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Papers of J O P Hughes

1 item

Drawing of 4500HP gas-turbine electric road freight locomotive

1 item

Painting of 19000 Lord of the Isles gas turbine locomotive

61 items

File containing GT3 lecture notes, correspondence, drawings, charts, reports and a photograph

1 item

British Rail (Western) Progress report, Speed for the Seventies, No. 1

1 item

Leaflet, Baldwin steam turbine electric locomotive Chesapeake & Ohio Railway on display at the track exhibit RSMA Convention, Atlantic City

1 item

Drawing of a general arrangement of transmission gearbox, 4-6-0 locomotive

1 box, containing 26 items

Glass slides of gas turbine locomotives, components and drawings

1 item

Drawing of a gas turbine engine

1 item

Booklet, English Electric Limited, Gas Turbine Department, ‘An Express Gas Turbine Locomotive’

2 folders, 2 rolled items

Photographs

1 item

Booklet, British-Built Gas-Turbine Locomotive, reprinted from the Railway Gazette

24 items

File containing assorted locomotive drawings, charts, correspondence and notes

3 items

Booklet, The English Electric Company Limited, ‘The Position of the Gas Turbine in Locomotive Engineering’, Gas Turbine Department

79 items

File containing correspondence, drawings, charts, reports and photographs

23 items

File containing GT3 relevant papers

1 item

British Railways report, Performance and Efficiency Tests on a Revenue Earning Train, Controlled Road Testing System for Southern Region 1 Co-Co 1, 1750HP main line diesel electric locomotive

37 items

File containing correspondence, tracings, hand drawn sketches, photographs with W G Allen concerning the design of the GT locomotive. Papers include diagrams concerning transmission and drives

36 items

File containing an article on ‘High Speed Trains Plan – Gas Turbines to halve times’, reports on GT3 fuel and electrical systems, reasons for Gas Turbine not starting, notes of Rubber Spring Gear Development for Railways, Metalstik Limited, locomotive drawings

3 items

Paintings

1 item

Painting of a gas turbine locomotive

1 item

Drawing of a section through transmission gearbox on CL of main driving axle for a 2700HP gas turbine locomotive type 4-6-0

13 items

File containing patent specifications

2 items

File containing locomotive data and charts including a diagram showing gradient of routes used for pre-revenue service trials of GT3

1 item

Painting of 19100 Britannic gas turbine locomotive, signed by Allen

14 items

File containing correspondence and reports on the Union Pacific Railroad Company

7 items

File containing charts demonstrating power input and tractive effort

1 item

Lubricating oil diagram for a 2700HP gas turbine locomotive

1 item

Drawing of a section of a locomotive main driving axle

7 items

Drawings

5 items

Exercise book containing locomotive gear train data, a Christmas card, and correspondence

19 items

File containing correspondence and minutes of meetings with British Transport Commission

1 item

Booklet, English Electric Information Bulletin

1 item

File containing a 15 page document titled ‘The Gas Turbine Locomotive G.T.3’

1 item

Lubricating oil diagram for a 4-6-0 gas turbine locomotive

16 files

Research notes & papers

11 items

Printed material

4 items

File containing notes on discussion on ‘Practical design criteria for high speed bearings’ at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 4 March 1955, a magazine articleon the lubrication of gears, a paper 'The Short Bearing Approximation for Plain Journal Bearings and a chart showing viscosity of ‘Shell’ turbo oils vs temperature in degrees C

2 items

File containing a report in Russian of Gas Turbine Locomotives with electric (a.c.) transmission by S A Gromov and L A Sevcenko and a translated version

1 item

British Rail (Western) Progress report, Speed for the Seventies, No. 2

8 items

File containing an address to the Rugby Engineering Society regarding the gas turbine locomotive G.T.3, two copies of 'Locomotive Controls' report, a report regarding the English Electric gas turbine locomotive, correspondence to Hughes from Rugby Engeering Society, press release of 'English Electric gas turbine on show' and best recorded performances of steam & diesel-electric locomotives up the 5.5 mile climb from Tebay to Shap summit

3 items

Report A.57 of the English Electric Company Limited, 4-6-0 locomotive, analysis of the first and third reduction transmission gears, Gas Turbine Department

1 item

Report A.76, the English Electric Company Limited, E.M. 27P Gas Turbine Heat Exchanger, Gas Turbine Department

4 items

Report, 4-6-0 Locomotive – transmission gear box special fitting instructions