2 statistical surveys including 1 Association of Railway Preservation Societies Statistical Survey of Steam Railways and Museums from June 1986 and 1 Association of Railway Preservation Societies Ltd and Association of Independent Railways 1995 Statistical Survey Report. Both surveys include details about the number of preserved railways, route mileage, tickets sold and contact details. The 1995 report also includes details about the annual turnover of preserved railways. ARPS/AIR Statistical Surveys
2 Annual Reports for 1989 and 1992 and 6 Association of Railway Preservation Societies Annual Reports of the Council with Accounts. The Reports detail the achievements and finances of the Association (1980-1992). Reports for 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1991 are not included. ARPS Annual Reports and Annual Reports of the Council with Accounts
1 Memorandum of Association of the Association of Independent Railways and Preservation Societies. The Memorandum was prepared during the Association's formation and registration process as a limited liability company. Memorandum of Association
Corporate film produced for GEC Transportation Projects Limited by Anvil Film and Recording Group Limited, directed by David Stevens. The film addresses British and foreign clients and offers an insight into the teams behind GEC TPL. The film is presented by actor Clifford Earl, who visits GEC TPL headquarters in St Albans and meets with a series of GEC managers and employees who go through their jobs and responsibilities in the making of modern electric railways. The film starts with shots introducing presenter Clifford Earl getting off British Rail Inter-City Class 87 87034 William Shakespeare at a station. Clifford Earl is filmed in GEC TPL St Albans offices where he meets with a GEC TPL representative. This last introduces GEC TPL and the different disciplines behind it: power supplies, substations, overhead catenaries, rolling stocks, signalling, controls and telecommunications which are produced and supplied by companies within the GEC Group. Following Clifford Earl, the film focuses on the human side of GEC TPL and how each discipline and employee roles are tied together to bring up modern railway projects to life for their clients. Using footage taken of the different sites, close up shots of workers and shots of talk with employees, the film go through the different aspects of building a modern electric railway. The activities represented include a project group in a meeting, engineers conducting survey on site, employees operating computers for calculation and power study. Shots present the project engineering offices at St Albans. Further footage taken on British Rail illustrates construction work coordinated by GEC TPL: track laying; catenaries, overhead lines and pantographs construction and tests. Images are taken of an operating control centre on British Rail. Clifford Earl goes on various sites and meets with representatives of various companies of the GEC Group. His visits are filmed at GEC High Voltage Switch Gear Limited factory located in Trafalgar Park in Manchester, GEC Traction offices, including the computer aided design centre and the electronics control lab. Also in Stafford, where are presented GEC Power Transformers and GEC Rectifiers roles. Footage then introduces GEC Development section and engineers researching new methods of propulsions. Additional companies of the group are filmed: GEC General Signal Limited, GEC Telecommunication Limited and GEC Research Centre where research and development is undergone for fibre optic cables. GEC TPL presents in this film the people in the GEC group they entrust to carry on the modernisation and electrification projects clients would commission them to build and coordinate. The end credits acknowledge the following companies for their help in the making of the film: The GEC Group of companies, Balfour Beatty Power Construction Ltd, British Rail, British Transport Films, Costain Concrete Co. Ltd, Grant Lyon Eagre Ltd, Hylton Warner, London Transport Executive, and the Railways of Brazil, India, New-Zealand, South Africa, Spain and Taiwan Film - It's Experience that Counts
11 mins 35 seconds video on 1 VHS cassette Film - Safe Journey! A Report on the Proposed Riverside Guided-Bus System
Research footage taken by British Railway Research for GEC Traction Limited. Silent footage (unedited rushes) of tests made in Hornsey between 1977 and 1979 on coupler, autocoupler. Each test is shot starting with an handwritten sign precising the test number, the location and the date. Footage of autocoupler test
4 mins 35 seconds video on 1 VHS cassette Footage of Metropolitan Transit trains in Melbourne, Australia
Corporate film produced for GEC Transportation Projects Limited by Anvil Film and Recording Group Limited, directed by Peter Hopkinson. Brazilian Portuguese version for Brazil. The film presents the services offered by GEC TPL and targets potential foreign clients. Using footage of modern railway projects conducted by GEC TPL and animated drawings, the film argues the superiority of rail transport and diesel and electric traction while showcasing GEC TPL services to run railway modernisation and electrification projects entirely. Numerous shots were taken of various railway systems around the world, especially on Taiwan Railways, British Railways and London Underground. Film footage and animated drawings feature and compare examples of freight transportation by aircraft, barge, ship, road and rail. The film exposes and compares the existing options for modern railway: diesel, diesel electric or electric traction. GEC TPL is presented as an all-in-one company which can coordinate all aspects of building a new or modernise a railway system: design, construction, equipping, training, commissioning and funding. A map reveals the various railway companies around the world with which GEC TPL already works closely in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, etc. The film reviews the steps through how a modern electric railway is created. An assessment is made by specialists, consultants and local experts on site and a feasibility report is produced. This is illustrated with shots showing paper proposals previously produced by GEC TPL: Tender for Electrification of the Trunk Line from Keelung to Kaohsiung for Taiwan Railway Administration; Modernisation, Electrification and Development of the Kowloon-Canton Railway System (Hong Kong); Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway System; Carajas Railway Project (Brazil); Rede Ferroviaria Federal S.A (Brazil); Ferrocarril Suburban en Areas Metropolitanas del Valle de Mexico; Iranian State Railways, Modernisation and Electrification of Tehran-Tabriz Line. Close up shots of British Railways electric locomotives demonstrate the difference between low voltage DC third rail system and overhead high voltage AC system, and the existence of dual standard system with manual or automatic changeover. Footage of the London’s financial building illustrates GEC TPL ability to help clients with seeking funding and negotiations. Further step in making a modern railway is the actual construction or modernisation of tracks, which can be coordinated by GEC TPL, commissioning local contractors. This is shown using footage of track laying, construction, bridge and tunnel work around the world. Further footage shows computers in offices as well as tests, surveys and measurements conducted on site, checking ground conditions, rail alignment. These data are used to assess the best choice of structure and line side equipment according to the specific site. A segment explains the path of power, how it is conveyed and transformed from the power station to the railways. Some footage shows substation cabins, vacuum circuit breakers and modern interrupters necessary for underground railway. A modern signalling system is featured; cable circuits lodged along the trackside are filmed. Some shots were taken inside a control centre for Taiwan Railways. In parallel to track construction, power and telecommunication equipment build on site, locomotive and rolling stock are built and delivered as told by large shots of a factory followed by shots of carriage being unloaded from a ship in Taiwan. After delivery, GEC TPL ensures modern workshops are available to take care of the necessary maintenance on the locomotive and rolling stock and delivers a technical and managerial training scheme for the local workers. Using footage of the London Underground, the film also promotes GEC TPL service to help organising a network. Finally, GEC TPL is understood as a full package services in one single company handling all the aspects of the construction or modernisation of a railway for its clients. The end credits acknowledge the following companies for their help in the making of the film: British Railways, British Transport Films, Central Electricity Generating Board, Film Australia, London Transport Executive, Rede Ferroviaria Federal S.A (Brazil), South African Railways, Taiwan Railway Administration Film - Railways for the World
Commercial corporate film produced for GEC Traction by Barker Taylor Sharp (BTS, Leeds and Manchester), created by Chetwynd Advertising Manchester and directed by Jeff Grant. Spanish version for Latin America (title, commentary, captions and credits: all in Spanish) The film presents the services offered by GEC Traction to potential customers, the large range of products and equipments supplied, example of undergoing projects, and training offers for customers to learn how to use and maintain the products acquired. The film includes footage of GEC workshops and foreign electric railways (MTRC Hong Kong, Spain, New-Zealand, Canada, South Africa, etc.) The film was made with the assistance of: British Railways Board, British Steel, Indian Railways, New-Zealand Government Railways, RENFE (Spain), Sudan Railways, Tyne and Wear Metro, and Union Carriage and Wagon. Film - GEC Traction
Corporate film produced for GEC Transportation Projects Limited by Anvil Film and Recording Group Limited, directed by Peter Hopkinson. The film presents the services offered by GEC TPL and targets potential foreign clients. Using footage of modern railway projects conducted by GEC TPL and animated drawings, the film argues the superiority of rail transport and diesel and electric traction while showcasing GEC TPL services to run railway modernisation and electrification projects entirely. Numerous shots were taken of various railway systems around the world, especially on Taiwan Railways, British Railways and London Underground. Film footage and animated drawings feature and compare examples of freight transportation by aircraft, barge, ship, road and rail. The film exposes and compares the existing options for modern railway: diesel, diesel electric or electric traction. GEC TPL is presented as an all-in-one company which can coordinate all aspects of building a new or modernise a railway system: design, construction, equipping, training, commissioning and funding. A map reveals the various railway companies around the world with which GEC TPL already works closely in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, etc. The film reviews the steps through how a modern electric railway is created. An assessment is made by specialists, consultants and local experts on site and a feasibility report is produced. This is illustrated with shots showing paper proposals previously produced by GEC TPL: Tender for Electrification of the Trunk Line from Keelung to Kaohsiung for Taiwan Railway Administration; Modernisation, Electrification and Development of the Kowloon-Canton Railway System (Hong Kong); Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway System; Carajas Railway Project (Brazil); Rede Ferroviaria Federal S.A (Brazil); Ferrocarril Suburban en Areas Metropolitanas del Valle de Mexico; Iranian State Railways, Modernisation and Electrification of Tehran-Tabriz Line. Close up shots of British Railways electric locomotives demonstrate the difference between low voltage DC third rail system and overhead high voltage AC system, and the existence of dual standard system with manual or automatic changeover. Footage of the London’s financial building illustrates GEC TPL ability to help clients with seeking funding and negotiations. Further step in making a modern railway is the actual construction or modernisation of tracks, which can be coordinated by GEC TPL, commissioning local contractors. This is shown using footage of track laying, construction, bridge and tunnel work around the world. Further footage shows computers in offices as well as tests, surveys and measurements conducted on site, checking ground conditions, rail alignment. These data are used to assess the best choice of structure and line side equipment according to the specific site. A segment explains the path of power, how it is conveyed and transformed from the power station to the railways. Some footage shows substation cabins, vacuum circuit breakers and modern interrupters necessary for underground railway. A modern signalling system is featured; cable circuits lodged along the trackside are filmed. Some shots were taken inside a control centre for Taiwan Railways. In parallel to track construction, power and telecommunication equipment build on site, locomotive and rolling stock are built and delivered as told by large shots of a factory followed by shots of carriage being unloaded from a ship in Taiwan. After delivery, GEC TPL ensures modern workshops are available to take care of the necessary maintenance on the locomotive and rolling stock and delivers a technical and managerial training scheme for the local workers. Using footage of the London Underground, the film also promotes GEC TPL service to help organising a network. Finally, GEC TPL is understood as a full package services in one single company handling all the aspects of the construction or modernisation of a railway for its clients. The end credits acknowledge the following companies for their help in the making of the film: British Railways, British Transport Films, Central Electricity Generating Board, Film Australia, London Transport Executive, Rede Ferroviaria Federal S.A (Brazil), South African Railways, Taiwan Railway Administration Film - Railways for the World
11 mins video on 1 VHS cassette Footage of the building of London Underground 1996 stock on Metro-Cammell workshops
53 mins 5 seconds video on 1 VHS cassette Television program - Equinox (series): Running to Time (episode)
27 mins video on 1 VHS cassette Footage of stocks of the London underground Jubilee and Northern lines and CAD-CAM designs
Corporate film produced for GEC Traction and Signal (Pty) Ltd, co-produced by SABI productions and Group Editors. The film presents GEC Traction and Signal (Pty) Ltd., as the leader manufacturer and supplier for electric traction equipment in South Africa since the invention of the electric train. The company has been the supplier for South African Railways for more than 50 years. It supplies and manufactures traction equipment for locomotives, motor coaches (suburban railways) and provides signalling engineering services. The film starts with a selection of still images (drawings, paintings) of early steam locomotives. Most footage was shot on the company’s work site near Johannesburg, showing employees and machines at work manufacturing electrical traction equipment. The various phases of manufacturing are filmed: winding, welding, testing. Further shots show the completed equipment leaving the works for Union Carriage & Wagon, based in Nigel, to be fitted on locomotive bogies. Some footage also illustrates the company’s signalling services and shots were taken of the centralised traffic control system based in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. There are also images of South African electric locomotives and motor coaches running on the lines. Film - GEC Traction South Africa
1 volume The Fun We Had; an inside look at the railway enthusiast hobby compiled and edited by K Taylorson
2 documents Letter from G Kitchenside to Peter Handford concerning the editing of the ''Sounds of Railways and their Recording''
