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Kenneth Cantlie Archive

Documents relating to the Jodphur Railways, India

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

Address book and booklet relating to 1956 visit to China

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

Documents relating to the career of Kenneth Cantlie: apprenticeship with LNWR; work with Entre dos Rios Railway (Argentina) Jodhpur Railways (India) as a technical adviser to Chinese Ministry of Railways in the 1930s, military service, representative for Locomotive Manufacturers' Association (LMA) in 1950s; trade missions to China from 1956 and promotion of the Giesl Ejector from 1950 to 1980s; includes photographs, film, maps, books, booklets and drawings

Documents relating to the career of Kenneth Cantlie: apprenticeship with LNWR

circa 1920-1980
Accrual to the Kenneth Cantlie Archive. Contents of single metal file cabinet drawer containing 37 files. Contains correspondence, publications, photographic prints, 35mm transparencies and other documents relating to Kenneth Cantlie’s childhood, career and family, including; correspondence from his childhood and early career; family and social records; activities in China; Southwold Railway; the Newcomen Society; obituaries and memorials; Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway; Verity Orient; records relating to Sir James Cantlie; Kenneth Cantlie as overseas representative Locomotive Manufacturers Association; records relating to the National Railway Museum.

Accrual to the Kenneth Cantlie archive

Papers of Kenneth Cantlie (accrual), circa 1955 to 1982. Papers cover Cantlie's work as an overseas consulting engineer, mainly concerning sales of Giesl ejectors, trials of the ejector in the UK including on a 9F at Rugby, East African Railways, correspondence with Dr. Giesel, drawings, etc. work with Verity-Orient Co. Ltd. his partnership with George Carpenter.

Papers of Kenneth Cantlie (accrual)

circa 1955-circa 1982
2 boxes

Printed material

22 boxes containing 143 files

Personal and business papers

1 file with 3 pages

Notes on Sir Norman Kipping's draft

1 file with approx. 35 pages

Correspondence regarding promoting Brockhouse products in China

1 file with approx. 110 pages, 3 pamphlets

Official correspondence with the Chinese and British governmental departments and dignitaries

1 file with approx. 45 pages and 1 report

Correspondence with Lord Monkswell regarding the end of steam on British Railways

2 items

Maps

2 VHS cassettes

Films

1 file with approx. 320 pages

Correspondence with R. A. Lister Ltd. regarding exporting products to China

1 file with approx. 65 pages, 2 magazines and a bound map

Correspondence, drafts and maps relating to Kenneth Cantlie's article on Chinese railways for the China Society

1 file with approx. 70 pages

Correspondence with Rawlplug company regarding trade in Africa

1 file with approx. 65 pages

Reports on visits to China for associations Locomotive Manufacturers' Association and Federation of British Industries

16 mins 4 seconds on 1 VHS cassette

Film - The Fell Locomotive

1 file with 19 pages, 3 articles

Correspondence, articles and notes on development of Chinese railways

1 file with 87 pages

Correspondence and documents regarding investigation of accidents on Canton Kowloon Railway

1 file with approx. 120 pages

Correspondence, contracts and references relating to Kenneth Cantlie's career in China and India

1 file with 1 report, 35 pages

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

1 file with 3 publications

Publications relating to Indian railways

1 file with approx. 23 pages, 2 items

Notes regarding Chinese railways and later additions

1 file with 28 pages, 10 items

Notes and reports: Chinese Indemnity Fund and Purchasing Commission

1 file with 1 vinyl and a bundle of 20 pages

Correspondence regarding a political visit to China regarding trade

1 file with 37 pages

Reports and memoranda on China by Kenneth Cantlie during the Second World War

1 item

China Railway Map

1 file with 5 publications, 3 bundles of copied articles, approx. 70 pages

Drafts and correspondence on publication the Railways of China and other articles by Kenneth Cantlie

1 file with 30 pages, 1 pamphlet

Notes, correspondence and published articles on Chinese trade and railways

1 file with approx. 118 pages

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

1 publication

Publication on Jodphur Railway Rules for Reporting Accidents

1 file with approx. 91 pages

Notes and drafts for articles and speeches on China's industry and trade

1 file with 9 documents

Blueprints and reports on locomotive design for China

1 file with 5 items

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

1 file with approx. 127 pages, 3 items

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

1 file with approx. 120 pages

Correspondence regarding the import and export of various goods with China

1 file with 2 items and bundle with 21 pages

Documents relating to Kenneth Cantlie's trips to China

1 file with 48 pages

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

1 file with approx. 220 pages

Specifications for rolling stock materials and locomotives for Chinese Railways

1 bound volume

Notebook for Kenneth Cantlie's trip to USA

1 file with approx. 210 pages

Notes and session papers relating to the Economic and Social Committee for Asia and the Pacific conference

1 file with 64 pages

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

1 file with 5 bundles, approx. 53 pages

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

1 file with 34 pages

Draft articles by Kenneth Cantlie on various topics relating to experiences in war-time Germany, working on Indian railways and British railways

1 file with approx. 45 pages

Calculations and technical data on various locomotives

1 file with 19 pages

Memorandum on British Railways and modernisation by Kenneth Cantlie