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North Eastern Railway register of prosthetic limbs

1918-1922

Virgin Trains East Coast booklet announcing the launch of the new franchise in cooperation with Stagecoach

2015-01

Papers of Adrian Shooter and Chiltern Railways

1993-2011

Archive of the British Transport Christian Fellowship (BTCF)

1926-2014

Sierra Leone Railways 225hp diesel locomotive and rolling stock

Wolverton Works Archive

1831-1993

Papers of Ian Braybrook relating to BR Freight privatisation

1993-1999

Atholl Hill papers relating to railway design. Papers include photographs

1960-1980

Railway Notepaper

circa 1845

Memorabilia collected by Alan Ramage

1960-1969

York Site and Great Western Railway Company Drawings transferred from Network Rail

circa 1876-1977

Eastleigh drawings on film negatives

1942-1944

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings and ephemera relating to railway queens and photograph of Kathleen Lawton, railway queen

circa 1933-circa 1971

Ephemera relating to railway catering created by European Rail Catering, On Board Services, Rail Gourmet, Travellers Fare, Intercity, Pullman, TransManche Link, Great Western Trains and Virgin Cross Country

circa October 1981-circa May 1998

Photograph albums and booklets concerning London & North Eastern Railway, London, Brighton & South Coast, and Southern Railway publicity

circa 1910-1935

E.A. Langridge apprenticeship papers

1900s

Archive of the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG). Contains records relating to NELPG anniversaries

1966-2016

Hudson House Brochures

1968

Papers relating to the restoration of Flying Scotsman at BREL works, Derby, 1973

1973

Regional Railways North East franchise bidding documents accumulated by Ian Yeowart

1990s

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Carriage and Wagon guard books

1880-1908

Letter, William George Armstrong to R S Reid, 20 November 1847

1847-11-20

Midland Railway Police Officer James Gates papers and notebooks

1903-1932

Folder containing the notes of Graham Sealy's work on the British Railways Hovercraft

1948-1968

Accrual to the Campaign for Better Transport archive

1970s

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

1921

Leonard Raisbeck Archive

1773-1845

Bring Back British Rail’s first report 'A Better Railway for Britain: Re-unifying our railways under public ownership'

2016
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
Papers of Harry Usher, (1889-1937). Harry Usher (d. 1927) was a former General Manager of the Buenos Ayres & Pacific Railway, a post he held from 1914 to 1926. Prior to that he had worked in various accounting, administrative and managerial roles for railways in Uruguay, Mexico, Costa Rica, South Africa, Chile and Cuba. The collection tells a ‘world’ railway story and gives a well-illustrated overview of a career railway administrator. Much of it is career-illustrative material – contracts, cuttings, regulation books, maps etc. However, there are several notebooks and photographs to give more depth and detail to the work Usher did. Moreover, there is material from every stage of his career. 4 boxes, 1 folder.

Papers of Harry Usher

1889-1937
A hard bound register containing staff suggestions and giving details as to whether or not they were approved.

British Rail Staff Suggestions Register

1974
Mr George Penfold British Railways Southern Region traffic apprenticeship journal, 1954. Daily journal of his Traffic Apprenticeship, or Cadetship, a three year management training scheme where he spent periods of time with each of the traffic related departments, including signalling and locomotive departments of British Railways.

George Penfold apprenticeship journal

1954
Archives, High Speed UK - Connecting the Nation brochure. Made by High Speed UK (HSUK)

High Speed UK - Connecting the Nation brochure

2015
Two postcards written from overseas ambulance train number 36, written by ambulance train nurse ‘Polly’. She describes the cold, her 'little stove' being useful, being busy, she asks to be sent a photo of a wedding, describes not being granted leave "my leave is off". Images of Abbeville and Rouen on the front of each postcard. Date on one postcard is partially obscured but appears to be in 1918

Two postcards written from overseas ambulance train number 36

1918
Collection of papers etc. of John G. Click consisting of 3 black ring binders containing correspondence 1954-1963 between J.G. Click and Oliver Bulleid and Sean Day-Lewis covering the time at Rugby Test Plant, Brighton, Eastleigh Works, Derby Works and Day-Lewis' biography on Bulleid. Two plastic wallets containing LNER and SECR locomotive weight diagrams, press cuttings, drawings and scetches, and a copy of publication by L.D. Porta titled 'The contribution of a new steam motive power to an oilless world', 1987.

Papers of John G Click

1954-1987
Great Northern Railway (GNR) 14 Feet Diameter Turntable (For Wagons Only) scale 1 foot to an inch, cross section.

Drawing of Great Northern Railway (GNR) 14 Feet Diameter Turntable

circa 1850-circa 1922
Drawing, 14 feet diameter turntable (for engines and wagons) scale 1 foot to an inch, type drawing 19

Drawing of 14 feet diameter turntable

circa 1850-circa 1922
Papers, collection of records, certificates and notebooks relating to the engineering apprenticeship of Philip Smith at British Rail Engineering Ltd Locomotive works, Derby, from 1976 to 1980.

Papers of Philip Smith

1976-1980
London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Southern Area 15 feet diameter turntable for engines and wagons, scale 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot plan of floor patio.

Drawing of London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Southern Area 15 feet diameter turntable for engines and wagon

circa 1923-circa 1947
TransPennine Express Leaflets regarding the transfer of the TransPennine Express francise on the 1st April 2016.

TransPennine Express Leaflets

2016
Great Eastern Railway Company hospital train / ambulance train postcard, made by the Locomotive Publishing Company Ltd as part of a set of postcards. Shows a home ambulance train, blank on reverse.

Great Eastern Railway Company hospital train / ambulance train postcard

1915-1918
Drawing of Cast Iron Wheel for Standard Tender, Crewe drawing no. 160, 26 July 1877.

Cast iron wheel for standard tender drawing

1877-07-26
Accrual to the Hackworth family archive, collected by the Hackworth family , made in the United Kingdom 1827 - c1900. Three early letters probably detailing the running of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Three letters Joseph Pease to Timothy Hackworth (1827, 1829), one letter Robert Stephenson to Timothy Hackworth (1828). Large framed drawing 'Loco engine for St Petersburg Railway Manufactured by Timothy Hackworth Engineer New Shildon Sept 1836' Printed, framed engineering drawings taken from patent documents annotated by Robert Young 'Hackworth's Wylam Engine', 'Blenkinsop Loco, Stephenson's, Brunton's', 'Stephenson's Killingworth Engines' Photograph of fountain in Shildon park, bearing a representation of the "Royal George"; autographical Memorial of Eminent Men of Science Engineers and Mechanics of the Nineteenth Century (copies of signatures)

Hackworth family papers

1827-1900
English Electric Traction photo index filing cards. 2 boxes

English Electric Traction photo index filing cards

1960-1970
Railtrack Internal Information Directories 2000- 2002. General Internal Information Directories April 2001, July 2001, November 2001, March 2002, July 2002. Railtrack Headquarters Internal Telephone Directory November 2000 and Evergreen House internal telephone directory September 2000. Contain organisational charts, summaries describing major functions, zones and departments such as corporate affairs, finance, human resources, legal & secretariat, major projects & investment, regulation & government, safety & the environment, technical and operations. Lists names, job titles, department and numbers telephone numbers for staff.

Railtrack Internal Information Directories 2000- 2002. General Internal Information Directories April 2001

2000-2002
Paddington Station 'working' books produced by operations planning, Railtrack Great Western, Swindon and area production manager, Railtrack Great Western, Reading. 1995-1999. Contain general information - explanation of symbols /abbreviations, telephone numbers, platform capacities, information on ticket validity Information re departures from Paddington dates, details of cars In and out working - number of train, time, origin, time due, platform, number, destination and stock type Arrivals to Paddington -time, origin and calling points and telephone numbers.

Paddington station working books

1995-1999
Archive of the Railway Development Society Ltd. Contains promotional material relating to campaigns that have been / have not been realised, reports collected by group published by other bodies – e.g British Railways Board (BRB), Government, universities, publicity created by Railfuture and predecessors, other bodies such as Passenger Transport Executives, BRB, correspondence created and accumulated by the group, some multi format such as VHS. Core material such as minutes, reports and correspondence originating from key members of RDS Frank Tomlins, Richard Pout, Michael Caton and John Barfield.

Archive of the Railway Development Society Ltd

1950s-present day
Photo of engraving of Blenkinsop locomotive drawing 3 coal wagons; photograph of print showing (a) Blenkinsop locomotive and 3 passenger coaches (b) locomotive and 3 large waggons (c) locomotive and 3 small wagons. Passepartout. Printed n the back, "From Thos Gray's Observation on a General Iron Railway, 1821, Ex Phollimore Collection, Top picture is in Gray's 3rd Edition and 4th Edition R3480.

Photo of engraving of Blenkinsop locomotive drawing 3 coal wagons

Great Northern Railway (GNR) 14 Feet Diameter Turntable (For Wagons Only) scale 1 1/2 inches to a foot, cross section.

Drawing of Great Northern Railway (GNR) 14 Feet Diameter Turntable

circa 1850 circa 1922
Accrual to Railfuture Archive (RFT). Records of the Railway Development Group (RDS) (later Railfuture) Midland Branch. Includes core organisational records such as minute books, reports and campaign literature. this is an accrual to the original Railfuture / RDS deposit (2018-212)

Accrual to the Railfuture Archive