Shildon Works Collection

Made:
1910-1957
Derailed coal wagons, about 1955 Dining room at Shildon railway works, about 1945 Railway stables and stores at Shildon, about 1945 Kitchen at Shildon railway works, about 1945 Dining room at Shildon railway works, about 1945 Soho shed, Shildon, about 1925. Railway wagon at Shildon works, about 1950 Derailed coal wagons, about 1955 Kitchens at Shildon railway works, about 1945 Selling war savings bonds at Shildon, about 1943 Soho Works and Shildon gasworks, 1945 Dining room at Shildon railway works, about 1945 Derailed coal wagons, about 1955 Workers at Shildon railway works, about 1910 Wagons being built at Shildon railway works, about 1910. Workers at Shildon railway works, about 1910 Forge at Shildon railway works, about 1910 Wagons being built at Shildon railway works, about 1910 Wagons being built at Shildon railway works, about 1910. Workers at Shildon railway works, about 1910 Shildon railway works fire brigade, about 1910 Forge at Shildon railway works, about 1910. Wagons being built at Shildon railway works, about 1910 Wagon manufacture at Shildon railway works, about 1913 Wagon manufacture at Shildon railway works, about 1913 Wagon manufacture at Shildon railway works, about 1913

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Derailed coal wagons, about 1955
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Dining room at Shildon railway works, about 1945
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Railway stables and stores at Shildon, about 1945
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Kitchen at Shildon railway works, about 1945
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Dining room at Shildon railway works, about 1945
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Soho shed, Shildon, about 1925.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Railway wagon at Shildon works, about 1950
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Derailed coal wagons, about 1955
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Kitchens at Shildon railway works, about 1945
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Selling war savings bonds at Shildon, about 1943
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Soho Works and Shildon gasworks, 1945
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Dining room at Shildon railway works, about 1945
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Derailed coal wagons, about 1955
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Workers at Shildon railway works, about 1910
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Wagons being built at Shildon railway works, about 1910.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Workers at Shildon railway works, about 1910
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Forge at Shildon railway works, about 1910
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Wagons being built at Shildon railway works, about 1910
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Wagons being built at Shildon railway works, about 1910.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Workers at Shildon railway works, about 1910
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Shildon railway works fire brigade, about 1910
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Forge at Shildon railway works, about 1910.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Wagons being built at Shildon railway works, about 1910
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Wagon manufacture at Shildon railway works, about 1913
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Wagon manufacture at Shildon railway works, about 1913
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Wagon manufacture at Shildon railway works, about 1913
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Photographs, a collection of approximately 940 silver gelatin glass negatives, 2½ x 3½ ins to 6½ x 8½ ins; 315 triacetate "safety" film negatives 35 mm to 4 x 5 ins; 10 2½ x 3½ cellulose nitrate negatives and 350 prints, 2¾ x 4½ ins to 6½ x 8½ ins. Featuring the Shildon Wagon Works of the North Eastern Railway, London & North Eastern Railway, British Railways, c1910-1957. Complete with handwritten register. The work of official photographers.

This collection represents the work of Shildon's official photographers who were employed by the North Eastern Railway and its successors, the London & North Eastern Railway and then British Railways. There are workshop scenes taken at Shildon and the nearby Walkergate Wagon Works, photographs of many types of newly completed wagons and a small number of images featuring people and events. The collection also contains photographs which did not originate from Shildon Works, including views of railway stations in the north of England in the 1950s.

Shildon Works was built for the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1833, although initially used for locomotive construction was later converted to a wagon works. Following an extensive modernisation programme in the 1960s Shildon, now British Rail's largest wagon works, constructed a range of new designs for British and overseas orders, including cement wagons and 'merry-go-round' coal hoppers. However, increasing competition from road transport meant that orders dwindled, and the works closed in 1984.

Details

Category:
Photographic Collections (Railway)
Object Number:
1997-7486
type:
collection of photographs
credit:
British Rail Records Office