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Issue of Day Excursion Tickets

1922

Liverpool and Belfast

Three items related to the unveiling of the First World War memorial at Euston

1921
Notice, wooden, London & North Western Railway, concerning mooring charges for none company vessels, ex Foryd Pier.

Notice, wooden, London & North Western Railway

Cast iron sign, London & North Western Railway, 'Beware of the Trains, Look both up and down the lines before you cross', white lettering on black.

Cast iron sign, London & North Western Railway

Ground signal, London & North Western Railway, semaphore type.

Ground signal

Bed, London & North Western Railway, consisting of bedhead, bed end and two iron bars, ex Wolverton, unknown Royal Saloon.

Bed, London & North Western Railway

Model railway carriage, approx 1/16 scale, Queen Victoria's Royal Saloon built by London & North Western Railway to Richard Bore's design at Wolverton works, 1869, in articulated form but with four pairs of 4-wheeled bogies, model probably made at Wolverton, c.1890.

Model of Queen Victoria's Royal Saloon carriage, c1890

1885-1895
Correspondence; letters, copy letters, notes and telegrams from both the North British Railway Company (NBR) and London & North Western Railway (LNWR) to arrange Queen Victoria's visit to Scotland by Royal Train, in August 1878, one LNWR notice dates from 1876. Also includes timetable and notices, 44 items.

Papers relating to Queen Victoria travelling by rail

circa 1870-1879
Locomotive nameplate, London & North Western Railway Queen Mary/George V Class locomotive 2151 "Newcomen"

Locomotive nameplate, "Newcomen"

1910
Cabinet, upright, London & North Western Railway, five compartments, possibly ex Wolverton.

Cabinet, upright, London & North Western Railway

Weather vane, iron, in the form of red painted 0-4-4T locomotive, on pillar, complete with compass points, ex LNWR Watford Engineering Shops.

London & North Western Railway weather vane

Bell, London & North Western Railway, embossed around the base 'J. Warner & Sons London 1858', from Edge Hill Wagon Shop, originally used to ring in the staff and for fire warning purposes.

London & North Western Railway station bell

1858
Papers of Cecil Fitzjames, Whitehaven, Furness Railway and London North Western and Furness Joint Railway concerning the Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Association and Corporation.

Papers of Cecil Fitzjames

1896-1898
Papers of Mr H Hill, Signalman, Potton: National Union of Railwaymen contribution cards 1920 - 1954; Rule book, London & North Western Railway Insurance Society, 1913; Booklet - A Guide to the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 issued by the NUR (2 copies); Booklet - supplement to the October 1955 vest pocket conditions of service book - new rates of pay and conditions of service, issued by NUR; Booklet giving instructions for using British Railways Staff Savings Bank, 1952; Rule books for London Midland & Scottish Railway (LNW) Insurance Society, 1923 and 1929; Notice, Report of General Meeting of London Midland & Scottish Railway (LNW) Provident and Pension Society, 1924; Notice of Agenda and Minutes of Conciliation Board meeting, giving rates of pay for signalmen and recorders, Midland Railway, 1914; Circular, Midland Railway concerning conditions of service for signalmen, porter-signalmen and adult train recorders, giving rates of pay, 1912; Circular re London & North Western and Joint Railway servant's Hospital Fund setting out case for raising future contributions, 1922; Circular letter from Swansea & District Signalmen & Relief Signalmen's Vigilance Committee, 1922; Notice of Goods Vehicle Licensing provisions, 1934; Circular letter re meeting of staff holding positions on councils etc, 1937; Notice of improved benefits paid by the LMS Railway Hospital Fund, 1955; Notice of a public meeting re contributory scheme for Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, giving rules for the scheme.

Collection of union and administrative papers related to H. Hill Signalman, Potton

1912-1956
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1914-1915, brown, belonged to C.R. Liddall, secretarys office, Euston, total number of pages 103.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1914-1915

1914-1915
Appendix to working timetable, London & North Western Railway, Individual appendices for all sections together with general additions to Rule Book, January 1905, 300 pages, black binding.

Appendix to working timetable

1905
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1913-1914, brown. Total number of pages 98.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1913-1914

1913-1914
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1905-1906, red. Total number of pages 89.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1905-1906

1905-1906
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1906-1907, brown, interleaved pages for notes, total number of pages 93.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1906-1907

1906-1907
Guidebook, London & North Western Railway, timetable, 1855, single sheet.

London & North Western Railway Guidebook

1855
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1921-1922. Includes list of company directors and officers. Dark blue cover, total number of pages 104.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1921-1922

1921-1922
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1910-1911, brown. Total number of pages 103.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1910-1911

1910-1911
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1916-1917, dark blue. Total number of pages 104.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1916-1917

1916-1917
Rule book, London & North Western Railway, "Rules and Regulations for the conduct of the traffic and for the guidance of the officers and men" Contains general information, date 1889, card cover, dark red embossed in gold on rear cover. Includes pasted-in instructions for working vacuum brakes includes a diagram. Number of pages 298.

London & North Western Railway Rule Book 1889

1889
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1901-1902, red. Total number of pages 67.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1901-1902

1901-1902
Rule book, London & North Western Railway. "Rules and regulatiuons for the guidance of the officers and men" Contains general information, date 1904, card cover, red embossed in gold. Includes pasted-in amendments dated 1908 and 1910. Number of pages 258.

London & North Western Railway Rule Book 1904

1904
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1908-1909, blue cover, total number of pages 104.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1908-1909

1908-1909
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1919-1920. Includes lists of company directors and officers, dark blue cover, back cover missing. Total number of pages 104

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1919-1920

1919-1920
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1911-1912, green. Total number of pages 104.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1911-1912

1911-1912
London & North Western Railway certificate stating that Mr W. J. Prosser attended a course of lectures at Crewe Station and passed a satisfactory examination in the rules and regulations affecting the safe working of the railways. Poor condition.

London & North Western Railway certificate

1911
Diagram issued by the London & North Western Railway, 'Arrangement of Carriages Comprising Her Majesty's Train From Windsor to Aboyne on Friday, the 13th and Saturday, the 14th May, 1864'.

Diagram issued by the London & North Western Railway

1864
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1922-1923. Includes lists of company directors and officers, dark blue cover, total number of pages 108.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1922-1923

1922-1923
Guidebook, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and London & North Western Railway, card bookmark for through express, sketch map of route with illustrative cartouches.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and London & North Western Railway Guidebook

Rule book, London & North Western Railway. "Rules and regulations for the conduct of the traffic and for the guidance of the officers and men" Contains general information, date 1883, card cover red embossed in gold. Includes extracts of Act of Parliament. Number of pages 259.

London & North Western Railway Rule Book 1883

1883
Guidebook, London & North Western Railway, "The British Isles for British Tourists", 1909, 24 pages.

LNWR: The British Isles for British Tourists

1909
Rule book, London & North Western Railway. "Rules and regulations for the guidance of the officers and men" Contains general information, date 1916, card cover, red embossed in gold. Number of pages 314.

London & North Western Railway Rule Book 1916

1916
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1902-1903, brown. Total number of pages 67.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1902-1903

1902-1903
Notice number 47 issued by the London and North Western Railway Lancaster & Carlisle and North West Cumberland Districts titled "Special Notice, Funeral of His Late Majesty King Edward VII, Friday, May 20th, 1910",. Issued by L D Price, District Traffic Superintendent, Lancaster, May 17th, 1910.

London and North Western Railway Lancaster & Carlisle and West Cumberland Districts Special Notice Funeral of His Late Majesty King Edward VII

1910
Note paper, London & North Western Railway carriage department, Wolverton station, A.R. Trevithick, 191_, (Other Associations 80/25/79).

London & North Western Railway

Certificate declaring that Private Ernest Henry Bryant was employed by London & North Western Railway and can be re-employed on his return to Civil Life, 15th January 1919.

Certificate declaring that Private Ernest Henry Bryant was employed by London & North Western Railway

1919
Notice number SUD No. 64 issued by the London & North Western Railway (Shropshire District), titled "Funeral of his Late Majesty King Edward VII Friday, May 20th, Goods &c., Train and Shunting Engine Arrangements". Issued by J. L. White, District Traffic Superintendent, Shrewsbury, May 17, 1910.

London & North Western Railway Shropshire District Funeral of His Late Majesty King Edward VII

1910
London & North Western Railway headed notepaper from the North Western Hotel, Liverpool. Headed with the LNWR crest and the addresses of all the company's hotels.

London & North Western Railway headed notepaper from the North Western Hotel

1920-1929
Ticket, London and North Western, to London costing 5/10.

London and North Western ticket to London

Card, London & North Western Railway, Rates for the transport of Gold and Silver between London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham, (Other IDs 76/25/437).

London and North Western Railway

London & North Western memo to Jas. Mony regarding the termination of his contract. Dated 20th February 1849. Signed by J.E.M. Connell.

London & North Western Railway memo

1849
Travel Guide, London & North Western Railway, "Railway Tourist Guide. Leamington to Carlisle", 1879, guide to places to visit with lithographs & advertisements.

LNWR - Railway Tourist Guide, Leamington to Carlisle

1879
Postcard, London & North Western Railway, colour, The Giants' Causeway, The Giants'Honeycomb,Midland Route via Heysham and Belfast, printed by Photochrom Co. Ltd., London.

The Giants' Causeway

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1909-1910, red cover, total number of pages 104.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & North Western Railway, 1909-1910

1909-1910
Travel Guide, London & North Western Railway, "Tourist Guide to North Wales", 1905, places to visit, 130 pages, soft cover with illustration by 'JPM'.

LNWR - Tourist Guide to North Wales

1905