Report, typesecript, paper with card covers, aluminium spine holder, and photographs pasted in, Report on Visit to America Oct.-Dec. 1945, issued by the LNER Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Doncaster, March 1946. Report on a fact-finding viist by the CMEs of the LNER and the LMS. Reports on American carriage and locomotive design, construction and maintenance and workshop equipment. A loose typescript entitled "American Report 1946 Conclusions and Recommendations Section 3 - Steam Locomotive Design and Maintenance" has been inserted inside the front cover.