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SR & Constituent Locomotive Drawings (Curl Acquisition)

SR & Constituent Locomotive Drawings (Curl Acquisition)

1850-1969

Longhedge Works archive

Longhedge Works archive

1874-1914

American Line

American Line

1913

General Bank Holiday Monday August 5th 1878

General Bank Holiday Monday August 5th 1878

1878

Bell, London Chatham & Dover Railway and South Eastern & Chatham Railway and Southern Railway, embossed around the base 'Warner & Sons London 1870', number 23, removed from Sydenham Hill Signal Box in 1953.

Railway bell, Warner & Sons

1870

Poster promoting Whitsuntide Holidays at Ramsgate

Poster promoting Whitsuntide Holidays at Ramsgate

1876

Continental Information, Paris to London, July 1863

Continental Information, Paris to London, July 1863

1863

Folkestone Harbour South East Pavilion

Folkestone Harbour South East Pavilion

Paris-Londres

Paris-Londres

Stool, London Chatham & Dover Railway, wooden 4-legged stool LCDR stamped underneath, ex Westgate-on-Sea.

Wooden stool, London Chatham & Dover Railway

1859-1923

Signal box nameboard, Newington, wood, white with black lettering and border.

Signal box nameboard, Newington

1877-1960

Portfolio of original and blue print general arrangement locomotive drawings from various companies collected by Sir William McAlpine. Most drawings are signed by chief mechanical engineers responsible. Includes drawings for locomotives from Great Southern Railway (Ireland), Great Southern & Western Railway (Ireland), Grand Trunk Railway (Cananda) Great Northern Railway, Great Eastern Railway, London, Chatham and Dover Railway, Rhodesia Railways (built by North British Locomotive Company), London and North Western Railway, as well as the Para Central De Aragon (Spain) 2-8-2+2-8-2 Garratt locomotive, 4-6-2 Type 10 locomotive for Belgian Railways.

McAlpine Drawing Collection

1849-1940

Specification, London Chatham & Dover Railway, Express Passenger Engines Class M3 4-4-0, 1890, 29 pages, blue bindings.

LCDR Class M3 4-4-0 Specification

1890

Specification, London Chatham & Dover Railway, Goods Engines Class B2 0-6-0, 1890, 27 pages.

LCDR Class B2 0-6-0 Specification

1890

Specification, South Eastern and London Chatham & Dover Railways Co., Goods brake vans, June 1899, 16 pages.

SECR & LCDR Specification for Goods Brake Vans

1899

Instructions, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, London Chatham & Dover Railway and West London Extension Railway, No. 92 'Longhedge Junction Distant Signals for Traffic from Victoria Removed 130 yards Nearer the Signal Box', printed by Waterlow and Sons, 1893.

Longhedge Junction Distant Signals for Traffic from Victoria Removed 130 yards Nearer the Signal Box

1893

Specification, South Eastern and London Chatham & Dover Railways Co., Bogie 3rd Class carriage with Guard's compartment, May 1899, 23 pages.

SECR & LCDR Carriage Specification

1899

Specification, South Eastern Railway and London Chatham & Dover Railway, Bogie Tank Engines Class R1 4-4-0T, 1890, 22 pages.

LCDR Class R1 4-4-0T Specification

1890

London Chatham & Dover Railway 'Maidstone gardeners mutual improvement association annual excursion'. Tickets 3/. Printed by Dickinson. Issued by J. Kentish. Dated 1878.

Maidstone gardeners mutual improvement association annual excursion

1878

London Chatham & Dover Railway handbill 'Margate Regatta' with times and fares. Dated 31st August 1880. Mounted on board.

Margate Regatta

1880

Poster, London Chatham & Dover Railway, Alterations of trains for October 1895, black text on white background, printed at the Company's Works, Victoria Station, Pimlico, (fragile and torn).

London Chatham & Dover Railway, Alterations of trains for October 1895

1895

Travel Guide, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Tourist Guide", 1879, incorporating timetable and information, cost 1d, 29 pages, soft cover.

London Chatham and Dover Railway: - Tourist Guide

1879

Specification, London Chatham & Dover Railway, Goods Engines Class B 0-6-0, 1882, 32 pages.

LCDR Class B 0-6-0 Specification

1882

Booklet, London Brighton & South Coast Railway and London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Stewarts Lane Junction".

stewarts lane junction

Handbill relating cheap tickets, 'Saturday to Monday at the sea-side', issued by London, Chatham & Dover Railway. 1 Feb 1881.

Handbill relating cheap tickets

1881

Handbill, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Margate Regatta Cheap Return Tickets" with the fares, Printed at the company works, January 20th 1880.

theatre excursion a long day in london

1880

Handbill, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Easter Holidays 1881", with advertisement for Crystal place on the reverse, printed at the company works, 21st March 1881.

Easter Holidays 1881

1881

Notice, London Brighton & South Coast Railway and London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Services of Trains between Victoria and Bromley", 1862, timetable of trains.

Services of Trains between Victoria and Bromley

1862

Specification, London Chatham & Dover Railway, Bogie Tank Engines Class R 4-4-0T, 1890, 24 pages, blue binding.

LCDR Class R 4-4-0T Specification

1890

London, Chatham & Dover Railway handbill entitled Saturday to Monday at the seaside. The document advertises cheap tickets from Victoria, Holdborn Viaduct, Ludgate Hill and Herne Hill to 12 different locations, including Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Canterbury & Dover. The tickets can be obtained from Cook & Son's tourist office at Ludgate Circus. Printed by the railway company at their works at Victoria Station, Pimlico. Dated February 1881.

London, Chatham & Dover Railway handbill entitled Saturday to Monday at the seaside

1881

Rule book, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Code of Signals and General Instructions", 1874, 85 pages, contains extracts from Acts of Parliament, dark green hard cover.

London Chatham & Dover Railway Rule Book 1874

1874

Specification, London Chatham & Dover Railway, Bogie Tank Engines Class A3 4-4-0T, 1890, 24 pages, blue binding.

LCDR Class A3 4-4-0T specification

1890

Handbill, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Margate Regatta Cheap Return Tickets" with the fares, Printed at the company works, August 31st 1880.

Margate Regatta Cheap Return Tickets

1880

Handbill, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Easter Holidays 1881", with advertisement for Crystal place on the reverse, printed at the company works, 21st March 1881.

Easter Holidays 1881

1881

Timetable, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "the Mail Route to Paris and the Continent", With black cover with gold writing, printed by McCorquodale & Co, London, 1911.

Mail Route to Paris and the Continent

1911

LC&DR booklet "Time Tables of the London, Chatham & Dover Railway and the Mail Steam Packet Service" including timetables for LC&DR services to South Coast ports, London suburban lines, local services between Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs, West London Extension Railway linking the LC&DR and the Great Western, details of through trains to the Continent, stopping places on European journies, etc. Issued 1 January 1866. 56pp plus adverts.

Time Tables of the London, Chatham & Dover Railway and the Mail Steam Packet Service

1866

Rule book, London Chatham & Dover Railway, Rules and Regulations, 1878, 120 pages, dark green hard cover with gold lettering. copy belonged to James Andrews, Signalman, and inside front cover is a list of key dates and locations during his service for the company 1874-1894.

London Chatham & Dover Railway Rule Book 1878

1878

Specification, South Eastern Railway and London Chatham & Dover Railway, Goods Engines Class C 0-6-0, 1899, 23 pages.

South Eastern and Chatham & Dover Class C 0-6-0 Specification

1899

Notice, London Chatham & Dover Railway, 'In Consequence of the Action Taken by the Inland Revenue Department in Exacting Government Duty at the Rate of 5 Percent on all Season Tickets, Notice is Hereby Given That on and From this Date the Amount so Charged for Duty Will be Added to the Price of Each Season Ticket, 1878.

Action Taken by the Inland Revenue

1878

Handbill, London Chatham & Dover Railway, 'Saturday to Monday at the Seaside Cheap Tickets', With train times and fares, Printed at the company works, London, 1881, dimensions 248 x 187mm.

Saturday to Monday at the Seaside. Cheap Tickets

1881

Notice. London Chatham & Dover Railway. Omnibus Service between Tub's Hill (SER) and Bat & Ball (LC&DR) commencing 1 July 1885. Black text on white background. Printed at the Company's Works, Victoria Station, Pimlico. Stuck to card.

Omnibus Service

1885