Crewe Works, 1942, repair of Spitfire planes at Barassie, 1941, APT-E tilting diagram and reports – Bond was on the inaugural run in the 1980s, visit to Germany and Switzerland in 1930, Indian Railways, timetables, British Railways Research Department reports and newspaper cartoons. c 1917-1971. 17 boxes