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Archive of the British Transport Commission

turnberry hotel, ayrshire

British Railways Holiday Guides 1957

1956-1957

Don't forget! Send your luggage in advance

1948-1962

Letter of congratulations from General Manager and Chairman to Albert George Powell Marsh for being awarded the British Empire Medal

1956

Letter of thanks from General Manager to Albert George Powell Marsh for his assistance at Milton train accident in 1955

1955

Barrow and Silloth Docks Tidal Predictions 1960

1960

Ready reckoner for rates of coal

1957

Ascot Races June 17, 18, 19 & 20

1954

Poster, British Railways Holiday Guides 1955

1955

Big Beat

1960
Seal die, steel, and seal matrix, copper, British Transport Commission.

British Transport Commission seal die and seal matrix

10 linear metres

Business records of Grimshaw Brothers Limited

Booklet, "Civil Engineering Standard Design 109LB. F.B. Switches and Crossings", 1951. Issued by the British Transport Commission. BR 12802 Pages fastened together in grey card printed cover. Good condition.

Civil Engineering Standard Design 109LB. F.B. Switches and Crossings

1951
Booklet, British Transport Commission (British Railways Division), "Code of Practice for Pole Line Construction for Signalling and Telecommunication Circuits". 1957. Typed pages in brown card cover. Good condition. B.T.C 2782

Code of Practice for Pole Line Construction for Signalling and Telecommunication Circuits.

1957
Booklet issued by the British Transport Commission entitled 'The Great Northern Railway Sick and Funeral Allowance Fund Rules 1959'. Established in 1853.

The Great Northern Railway Sick and Funeral Allowance Fund

1959
Railway Director's Official Diary, British Transport Commission (London Midland Area), Contains lists of key officers and selected staff. 1957, red. Total number of pages about 150.

Railway Director's Official Diary, British Transport Commission (London Midland Area)

1957
Railway Director's Official Diary, British Transport Commission, 1955, contains lists of key officers and selected staff,dark red. Total number of pages about 160.

Railway Director's Official Diary, British Transport Commission

1955
Railway Director's Official Diary, British Transport Commission (London Midland Area), 1958. Contains lists of key officers and selected staff, red. Total number of pages about 150.

Railway Director's Official Diary, British Transport Commission (London Midland Area)

1958
Softback booklet, British Transport Commission, "Project 1", 1961, fair condition, some pages and front cover folded over.

Project 1

1961
Railway Director's Official Diary, British Transport Commission (London Midland Area), 1956, dark red. Contains lists of key officers and selected staff. Total number of pages about 150.

Railway Director's Official Diary, British Transport Commission (London Midland Area)

1956
Technical Reports, "Slow speed brake tests with Automatic Train Control Equipment and deadmans equiptment on freight trains", July 1958, British Transport Commision, Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department, Doncaster, report E14/60L, format, typescript, number of pages 8, diagrams 18.

Slow speed brake tests with Automatic Train Control Equipment and deadmans equiptment on freight trains

1958
Certificate awarded to Mrs Gladys Axon in recognition of her husband John Axon's bravery at the Chapel-en-le-Frith accident 1957.

Certificate awarded to Mrs Gladys Axon

1957
Bound booklet of notes, photographs and diagrams in, "British Transport Commission Modernisation and Re-equipment of British Railways-handbook of freight and parcels terminals planning."

British Transport Commission Modernisation and Re-equipment of British Railways-handbook of freight and parcels terminals planning.

1950-1959
Locomotive Test Report, British Transport Commission, 4-8-4 Diesel-Mechanical locomotive No 10100, Fell transmission system. (NRM Technical Archive Reference TEST/DIESEL/10)

Locomotive Test Report, British Transport Commission, 4-8-4 Diesel-Mechanical locomotive No 10100, Fell transmission system.

1955
Establishment of the NRM - John Peck Collection. Various papers relating to the establishment of the NRM and the transfer of exhibits from Clapham and Queen Street, including correspondence, drawings of the site, drawing of lifting frame, drawings re removal of exhibits from Queen Street, etc. 1 archive box.

Establishment of the NRM - John Peck Collection

circa 1975
Leaflet, British Transport Commission leaflet, "See Britain First by Train" with cartoon images of four British views and information and map, printed by D.R. Hillman and Sons Ltd., Frome.

See Britain First by Train

Locomotive Test Report, BTC Bulletin No 19, Co-Co deltic diesel electric loco, Two Napier Deltic 2-stroke engines, September 1956. (NRM Technical Archive reference TEST/DIESEL/8)

Locomotive Test Report, BTC Bulletin No 19, Co-Co deltic diesel electric loco, Two Napier Deltic 2-stroke engines

1956
Booklet - Making Joint Consultation Work. Issued by the BTC and BR and outlining the consultation procedures, 1956. 15pp. Includes an insert "Consultation between Management and Staff" signed by union officials and the General Manager of the Eastern Region.

Making Joint Consultation Work

1956
Locomotive test report, British Transport Commission, Class 9 2-10-0, No 92023 ("Crosti" boiler) and 92050 (Standard boiler), to compare performance and efficiency of locomotives with "Crosti" boilers and standard boilers, May 1956, Rugby. (NRM Technical Archive Reference TEST/BR/9)

Locomotive test report, British Transport Commission, Class 9 2-10-0, No 92023 ("Crosti" boiler) and 92050 (Standard boiler)

1956
British Transport Commission and British Railways safety booklet "Prevention of Accidents to Men working on or about the Permanent Way". 8pp. Publication no. B.R. 12323.

Prevention of Accidents to Men working on or about the Permanent Way

Leaflet - Communication between Management and Staff (1). 1 of 2 leaflets dealing with management-staff communication. Issued by the Public Relations Division of the British Transport Commission to railway staff. 6pp.

Communication between Management and Staff (1)

Rule Book, British Transport Commission, date 1958, "Standard Codes for Telegrams", card covers, grey, number of pages 88. Inlcudes Supplements 1 & 2 dated July 1960 and April 1961

Standard Codes for Telegrams

1958
Booklet - Facts and Figures about British Railways - 1957 Edition. Published by the British Transport Commission. 56pp.

Facts and Figures about British Railways - 1957 Edition

1957
Booklet - Facts and Figures about British Railways - 1959 Staff Edition. Published by the British Transport Commission. 40pp.

Facts and Figures about British Railways - 1959 Staff Edition

1959
Railway Rule Book, British Transport Commission, date 1958, "Standard Codes for Telegrams", card covers, grey, number of pages 88.

Standard Codes for Telegrams

1958
Rule Book, British Transport Commission, date 1958, "Standard Codes for Telegrams", card covers, grey, number of pages 88. Includes annotations and amendements.

Standard Codes for Telegrams

1958
Railway Rule Book, British Transport Commission, date 1958, "Standard Codes for Telegrams", card covers, grey, number of pages 88. Stamped inside "British Railways Parkeston Quay Shipping and Port Manager 11 Aug 1977".

Standard Codes for Telegrams

1958
Locomotive Test Report, BTC report E 62, Co-Co deltic diesel electric locomotive, No 9001, Two Napier Deltic 2-stroke engines, March 1961, High-speed trial. (NRM Technical Archive reference TEST/DIESEL/8)

Locomotive Test Report, BTC report E 62, Co-Co deltic diesel electric locomotive, No 9001

1961
British Railways / British Transport Commission instruction book "Instructions and Diagrams for Loading and Securing Long, Projecting and otherwise exceptional Loads, also Procedure regarding Acceptance and Conveyance of Out-of-Gauge and otherwise exceptional Loads", published 1 November 1956. 59pp. Publication no. B.R. 20426 3.

Instructions and Diagrams for Loading and Securing Long, Projecting and otherwise exceptional Loads, also Procedure regarding Acceptance and Conveyance of Out-of-Gauge and otherwise exceptional Loads

1956
Leaflet - Communication between Management and Staff (2). 2 of 2 leaflets dealing with management-staff communication. Issued by the Public Relations Division of the British Transport Commission to railway staff. 8pp.

Communication between Management and Staff (2)

Notice, to staff, BR 6757, from British Railways, reference Staff Travelling Facilities and Privilege Tickets

Staff Travelling Facilities

circa 1965
[Minute books etc of the British Transport Commission, 1947-1962. Personal bound copies of Comptroller Sir Reginald Wilson who became Comptroller in 1947]

Minute books etc of the British Transport Commission

1947-1962
2 folders issued by British Transport Commission (British Railways) for the London & North Eastern Railway Savings Bank, 'Depositor's Statement of Account File'. BR2132

British Transport Commission (British Railways) London and North Eastern Railway Savings Bank Depositor's Satement of Account File

1944-1954
Hard-cover booklet titled "Regulations respecting the Repairing and Rebuilding of Wagons (privately-owned and formerly privately owned), also Maximum and Mimimum Dimensions", 1955 reprint of 1953 edition

Regulations respecting the Repairing and Rebuilding of Wagons (privately-owned and formerly privately owned), also Maximum and Mimimum Dimensions

1955
Platform ticket, British Transport Commission, 5773, Bishop Auckland, 28th September 1963.

Bishop Aukland Platform Ticket

1963
Leaflet, ' To London Back in a Day', British Railways, 1954.

Leaflet, ' To London Back in a Day', British Railways, 1954.

1954
Christmas card from Steve Wheeler, The Commercial Advertisement Staff, British Transport Commission. Illustrations by Mervyn Wilson.

Christmas card, British Transport Commission

1950
Soft bound register containing staff suggestions and details as to whether they were approved or not.

Register 1969/1973

1969
Hard bound minutes of meeting held by British Transport Commission Staff Suggestions Committee.

H. Q. S. S. C. Minutes Nov 1949 Dec 1953.

1949