Notebook of Driver William Holbrey
- Made:
- circa 1926-1927
Notebook, paper with card covers covered in varnished linen, notebook of Driver William Holbrey, circa 1926 to 1927. The notebook contains training notes and technical instructions for operating steam locomotives. This is followed by diary-style entries noting trains worked, locomotive numbers, crew names, where working etc., from 25 August 1926 to 18 Aug. 1927. The back of the book contains a a briefer work log, from 10 Jan. 1926 to 24 Sep. 1927. The training notes appear to pre-date the log entries. Driver Holbrey worked for the Great Central Railway and then the London & North Eastern Railway, at Neepsend and Darnall sheds.
Details
- Category:
- Archive Collections
- Object Number:
- 2011-7333
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product), cardboard and linen (textile)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 176 mm x 115 mm
- type:
- notebook
- credit:
- P. Ibbotson
