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Beyer, Peacock Blue Prints for Eng Ord 144 Isle of Man Railway

Beyer, Peacock Blue Prints for Eng Ord 144 Isle of Man Railway

Company records of Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd

Company records of Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd

Collection of Material related to Beyer, Peacock & Co

Collection of Material related to Beyer, Peacock & Co

General Dimensions of Engines and Tenders

General Dimensions of Engines and Tenders

Drawing No 99326 Cab and Tanks

Drawing No 99326 Cab and Tanks

Drawing No 99530 Window Curtain and Details Etc

Drawing No 99530 Window Curtain and Details Etc

Part Copy of No 99301 Isle of Man - New Engine

Part Copy of No 99301 Isle of Man - New Engine

Beyer Peacock engineering plans of railway carriages for Great Central Railway

Beyer Peacock engineering plans

Collection of detailed copy engineering drawings, 1945, Drawing no. Z6643. The Ceylon Government Railway Garratt was one of the last to be built under the original patent for the Garratt locomotive. The first locomotive (order no 1128) was produced in 1927 and was a prototype 2-6-2 + 2-6-2 for the mountain section of the railway. The 2-6-2 + 2-6-2 was compared against the customary 4-6-0 + 0-6-4 and was found to make a 20% saving in coal consumption. The engineering drawings in this collection are from the second order of 8 engines (order no 11131) acquired by Ceylon Government Railways in 1945.

Engineering Drawings for the Ceylon Government Railways Garratt

29 black and white photographic prints, 9 photographic negatives and one newspaper cutting, showing Beyer, Peacock locomotives.

Photographs and negatives of Beyer Peacock locomotives

Two bound collections of engineering drawings

Beyer, Peacock Engineering Drawings for order numbers 0521 and 9872

An original illustrated catalogue for the 10th "2" class engines, nos. 680-684 and a copied catalogue for the "G.L" class no. 2352-2357 engines ordered by South Arican Railways.

Illustrated Catalogues of Details for Beyer-Garratt Steam Locomotive

A collection of printed sales literature and manuals related to the steam locomotive and its fabrication.

Company Catalogues and Books Related to Locomotive Production

Collection of albums and loose photographic prints from Beyer, Peacock & Co Ltd concerning locomotives for South African Railways, Aktiebolaget Ljungstroms Angturbin and New South Wales Railways. The material consists of four photograph albums of Garratt locomotives, c1925-1952, and one photograph album relating to the Turbine Locomotive Ljungstrom system, dating to 1924; eight albums of advertising proofs and clippings from newspapers and magazines, 1923-1964; and sixteen photographic prints relating to the evolution of the steam locomotive, 20th cent.

Collection of Beyer, Peacock Photograph and Newspaper Cutting Albums and Prints

Black and white photographic print of Baddesley Colliery Locomotive, with simplified A3-sized engineering drawing and inter-departmental memo regarding P. G. Wardle's time as an apprentice at Beyer, Peacock.

Beyer, Peacock engineering drawing, memo and photograph

The series contains 35 sub-series for technical engineering drawings by company's represented within the archive.

Drawings

Two black and white photographic prints of Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited locomotives.

Photographic Prints of Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited locomotives

A collection of black and white photographic prints of working steam locomotives. Many of the photographs were taken in the North West by Mr Pearson himself. The photographs cover a number of years and feature locomotives in railway company liveries as well as in British Rail livery after nationalisation. There are a small number of photographs of Beyer Peacock and Beyer Garratt locomotives taken at the Gorton works, prior to delivery to customers.

Collection of Photographic Prints of Steam Locomotives

Collection of material relating to Beyer, Peacock, amassed by former employees of the company. The material comprises: photographs of the works, employees and locomotives; a bundle of letters written by Charles Beyer; site plans of Gorton; livery transfers; engineering drawings; notes and papers relating to the company history written by Harold Holden; papers, photographs and booklets relating to the centenary celebrations in 1954; books, brochures and leaflets.

Collection of Material relating to Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited

Precision Griding Manchines, Catalogue No.3, Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited, c.1920. Turners' and Fitters' Handbook by Thomas Greenwood, c.1900-1914.

Beyer, Peacock catalogue and Turners and Fitters Handbook

A collection of black and white photographic prints, twenty-five microfiche of engineering drawings, a booklet of forty-six small scale Beyer-Garratt copy general arrangement drawings, and three trade literature books about the various kinds of wire braiding machinery manufactured by B & F Carter & Co Ltd. The collection also includes W. R. Ellis's Beyer, Peacock & Co. Engineering Pupils Scheme booklet and two of Mr Ellis's blacksmith apprentice day books.

Papers of Beyer, Peacock Employees Maurice Heery and William Ellis

2 plans showing the layout of Beyer, Peacock's Works at Gorton

2 plans showing the layout of Beyer, Peacock's Works at Gorton

Collection of documents related to the development of the Spikemaster track maintenance machine and records for the dynamic balancing of drive and bogie wheels for Engine Order 11158. Also a publication on current development of Beyer-Garratts and a tool catalogue for engine maintenance.

Engine Order 11158 and Spikemaster Order 2141 for New South Wales Government Railways

2 drawings of locomotives by Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd.

2 drawings of locomotives by Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd.

Rolled plans.

Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd. plans

43 engineering drawings for locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Company Limited for the Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway under the order numbers 9643 and 9641, 1907.

Beyer, Peacock & Company Limited engineering drawings for Buenos Aires & Rosario Railway locomotives

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Collection of photographs of Beyer, Peacock & Company locomotives

The sub-fonds contains five series, Drawing Registers (GEC/2/1), Drawings (GEC/2/2), Pattern Record Registers (GEC/2/3), Drawing Lists (GEC/2/4) and Drawing Schedules (GEC/2/5). Records include drawing registers, technical engineering drawings, pattern record registers and drawing lists and schedules for the period 1874-1994.

Drawing Office records

Engineering drawing for a Proposed Cradle Type Locomotive. Technical drawing in 3 elevations.

Beyer, Peacock engineering drawing

The roll contains c 40 acetate drawings of wheel, axle, bogie and gear mechanical details. Drawing number range 135261 - 136899.

Wheel, axle, bogie and gear mechanical details

This series is an index for all the drawings produced by the company from its foundation. Details of drawings are recorded chronologically within these volumes. For each drawing the following details are recorded; the date of entry into the index, the drawing number, a description of the drawing and the name of the draughtsman who prepared the drawing. If the drawing relates to an engine sometimes the engine number is recorded.

Index of drawings

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by G. Elle

Draughtsmen's notebook by G. Elle

Draughtsmen's notebook by S. Jackson

Draughtsmen's notebook by S. Jackson

This file contains letters and reports from mainly Fraser & Chalmers (S.A. Ltd) of Johannesburg to Beyer, Peacock relating to GEA class Garratts built for South African Railways.

File of letters and reports relating to South African Railways

The roll contains c 20 acetate drawings of schematic diagrams and mechanical parts. Drawing numbers 137252 - 137461.

Schematic diagrams and mechanical parts

Designs of locomotives and the company's other products were planned and developed in the Drawing Office. The Drawing Office was divided into two sections, the locomotive section and the machine tool section. The Drawing Office came under the control of the Chief Engineer (Design) and reporting to him was the Chief Engineer. This series contains order books, drawings, notebooks, diagrams, sketch and calculation books and photographs.

Records of the Drawing Office

This volume contains a record of the boiler serial numbers of boilers built by the company. Entries are made according to serial number and information recorded includes; the order number, the name of the railway company the boiler is for, and what class of locomotive the boiler is for (there is rarely anything recorded relating to this). The volume covers serial numbers 1-665 and order numbers 3191-319612.

Boiler serial numbers ledger

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

Draughtsmen's notebook by H. Guthrie

This series consists of notebooks kept by various different draughtsmen which contain notes and calculations relating to the company’s orders. Some of these volumes are indexed

Draughtsmen's notebooks

Works can be used to describe the production side of the company and was made up of many departments. Works came under the jurisdiction of the Chief Engineer (Production) and reporting to him was the Works Manager.

Records of works

This series consists of two volumes that record boiler pressures for those boilers built by the company. Entries are made in the volumes in order of the stock numbers they relate to and the pressures are recorded in pounds per square inch. It would appear that MS 0001/3/178 is a copy of MS 0001/3/179 although its entries begin later and cease earlier than the latter. Although provision has been made in the original volume (MS 0001/3/179) to make entries for the early years of the company no entries appear and when they do, are sporadic until about the late 1860s.

Working pressures of boilers

The roll contains six paper and waxed linen drawings by Beyer Peacock & Co, Robert Stephenson & Co, The Hunslet Engine Co and Vulcan Foundry of cranks, rods and door details for Ceylon Government Railways. Drawing number prefix - Z.

Ceylon Government Railways cranks, rods and door details

This volume records details of machine tools made by the company. The volume is separated into different sections according to type of tool. Details recorded include stock number and a brief description saying how many of the tools were ordered and by who. This volume is indexed.

List of machine tools

Draughtsman's notebook by Edgar Worthington

Draughtsman's notebook by Edgar Worthington

These volumes record the names of all the railway companies that ordered locomotives from Beyer, Peacock and details of what they ordered. For each company there is a list of the engines ordered. Entries are ordered by stock number and record the orders progressive order numbers, the date of delivery of the completed order, a description of the type of engine and the name or number of the engine.

Names of railways

The series of order books contain details concerning the company’s orders; this includes orders for engines, tenders, duplicates, extras and duplicates. Also included are orders for machine tools although there is also a separate run of machine tool order books. Information recorded includes the following: name of ordering company, description of the order, and the stock number given to the order. There then follows any instructions relating to the order and a list of drawings used in the design and construction of the order.

Order books

Framed drawing of the Original Garrett Patent Specification drawn by S. Jackson

Framed drawing of the Original Garrett Patent Specification drawn by S. Jackson

These volumes contain details of materials ordered by the company from other firms. Details are provided of what the order is for, who it is being ordered from and to which Beyer, Peacock order it relates. Details of the quantities and dimensions are given as are the dates when the materials were received. These volumes are indexed by stock number and by the type of material ordered.

Materials ordered books