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941 boxes, 458 drawing folders, 37 drawers

GEC Traction Archive

1 file containing 8 items

Photographs, Manuals and Brochures for GEC Electric Locomotives

559 boxes (824 rolls), 458 folders

Drawings

A large number of brochures produced by AEI Ltd, AEI Traction, GEC Ltd, GEC Traction Ltd, GEC Diesels Ltd, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd, English Electric Co., English Electric-AEI Traction Ltd., Ruston Paxman and MetroTec relating to railway locomotives, mainly diesel-electric locomotives; articles from the Railway Gazette, and Engineering. Included in the series of printed material is a report from the Traction projects department which investigated Trolleybus Data and includes data and reports on various makes of electric vehicle looked at in June, 1945. Customers covered by the brochures include British Railways, New Zealand Government Railways, Bolivian Government Railways, Western Railway (India), Central Railway of Brazil, New South Wales Government Railways, Pakistan Western Railway, Malayan Railways, and Ghana Railway and Ports.

Trade literature for GEC Traction Ltd and Predecessor Companies

1 roll

Mark 3 coach BT10 bogie

1 roll

Mechanical parts drawings for South African locomotives

572 boxes, 458 folders, 52 files, 15 volumes and 1 roll

Drawing Office records

1 box

Davies & Metcalfe Limited spare parts catalogues and lists

1 box

Brecknell, Willis & Co Ltd trolleybus component drawings, Specification for 600 volt dc trolley bus equipment, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport trolley vehicles, West Yorkshire PTE trolley bus study, Patents and British Rail Southern Region prototype technical files

1 box

British Rail EMU Class 3XX photographs

22 boxes

Publications

84 boxes

Manuals

1 box

GEC Traction Limited manuals

1 box

Johannesburg trolley bus project files

182 boxes, 9 folders, 16 volumes, 12 files

Engineering records

1 box

British Rail Diesel Locomotive photographs

17 mins 55 seconds video on 1 VHS cassette

Film - Maglev

1 roll

Axle box guide casting drawings

1 roll

Bogie co-co drawings for South Africa 7E class

40 boxes, 33 drawers

Microfiche

41 mins 15 seconds video on 1 VHS cassette

Film - Building of MTRC Cars in Hong Kong

1 roll

Class 58 & Class 38 equipment arrangements

21 mins video on VHS cassette (2 copies)

Film - Going Electric: The Electrification of the East Coast Main Line (ECML)

1 roll

Layout of GEC Traction offices, and electrical equipment details

1 box

Industrial locomotive photographs

1 roll

British Steel Corporation diesel electric steel work shunter outlines and general arrangements

1 roll

British Steel Corporation diesel electric steel work shunter outlines

53 mins 5 seconds video on 1 VHS cassette

Television program - Equinox (series): Running to Time (episode)

94 rolls, 2 folders

GEC Traction Limited drawings

1 roll

Mechanical parts drawings for Brazil, South Africa Railways and British Rail Class 373

1 box, 5 volumes, 4 files

Order books

1 box

National Coal Board & British Steel Corporation shunting locomotives, Simon-Carves coke car locomotives (Llanwen), Aldgate, Millwall & Newham dc motor scheme, Santa Barbara roadway electricfication technology and West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive trolley buses project files

1 box

Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand photographs

1 box

South African Railways and Harbours 10E1 and E3 electric locomotives project files

1 box

Deltics and BR locomotive photographs

1 roll

Instrument and parcels drawings for industrial locomotives

8 boxes, 1 volume

Reports

1 box

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Niigata Converter Company Ltd and Davies & Metcalfe Limited manuals

9 mins 15 seconds video on 1 VHS cassette

Footage of wheelslip tests with Intercity 125

1 roll

Wheel, axle and tyre assembly and motor bogie arrangements

1 box

First Aid Provisions at Trafford Park, Managing the Tendering Process, Department Quality Management Review, Revisions to Codes of Practices and Commercial Department Ordering Procedure files

21 mins 30 seconds video on 1 VHS cassette

Film - GEC Centenary

21 mins 20 seconds video on VHS cassette (2 copies)

Film - The London Docklands Light Railway

1 roll

Bogie drawings for Brazil Steel Railway

20 minutes of film on 16mm print

Film - GEC Traction

1 box

British Rail EMU photographs

1 box

GEC Traction Limited negatives

1 box

GEC Traction Limited, Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway System, Chloride Technical Limited, Liverpool Polytechnic and the Institution of Electrical Engineers technical reports

1 box

Australia photographs

1 box

New Zealand & Tasmania photographs