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Kenneth Cantlie Archive

Photographs and documents relating to the hand-over of Chinese engine 4-8-4 to the National Railway Museum

Documents relating to the Jodphur Railways, India

Papers and documents relating to Kenneth Cantlie's career and personal life in China

Address book and booklet relating to 1956 visit to China

Correspondence and notes on Edward Selby Little

Locomotive 4-8-4 specifications and blueprints

Correspondence and documents relating to the Cantlie family

Drawings and blueprints on sleeper cars and Canton Hankow Railway shop layout

Power: The Story of China Light by Nigel Cameron

China Railway Map

Blueprints and specifications of locomotives for China

Film - The Fell Locomotive

Specifications and photographs of Peckett & Sons locomotives

Official correspondence with the Chinese and British governmental departments and dignitaries

Blueprints and notes on Chinese locomotives and railways

Photographs of a railway convention chaired by Kenneth Cantlie in the 1950s

Report on the First Five Year Plan for the Development of the National Economy of the People's Republic of China in 1953-1957 by Chun Li Fu

Price lists for R. A. Lister Ltd export agricultural machines and engines

Documents and correspondence relating to the Sino-British Trade Council and Railway Industry Association

Financial documents and related correspondence with British and Chinese banks, Locomotive Manufacturers' Association and Locomotive and Allied Manufacturers' Association pension funds, War Office, China Ministry of Railways and other organisations

Blueprints and reports on locomotive design for China

Locomotives in China by Peter Clark

Carriage design and diagrams for China

Draft articles and notes relating to China's railways, Sun Yat-Sen and Sir James Cantlie

Correspondence, notes and drafts relating to China's railways, rolling stock and the Japanese occupation

Correspondence and documents regarding investigation of accidents on Canton Kowloon Railway

Annual report of the Canton-Kowloon Railway

Correspondence and documents relating to Kenneth Cantlie's work for the Entre Rios Railway in Argentina

Correspondence and documents relating to a trip to China and technical exchange on locomotive design

Canton-Kowlong Railway Chinese Section Annual Report

Personal and business correspondence relating to China, Giesl and Verity-Orient

Calculations and technical data on various locomotives

To China for Steam by Robert Adley

Correspondence, draft speeches and notes relating to Peking for the British Industry Technology Exhibition

Notes and drafts for articles and letters on locomotive and carriage design, war in China, Dr Sun Yat-Sen and Sir James Cantlie

Draft articles by Kenneth Cantlie relating to steam locomotives and the nationalisation of British Railways

Notes and reports: Chinese Indemnity Fund and Purchasing Commission

Correspondence with Richard Pennoyer and the Ministry of Transport regarding steam locomotives and Giesl ejectors

Calculations and technical data on locomotive boilers and horse power

Slides from Kenneth Cantlie's trip to China

Specifications, articles and calculations relating to the 4-8-4 locomotive

Correspondence relating to promoting General Electric Company and North British Locomotive electric locomotives to China

Bridges in China, Old and New by Mao Yi-Sheng

Correspondence with Kenneth Cantlie's friends and former colleagues in China

Cantlie family history

Report on China's Railways for Locomotive and Allied Manufacturers' Association by Kenneth Cantlie

Draft articles by Kenneth Cantlie relating to China, Suez Canal and Women's liberation

Correspondence and lectures relating to the design of the Chinese Engine 4-8-4 and its arrival to the National Railway Museum

Correspondence, notes and calculations on Chinese locomotives