1 item Memorandum to Mr Cox from Mr H G Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer, regarding organization of the L.M.S. Railway C.M.E. Department
1 item Report on footplate run on L.N.E.R. 2-cylinder mixed traffic 4-6-0 loco B1 class, and comparison with L.M.S Class 5 mixed traffic locomotive
1 item Report to the Chairman and Members of the Traffic and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Committees on Water Softening for locomotives
1 item Memorandum to J C L Train regarding Locomotive Building Programme 1956, The Steam Locomotive in relation to proposals for electrification and diesel traction
1 item First report of the Laminated Spring Committee, regarding dissatisfaction with the life of laminated springs and proposals for their redesign
1 item Correspondence with E S Cox concerning wartime Ministry of Supply/War Department "Austerity" 2-8-0, 2-10-0 and 0-6-0ST locomotives from the Locomotive and Allied Manufacturers Association and British Railways Board
1 item Memorandum from C.M.E Department, Nelson Street, Derby, of interview with Mr Symington MacDonald regarding his development of pulverized fuel firing on locomotives
1 item Memorandum from E S Cox, Chief Mechanical Engineers Department, Euston to S J Symes, regarding locomotive taper boilers "new coned boilers", setting out originally proposed LMS taper boiler standardization scheme
1 item Report by E S Cox, Chief Mechanical Engineers Department, Euston regarding visit to Paris, March 1939, in company of Pacific Locomotive Company
1 item Memorandum from E S Cox, Chief Mechanical Engineers Department, Euston to E J H Lemon regarding proposed rebuilding of "Claughton" engines
1 item Memorandum from [?A.R.], Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Euston to Mr R.A.Riddles, regarding redesign of standard 2-6-0 engine after clearance tests
1 item Memorandum from E S Cox, Chief Mechanical Engineers Department, Euston to S J Symes, regarding valve gear on the "Caprotti" engine number 5908
1 item Memorandum from E S Cox, Chief Mechanical Engineers Department, Euston to H.P.M.Beames, Euston, regarding light engines for Highland and Callander and Oban lines
1 item Memorandum from E S Cox, Chief Mechanical Engineers Department, Euston to S J Symes, regarding investigations into the defects of the Horwich Class 8 engines
1 item Report on Water Treatment as carried out on American Railroads, issued by L.M.S. Chief Mechanical Engineers Department, Watford
1 item Proceedings of the Railroad Sessions at the A.S.M.E. Semi-Annual Meeting, published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York
1 item Reprint of “The Locomotive Boiler” by C.A.Brandt, with discussions, reprinted from Transactions of the A.S.M.E.
1 item Memorandum to H G Ivatt from E S Cox concerning post-war 4-6-2 locomotives for 100,000 miles a year running