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Small printed pamphlet describing where to see the eclipse of the sun in its totality, and special LNER facilities and tickets for observers. This booklet was advertised on LNER posters and was prepared in conjunction with the British Astronomical Society.

Eclipse of the Sun

Documents

1927
Poster, Falmouth by Louis Burleigh Bruhl, 1927. Depicts a sandy beach with holidaymakers and fishermen, with houses on the cliff in the background. In the distance is Pendennis Castle. Text reads "Equable climate all year round. Illustrated guide free from Town Clerk" Text at bottom reads "Printed by David Allen & Sons Ltd, London, W, etc." Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270mm.

Falmouth

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
London & North Eastern Railway poster, Eclipse of the Sun 29th June 1927, totality viewpoints, showing the path of totality.

Eclipse of the Sun 29th June 1927, totality viewpoints

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, Southern Railway, The Favourite - South for Sunshine, 1927. Shows a child talking to the driver of a sourthern railway train from the platform.

The Favourite - South for Sunshine

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, London Midland and Scottish Railway, The Centre - A Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1927. Hand with pair of compasses, fixed on Southport, drawing on sketch map of coast of N. Wales and N.W. England, showing path of totality. Text: The Centre. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN takes place on Wednesday June29th 1927 - the first for TWO CENTURIES. The spectacle - one of the most moving - may never occur again in a lifetime. SPECIAL TRAVEL FACILITIES will be given to the Districts from which the Eclipse can be observed. For full particulars see Announcements at the stations. Euston Station London . J.H. Follows, Vice-president. Other ids: C. A. 520 - Derby. Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270mm.

The Centre - A Total Eclipse of the Sun

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, "Lincoln - The Glory Hole", It's Quicker by Rail, by Fred Taylor, 1927. With an illustration of a boat going under a black and white timbered house. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635 mm.

It's Quicker by Rail - Lincoln

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, Southern Railway/Chemins de Fer Belges/Chemin de Fer du Nord/Deutsche Reichsbahn/ Polskie Koleje Panstwowe/Compagnie des Wagon-Lits, Nord Express by Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, 1927, depicting stylised view of steam locomotive, printed by Hachard & Cie, Paris.

Nord Express

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad double royal poster, 100 Years of the Railroad, B&O Centenary Pageant Baltimore September 24 - October 8 1927, printed by Ketterlinus, Philidelphia, USA.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Centenary

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Print. The Spirit of St Louis passes / AC Webb, n.d. [Paris, 1927]. - Edition 1/100. - Etching, on japanese paper, platemark 25x16cm on sheet 50x32cm. - Titled and signed in pencil below image. - The St. Louis in flight : commemorating the aeroplane flown by Charles Lindbergh non-stop from New York to Paris, 20-21 May 1927

The Spirit of St Louis

A C Webb

1927
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Fountains Abbey by Fred Taylor, 1927, printed by John Waddington Ltd., Leeds & London. With large building on the left with the abbey in the background.

It's Quicker by Rail - Fountains Abbey

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Newsletter of Culross Hall, Railway Mission, from K Mitchell, London City Missionary

culross hall, september 1927

Documents

1927
List of route indicators for electric trains, thought to be Southern Railway

List of route indicators for electric trains

Documents

1927
Guide, Great Western Railway, Holiday Haunts - Season 1927, Official Guide to the Holiday Resorts served by the GWR in England, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Southern Ireland, March 1927. Frontespiece illustration by Ellis Silas. 1018pp plus maps (in pocket) of the GWR System and Ireland. 220 x 140mm.

Guide, Great Western Railway, Holiday Haunts - Season 1927,

Documents

1927
Menu for the Grand National Gala dated March 35th 1927 taking place at the Adelphi Hotel Liverpool. With image of a horse's head a jockey's hat.

Grand National Gala Menu

Documents

1927
Notice, the atmospheric system of railway trains in England, September 1927.

Notice, the atmospheric system of railway trains in England

Documents

1927
Watercolour, Cambrian Coast, The Land of Romance, by S C Rowles, 1927. Depicts a Welsh warrior in a breastplate and red cape, standing on the edge of a cliff, holding out his left arm to indicate the coast below. In the background are two castles, and in the sky a Celtic warrior in a chariot, pulled by two horses. Original artwork for a Great Western Railway poster, double royal format.

Cambrian Coast, The Land of Romance

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1927
Handbill. London, Midland & Scottish Railway advertising Cook's Day Excursions to Southend-on-Sea by the Tilbury and Southend Route from Fenchurch Street and other stations. Trips available each week-day and Sunday from Monday, May 30th 1927. Folded sheet printed on pink paper with details of station stops and return 3rd class fares and timetable on the obverse side.

LMS - The route to Scotland Cook's day excursions

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Ballater - Royal Deeside by Charles Buchel. Looks down at the town from a hilltop. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Ballater Royal Deeside

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
London Midland and Scottish Railway poster. The Thrill of a Lifetime - A Total Eclipse of the Sun. With image of eclipse over trees.

The Thirll of a Lifetime - A Total Eclipse of the Sun

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Epping Forest by Walter E. Spradbery, about 1927. Coloured lithograph depicting the view across autumnal trees and open countryside, in Epping Forest, with a house in the distance. Text below reads "Cheap return tickets are issued daily from London to many G. E.. Section suburban stations to beauty spots in Essex". Format double royal.

Epping Forest

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

about 1927
Booklet titled "Instructions to Docks Traffic Staff for the working of the new Hump Yard - for Gravitation Shunting at the East End of Burrows Sidings, Swansea" dated 8 February 1927.

Instructions to Docks Traffic Staff for the working of the new Hump Yard - for Gravitation Shunting at the East End of Burrows Sidings, Swansea

Documents

1927
Booklet, Great Western Railway, 'Rates And Charges Etc. At Plymouth Docks', 1927.

Rates And Charges Etc. At Plymouth Docks

Documents

1927
Booklet, London & North Eastern Railway, "Solar Eclipse 29th June, Programme of Special Trains and other Arrangements Tuesday and Wednesday 28th and 29th June 1927. No. S. 36, printed by Ben Johnson and Company Limited., York. 1927.

solar eclipse 29th June

Documents

1927
Painting, watercolour,original artwork for railway poster by E W Holland, 1927. Jockey riding horse with space for text. Original painting for Great Western Railway (GWR) stock poster for race meetings

Race Meeting

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1927
Notice, mounted, London & North Eastern Railway, Special instructions for working the Foss Islands Branch, York, 8th September 1927. Signed by C M Jenkin Jones, Superintendent. Overall: 325 mm x 202 mm x 1 mm.

LNER notice, Special instructions for working the Foss Islands Branch, York

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Timetable, Clyde Coast train & steamboat services, & programme of excursions, 23 page, soft backed, booklet giving timetables and tariffs for trains & steamers. Includes information on excursions.

Clyde Coast train & steamboat services, & programme of excursions

Documents

1927
Poster, London and North Eastern Railway, St. Andrews, The Home of the Royal and Ancient Game, by Henry Gawthorn, about 1927. Coloured lithograph depicting golfers on the old course at St Andrews, with bathers on West Sands and at the edge of the course, and the Royal and Ancient Club House and the town in background Text: The Home of the Royal and Ancient Game. Illustrated guide free from Town Clerk or any LNER Office or Agency. Printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited. Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270 mm.

St. Andrews, The Home of the Royal and Ancient Game

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Booklet, paper with card covers, Bye-Laws and Regulations of the Swinton & Knottingley Railway, issued 26 September 1927, printed by Geo. Barber, London. Signed and dated by the Secretary, J. Cranham. 20pp. Copy originally from the LNER District Superintendent's Office, York.

Bye-Laws and Regulations of the Swinton & Knottingley Railway

Documents

1927-09
Circular, London & North Eastern Railway, No.134, "Gold and Silver Medallion Passes: Leather and Card Periodical Passes Year 1928', With diagrams of passes, 1927.

Gold and Silver Medallion Passes: Leather and Card Periodical Passes Year 1928

Documents

1927
Menu, card, Great Western Railway and London Midland & Scottish Railway, "Occassion of the Visition of American Legionaires", With wine list and menu, 1927.

visit of American legionaires

Documents

1927
Booklet, Southern Railway, "Instructions to all Concerned as to the Opening of a New Signal Box at Snowdon Colliery Sidings and a New Halt Between Sittingborne and Queenborough also New and Altered Signals', Signal instruction No.1 1927, issued by Edwin Cox, Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited., London, 1927.

Opening of a New Signal Box at Snowdon Colliery Sidings and a New Halt Between Sittingborne and Queenborough also New and Altered Signals

Documents

1927
Painting, oil, original artwork for Great Western Railway poster, 'Charming Chepstow - the New Racecourse' by Angrave, Great Western Railway, cheap fares on race days. view of horse race, racecourse with grandstand on left, men and women, 1927, quad royal, 101.6 x 127 cm, 40 x 50 inches

Artwork original for Charming Chepstow - the New Racecourse by Angrave, 1927

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1927
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, The Booklovers' Britain - MacGregor's men prepare to ambush the military at Loch Katrina. Rob Roy - The Trossachs by Austin Cooper, 1927. With illustration of several men in kilts standing next to a loch. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches. 1016 x 635mm.

the booklover's britain - the trossachs

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Booklet, Newry and Carlingford Pilotage Authority Bye-Laws [Greenore Station, Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway], 1927.

newry and carlingford pilotage authority bye-laws booklet

Documents

1927
Waybill, Southwold Railway, For perishable traffic by passenger train, (Other IDs 80/17/1).

Southwold Railway

Documents

1927
Timetable, Train & Steamer Services, Clyde Coast via Craigendoran, 19 page, soft backed, timetable of services on Clyde Coast via Craigendoran, with list of fares and maps of routes. Produced by London & North Eastern Railway.

Train & Steamer Services, Clyde Coast via Craigendoran

Documents

1927
circular, London North Eastern Railway, No 134, Re gold and silver medallion passes, Leather and card periodical passes year 1928, 17 December 1927, (Other IDs 76/25/485).

London North Eastern Railway

Documents

1927
Letter, paper, A. Burgess, Locomotive Offices, Crewe to F.M. Grover, 6 August 1927. Requesting a photograph to be taken of the outside of the LMS's (formerly the LNWR's) Webb Orphanage at Crewe, showing the Matron and the children. Written on Webb Orphanage Headed Paper. Found in the Crewe Glass Negative Register 1875-1939 Series A-E, at the page recording the number of the photograph. A copy print of the image is kept with the letter.

Letter re photograph of the Webb Orphanage, Crewe, 1927 [supplied title]

Documents

1927-08-06
Institution of Railway Signal Engineers membership certificate certifying that Herbert A. Banks was a Student Member, elected on 19 May 1927.

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers membership certificate [supplied title]

Documents

1927
Luncheon for Institute of Transport Congress Party, Birmingham to Derby, in London Midland and Scottish Railway Company Restaurant Car. 20 May 1927.

Menu from the luncheon for institute of transport congress party

Documents

1927
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, "Lincoln - The Glory Hole", It's Quicker by Rail, by Fred Taylor, 1927. With an illustration of a boat going under a black and white timbered house. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635 mm.

It's Quicker by Rail - Lincoln

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Stirling, The Gateway to the Highlands, by Maurice Greiffenhagen R.A., about 1927. Coloured lithograph depicting knights on horseback fighting foot soldiers beside the bridge over the River Forth, with Stirling Castle in the background. Portrays the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, when a Scots army led by William Wallace defeated an invading English force. Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

stirling

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

about 1927
Poster, Great Western Railway, Torquay, The English Riviera, 1927. Depicts a view through palm trees in a seafront garden, with holidaymakers strolling on a promenade and the bay and beach of Tor Abbey Sands in the background. Text reads "The English Riviera, Official Guide Free, J.M. Scott, Spa Director, Torquay". Printed by Philip Reid, Poster Expert & Printer, 47 Fleet Street, London, EC4. Format double royal.

Torquay

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, London and North Eastern Railway, Yorkshire Dales by LNER by Austin Cooper, about 1927. Coloured lithograph depicting the view looking down between hills, in the foreground, on a river passing through the rolling hills of the Yorkshire Dales. In the distance, at left, is a hamlet with a church. The accompanying text below reads "'The Holiday Handbook'. Over 1,100 pages. Illustrations in Photogravure. Maps. Street Plans. Details of Accommodation. From Booksellers or L.N.E.R. Agencies. Price 6d". Text in bottom margin reads "Ben Johnson & Co Ltd. Printed in England. Published by the London & North Eastern Railway". Format double royal.

Yorkshire Dales, by L N E R

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

about 1927
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Ballater - Royal Deeside by Charles Buchel. Looks down at the town from a hilltop. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Ballater Royal Deeside

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Epping Forest by Walter E. Spradbery, about 1927. Coloured lithograph depicting the view across autumnal trees and open countryside, in Epping Forest, with a house in the distance. Text below reads "Cheap return tickets are issued daily from London to many G. E.. Section suburban stations to beauty spots in Essex". Format double royal.

Epping Forest

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

about 1927
Poster, London and North Eastern Railway, St. Andrews, The Home of the Royal and Ancient Game, by Henry Gawthorn, about 1927. Coloured lithograph depicting golfers on the old course at St Andrews, with bathers on West Sands and at the edge of the course, and the Royal and Ancient Club House and the town in background Text: The Home of the Royal and Ancient Game. Illustrated guide free from Town Clerk or any LNER Office or Agency. Printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited. Format: quad royal. 1020 mm x 1277 mm

St. Andrews

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Poster, London and North Eastern Railway, Liverpool Street Suburban Trains, Punctuality by Austin Cooper, 1927. Coloured lithograph depicting an hourglass with text comparing train punctuality between 1913 and 1927 on services to London's Liverpool Street station. Text in the top glass reads "1913 Trains not more than 2 minutes late 86%" and in the one below "1927, trains not more than 2 minutes late 87%". Text in read across the bottom of the poster reads, "Although there are 23% more trains running now than in 1913". Format: double royal.

liverpool street suburban trains punctuality

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
London Midland & Scottish Railway poster, A total Eclipse of the Sun-The thrill of a lifetime, showing an artists impression of the eclipse.

A Total Eclipse of the Sun-The thrill of a lifetime

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927
Painting, gouache on paper, pinned on to canvas, King George V by Moy Thomas, 1927. Depicts the 4-6-0 locomotive moving at speed, with a trail of smoke streaming from the chimney. The firebox glows against a blue sky. Below the image is a designated space for text, on a blue ground. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Original poster artwork for the Great Western Railway poster "Britain's Mightiest". The published poster had the accompanying text "Britain's Mightiest, King George V, The 'Kings' lead for power and speed, Go Great Western". In another version for the American market the text read "New York to London, Fastest route via Plymouth and Great Western Railway". The locomotive carries the bell fitted when it featured in celebrations marking the centenary of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the United States of America. Unframed.

King George V

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1927