British Rail Research Collection

Made:
1930-1980
Derby research centre with assorted experimental vehicles, Railbus, Maglev, laser guided bulldozer and stoneblower. British Leyland Railbus coming out of Stanton tunnel. Aerodynamic testing of small model of APT at Pendine. Concept drawing of train controller at work station. Concept drawing of futuristic station for BR Derby Research c.1960's Concept drawing of theoretical rail freight system with railway wagons being unl Concept drawing of automatic component exchange on a train, mid 1960's British Leyland Pacer railbus, 3/4 view on tracks. Aerodynamic test on APT model. BR Derby Research - concept drawing for train management system mid. 1960's Concept drawing for automated container terminals, BR Derby Research mid. 1960's Concept drawing for train hub mid. 1960's BR Derby Research Concept drawing for automatic unit replacement for trains. BR Derby Research mid.1960's Concept drawing for the Channel Tunnel – BR Derby Research mid-1960's Concept drawing for an automatic ‘Merry Go Round’ train by BR Derby Research - mid 1960's BR Derby Research – Diagram of the ‘Old Dalby’ test track c.1968 BR Derby Research load testing a model of Brunel’s Saltash Bridge using photoelastic element analysis

Derby research centre with assorted experimental vehicles, Railbus, Maglev, laser guided bulldozer and stoneblower.

British Leyland Railbus coming out of Stanton tunnel.

Aerodynamic testing of small model of APT at Pendine.

Concept drawing of train controller at work station.

Concept drawing of futuristic station for BR Derby Research c.1960's

Concept drawing of theoretical rail freight system with railway wagons being unl

Concept drawing of automatic component exchange on a train, mid 1960's

British Leyland Pacer railbus, 3/4 view on tracks.

Aerodynamic test on APT model.

BR Derby Research - concept drawing for train management system mid. 1960's
© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

Concept drawing for automated container terminals, BR Derby Research mid. 1960's
© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

Concept drawing for train hub mid. 1960's BR Derby Research
© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

Concept drawing for automatic unit replacement for trains. BR Derby Research mid.1960's
© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

Concept drawing for the Channel Tunnel – BR Derby Research mid-1960's
© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

Concept drawing for an automatic ‘Merry Go Round’ train by BR Derby Research - mid 1960's
© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

BR Derby Research – Diagram of the ‘Old Dalby’ test track c.1968
© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

BR Derby Research load testing a model of Brunel’s Saltash Bridge using photoelastic element analysis
© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

Photographs, a collection of approximately 7,930 silver gelatin glass and film negatives, 35mm to 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 ins, 3,150 35mm transparencies, 2,560 silver gelatin prints, 5 x 4 to 10 x 8 ins, 1,620 lantern slides, featuring the work of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway's Railway Technical Centre, later British Railways Research, at Derby, c 1930 - 1980

Details

Category:
Photographic Collections (Railway)
Object Number:
1999-7442
type:
photographs
credit:
British Railways Board