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London Midland & Scottish Railway Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1905-1948

Doncaster Works Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1896-1967

View over Durham from the cab of Dominion of Canada, 1957

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1957

Derby Works Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1885-1961

Bow Locomotive Works

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1890-1910

British Transport Films Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1950-1986

British Rail Research Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1930-1980

Great Eastern Railway Stratford Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1890-1952

Shildon Works Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1910-1957

St Rollox Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1890-1924

Crewe Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1875 to 1933

Oxford Publishing Company or Railprint Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Gateshead & Darlington Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1885-1960

Horwich Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1889-1933

York Carriage Works Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1904-1946

Nine Elms Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1885-1910

Sellick Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1908-1985

Eastleigh Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1910-1935

Wolverton Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1928-1936

Hoather collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1938-07-03

Two Photographs of Hackworth's "Samson" locomotive, 1838

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1838

Henry Flather Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1866-1870

Geoffrey Tippett Collection - Swindon Works & GWR Locomotives [supplied title]

Photographic Collections (Railway)

c. 1930

J Macartney Robbins Collection of Photographs

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1920-1956

SE&CR Unveiling of War Memorial at Dover Marine Station

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1922

Album of photographic prints depicting scenes from the railway career of Gilbert Savill Szlumper, General Manager of the Southern Railway

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1902-1942

Dearden 'Main Line' Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1934-1949

Great Central Railway Extension to London Contract No. 1

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1898

Great Western Railway Weston Mill Viaduct

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1903

Photocrom prints, Great Eastern Railway

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1900, about
Photograph, ex Southern Railway Works, Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class locomotive No. 21C3 "Royal Mail", in contemporary glazed chrome-plated frame, c.1947

Photograph, ex Southern Railway Works, Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class locomotive No. 21C3 "Royal Mail"

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1947

London & South Western Railway Carriage Photographs

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Two Photographs, Mounted, of Hackworth's improved spring saf

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Two Photographs, mounted, of Hackworth's safety spring valve

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Great Western Railway Weston Mill Viaduct

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1903

Irene Easton Railway Queen

Photographic Collections (Railway)
Two photographs, London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-2 No. 6220 'Coronation' in streamlined form and 4-6-2 No. 6200 'Princess Royal', side views, in glazed mahogany frame, 1820mmx1170mm, from Sir William Stanier's office, Derby Works.

Two photographs, London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-2 No.6200 'Princess Royal', side views

Photographic Collections (Railway)
Black and white print of Flying Scotsman crossing Wakefield 99 arch viaduct, hauling a train of empty carriages from Carnforth to London, 27 December 1985. The photograph is taken from the back of the train, with the locomotive in the background. Photograph taken by Mr. David Farrar.

Flying Scotsman crossing Wakefield 99 arch viaduct [supplied title]

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1985-12-27
Black and white photograph of the Staff and residents of the Railway Convalescent Home, Dawlish, 1946. Photographer Chapman & Sons of Dawlish. The names of the group are noted on the back.

Staff and residents of the Railway Convalescent Home, Dawlish

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1946
Photograph album and loose prints, various images of Calverton Colliery taken by the Resident Engineers Department during the construction of the rail link, 1950's.

Calverton Colliery Line

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1950
Photograph, inaugural trip, Torquay Pullman Limited at Paddington, July 8th 1929, in glazed frame, 710mm x 580mm.

Torquay Pullman Limited

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1929
Photograph album containing 34 photographs and 4 diagrams of gas turbine locomotive no. 18000. The locomotive was made by Brown Boveri of Baden, Switzerland, and tested by British Brown Boveri and British Railways (Western Region) as part of BR's exploration of gas turbine locomotives. The bogies and frame were made by the Swiss Locomotive Works (SLM) of Winterthur. The photographs were all take in Switzerland and show the locomotive at Basle station and at Brown Boveri's works at Baden. There are photographs of the internal machinery, bogies, frames, controls etc. The first photograph shows the locomotive at Basle with Brown Boveri's smaller gas turbine prototype locomotive no. 1101, which remained in Switzerland. The album was assembled as a presentation album to accompany the handover of the locomotive, and according to the donor only two albums were made. The album is accompanied by negatives of four of the pictures, and a print of a painting of the locomotive that was presented at the hand-over.

Brown Boveri Gas Turbine Locomotive No. 18000 (supplied title)

Photographic Collections (Railway)

c. 1949
Mounted black & white print of Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway F19 0-6-0 goods locomotive no. 1241 in ex-works condition, taken at Horwich Works. The locomotive was built in July 1894.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway F19 0-6-0 goods locomotive (supplied title)

Photographic Collections (Railway)

c. 1894
Three photographs of wagons manufactured by W. H. Davis & Sons. The wagons illustrated are a general purpose hopper wagon, a ballast wagon for Bangladesh Railways, and an all-stainless steel van for carrying fertilisers and other corrosive bagged material.

W. H. Davis & Sons wagons

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1979
Photograph, Glasgow Corporation Tram No. 585, emerging from depot for route No. 17, Cumbuslang - Hyndland, taken by Neil Cossons, c. 1960, and formerly in his office at Science Museum, tram is now in the National Collection (1962-356), in glazed frame, 403mm x 505mm.

Glasgow Corporation Tram No. 585

Photographic Collections (Railway)

c.1960
Colour photograph of APT no. 370 002 at C. F. Booth Ltd.'s scrap yard, Rotherham. Taken by the British Rail (Eastern Region) photographic unit. 5.9843 x 7.9528 in.

APT at C. F. Booth Ltd.'s scrap yard

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1986
Photographs, a collection of approximately 1600 safety film copy negatives, 5 x 4 ins, copied from prints produced by the Gloucester Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd. Featuring mineral wagons, road vehicles and carriages and wagons constructed for British railway companies in south Wales, the Midlands and the West; also for overseas companies c1885-1964. Original images were the work of official photographers.

Gloucester Carriage & Wagon Co. collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1885-1964
Photographs, a collection of approx 555 silver gelatin glass negatives, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 ins to 12 x 10 ins, featuring views of newly completed industrial locomotives at Thomas Peckett & Sons' Atlas Works in Bristol, c 1890 - 1950.

Thomas Peckett & Sons Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1890-1950
Five black & white images of Colsterdale narrow gauge railway, from Masham to Leighton and Roundhill Reservoirs. Images include a derailment of Leeds 0-6-2 locomotive No. 1, supply train for Brierly Banks Army Camp, etc. 2.3622 x 2.9528 in.

Five negatives of Colsterdale Narrow Gauge Railway (supplied title)

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1914-1918
Photograph, cabinet print, card, John Haslam and (probably) his first wife, taken by W.P. Glaisby of Spurriergate, York, circa 1872. John Haslam worked for the NER Architect's Office, and was assistant engineer on the construction of York Station and the other railway buildings between 1874 and 1879. In 1879 he moved to Australia to work for South Australian Railways in Adelaide. His first wife was Martha nee Evans and they married in 1872.

John Haslam and his first wife [?] [supplied title]

Photographic Collections (Railway)

c. 1872