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Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

Gooch centrepiece, 1872

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1872

Epergne presented to Robert Stephenson

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1839

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

Letter from Charles Dickens regarding accident on the Great Western Railway

Archive Collections

1870

Telegraph block instrument

Signalling & Telecommunications

Railway bridge section, portion of rivetted girder from Britannia Bridge

Railway Infrastructure

1850

Carved stand with roll of honour for 1914-1919 and 1939-1945, North Eastern Railway Engineer's Office

Miscellanea & Curiosities

windsor mantle clock

Railway Timepieces

1845-1855

Portrait bust of Richard Trevithick

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Telegraph block instrument

Signalling & Telecommunications

Telegraph block instrument

Signalling & Telecommunications

model carriage - great indian peninsular railway

Railway Models

Model railway carriage, 3rd class smoking compartment

Railway Models

1901

model steam, crewe type locomotive

Railway Models

1846

Model railway carriage, 1/12 scale, Great Eastern Railway 3rd class 4-wheeled brake

Railway Models

Spirit of the Southern

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1969, about

Eclipse

Railway Models

1841

Service by Night

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1955
Model railway wagon, 1/6 scale, 10 ton `Chorley' private owner coal wagon No.10005, prototype built c.1900

Model railway wagon, 1/6 scale, 10 ton `Chorley' private owner coal wagon

Railway Models
model of Grew's locomotive for ice, 1861, scale 1:8. This model is of a second ice engine designed by Grew and built by Neilson & co. of Glasgow.

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

Road Transport

c. 1861
Short stemmed moulded glass dish, acanthus design, for Epergne. Overall: 56 mm 104 mm.

Moulded glass dish for Epergne

Miscellanea & Curiosities
Short stemmed moulded glass dish, acanthus design, for Epergne. Overall: 56 mm 104 mm.

Moulded glass dish for Epergne

Miscellanea & Curiosities
Short stemmed moulded glass dish, acanthus design, for Epergne. Overall: 56 mm x 104 mm.

Moulded glass dish for Epergne

Miscellanea & Curiosities
Longcase clock by Isaac Jackson, Wylam, ordered by Robert Stephenson in 1857 and installed in the General Manager's Office at R. Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works, Newcastle, 14.12.1858

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

Railway Timepieces

1857
Roll of Honour, framed, North Eastern Railway, Chief Engineers Office York, listing the members of staff who served with His Majesty's Forces during the European War 1914-1919.

Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, North Eastern Railway, Chief Engineers Office York

Miscellanea & Curiosities
Short stemmed moulded glass dish, acanthus design, for Epergne. Overall: 56 mm 104 mm.

Moulded glass dish for Epergne

Miscellanea & Curiosities
Table, pine top with mahogany trim, turned stained pine legs, formerly the property of George Robert Stephenson (1819-1905) and reputedly used by George and Robert Stephenson.

Table, formerly the property of George Stephenson

Railway Furniture

1819-1905
Display case, containing Roll of Honour of Staff of the North Eastern Railway Company killed in the Great War 1914-1918 and Roll of Honour of Staff of the North Eastern Area, London & North Eastern Railway Company killed in World War II 1939-1945. Overall: 1034 mm x 1407 mm x 555 mm.

Display case, containing Roll of Honour of Staff of the North Eastern Railway Company

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1918
Carnegie Hero Fund medal, bronze 1965. Awarded posthumously to Driver Wallace Oakes ('Wally' Oakes) in 1965. Circular. Front reads: HE SERVES GOD BEST WHO MOST NOBLY SERVES HUMANITY. Verso: PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE CARNEGIE HERO FUND.Outer edge inscribed: WALLACE A OAKES, WHEELOCK HEATH, CHESHIRE 5TH/12TH JUNE 1965.

Carnegie Hero Fund Medal

Coins and Medals

1965
Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), Mechanical and Civil Engineer, 1850s, painting shows the Britannia Bridge in the background. Unknown artist, after or by John Lucas . Framed and glazed.

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c.1850s
Painting, oil on canvas, Ready for the Road, Camden shed, by Norman Wilkinson, about 1928. Depicts the London, Midland & Scottish Railway's motive power depot in Camden, north London. At left are two Royal Scot class locomotives. Number 6109 'Royal Engineer' is in steam, with smoke blasting from its chimney, and one of the footplate crew is climbing into the cab amidst a cloud of steam. Another, older engine stands on track near the shed in the background, while a further Royal Scot class locomotive is beneath a water tower at right, with its tender facing the viewer. Two footplate crewmen stand talking in front of number 6109, and another walks near the edge of a turntable, the outline of which is visible at the bottom right of the picture. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Framed and glazed. Original artwork for London Midland & Scottish Railway poster.

Ready for the Road, Camden Shed

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c1928
Painting, oil on canvas, Letchworth Station, Hertfordshire by Spencer Frederick Gore, 1912. Painting in the Post-Impressionist style depicting Letchworth station, Hertfordshire, with passengers waiting on the platforms. There are station buildings and waiting rooms with red tiled roofs, and a house with a red roof in the distance. There are fields beyond the station. Framed and glazed in acrylic.

Letchworth Station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1912
Miniature, Richard Trevithick as a boy, copy of a contemporary miniature on ivory.

Richard Trevithick

Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Painting, oil on canvas, The London Road Viaduct on the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Line, by J W Carmichael, 1848. Depicts the brick railway viaduct curving across the valley of the River Wellesbourne. A train hauled by a steam locomotive is crossing the viaduct, leaving a plume of white smoke. In the foreground are cut down trees, and two women talking beside a stone wall. There is a drover with cattle on the road in the valley beneath the viaduct, and on the hills at either side and in the distance there are three windmills. The town of Brighton is visible in the distance, between the arches of the bridge. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Framed and glazed.

The London Road Viaduct on the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Line

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1848
Painting, oil on canvas, Victoria Bridge over the River Wear by John Wilson Carmichael, 1838. Depicts the Victoria Viaduct on the Durham Junction Railway, seen from the banks of the River Wear. In the foreground men and women work and talk at the riverside, while a train crosses the viaduct, leaving a trail of white smoke. Caption on the frame reads "Victoria Bridge over the River Wear. Built by John Gibb & Son of Aberdeen for the Durham Junction Railway and completed on 28th June 1838, the day of Queen Victoria's coronation, by John Wilson Carmichael". Framed and glazed, glass.

Victoria Bridge over the River Wear

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1838
Painting, oil on panel, Second Class: The Parting 'Thus part we rich in sorrow, Parting poor', by Abraham Solomon, 1855. Depicts passengers in a second class railway carriage. A woman, dressed in black widow’s clothes with a hood and bonnet covering her hair, is seated with her left arm around a boy sailor, clasping his right hand in hers. Facing them is a tearful young woman, holding a handkerchief to her face. There is a carpet bag and bundle of luggage on the seats alongside. Seated behind them are a bearded sailor, wearing an earring and straw hat, and a woman with a colourful bonnet. On the wall of the carriage are advertisements for sea passages to Australia, gold digging equipment and emigrants’ outfits. Through the carriage window is a port with ships’ masts. Framed and glazed. Also known as The Departure (Second Class).

Second Class: The Parting 'Thus part we rich in sorrow, Parting poor'

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1855
Painting, oil on panel, First Class: The Meeting... and at First Meeting Loved, by Abraham Solomon, 1855. Depicts passengers in a first class railway carriage. A young man in naval uniform leans forward to talk to an elderly gentleman and a young woman, who listen attentively. The gentleman, balding with grey side whiskers, holds a newspaper in his left hand, and is wearing a glove on his right. The woman is wearing a bonnet and hooded shawl, and is sewing. On the seats are blankets, gloves, a parasol and a bunch of red roses. Through the carriage window is a valley with hills and trees. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Framed and glazed. Also known as The Return (First Class).

First Class: The Meeting... and at First Meeting Loved

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1855
Painting, oil on canvas, artist unknown, with the caption "Seats for Five Persons", about 1850. Satirical depiction of a crowded compartment of a railway carriage, showing twelve passengers, including a stout woman, an elderly man, an amorous couple and a family with a crying baby. Framed and glazed.

seats for five persons

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c. 1850
Painting, oil on canvas, Service to Industry for British Railways, South Grid Railway Sidings, Billingham by Terence Cuneo, 1962. A night scene depicting steam and diesel trains arriving and departing at the Imperial Chemical Industries site at Billingham, near Stockton-on-Tees. In the left foreground black smoke billows from a steam locomotive into the night sky. In the centre a floodlit green diesel locomotive with a train of tank wagons passes under elevated piping. At right are the pylons and tanks of the chemical works. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Original artwork for British Railways Eastern Region poster.

South Grid Railway Sidings. Billingham

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1962
Painting, oil on canvas, Cannon Street Station, by Algernon Talmage, depicting interior platform scene, 1908. Framed and glazed.

Cannon Street Station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1908
Painting, oil on canvas, Liverpool Street Station, by Marjorie Sherlock, about 1963. Depicts a scene at the ticket barrier on platform 4 at Liverpool Street Station in about 1917. In the foreground are passengers, including a soldier in an Australian Army slouch hat. At left is part of a newsagent's kiosk and railway staff are inspecting tickets at the barriers. Beyond, below a sign announcing "West Side Suburban" trains are two trains, with a blue painted Great Eastern Railway locomotive at the end of platform 4. The scene is framed by the station roof. Framed and glazed (perspex). Signed by the artist at bottom left, "Marjorie Sherlock 63".

Liverpool Street Station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1963
Painting, oil on canvas, 'Farewell to the Light Brigade', by Robert Collinson, about 1870. Depicts a cavalry soldier in the uniform of a hussar regiment leaning from a railway carriage window taking leave of a well-dressed woman on the platform during the Crimean War. The woman, on the verge of tears, is clasping his hand in hers. Behind her a bearded guard holding a green flag raises his left hand to signal that the train is ready to depart. Just visible behind the guard, seated in the carriage, is another hussar reading a newspaper. At bottom left is a pile of luggage. Signed in red at bottom right "Robert Collinson, 1862 (?) & 187(?) " The dates are obscured by the frame. The frame is arched at the top. On the reverse is a label reading "Exhibition Folkestone, 1967, Exhibit No 28 from Museum of British Transport, London, Museum No 1052/52". Written in ink on the stretcher are "£200" and "1052/56 or 75/22/6".

Farewell to the Light Brigade

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1870
Painting, oil on canvas, The Terminus (Penzance Station) by Stanhope Alexander Forbes, 1925. Painting shows a busy station platform from a high view point. This includes carriages, passengers and posters. The sea wall, houses and fields can be seen beyond the platform. Framed and glazed.

The Terminus (Penzance Station)

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1925
Painting, oil on canvas, 'Through the Marshes', by Stanhope Alexander Forbes, 1927. Depicts railway workers (permanent way) and a train crossing the Marazion Marshes near Penzance on the Great Western Railway main line. Framed and glazed, glass.

Through the Marshes

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1927