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BBC Recording service label, Ffestiniog railway, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 29/07/1964 ; Take 1 (marked with red ink): ME in woods near Tan-y-Bwlch ; Take 2: ME leaving Tan-y-Bwlch 12.45 ; Take 3: ME entering Minffordd ; Take 4 (marked with red ink): Blanche leaving Minffordd / Location: Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Ffestiniog Railway'

1964
BBC Recording service label, 4555 Trials, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 02/01/1964 ; Take 1: Leaving Swindon ; Take 2: En route ; Take 3: [Kemble] stop ; Take 4: [Kemble] shunt ; Take 5: Leaving [Kemble] and return (coach) / Location: South West England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '4555 Trials'

1964
BBC Recording service label, Orient Express, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 21 and 26/07/1965 ; Take 1: Munich-Salzburg-Vienna ; Take 2: Leaving Vienna / Dusty tape / Location: Germany, Austria

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Orient Express'

1965
BBC Recording service label, Ref. No. KLO 67880, 1 ; Wats rewind ; Take 1: Train leaving Volos ; Take 2: Enroute to Milee / Location: Greece

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Train leaving Volos, enroute to Milee'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, SLS Special 49361 + 8 coaches full, Reel No. 2, User: PBW, 22/06/1963 ; Take 1: Walsall, Darlaston, Wednesbury ; Take 2: Walsall, Norton Junction, East ; Take 3: Cannock Junction, Hednesford, Rugby TV ; Take 4: Lichfield TV - LL - HL ; Take 5: Lichfield Town / Location: West Midlands, England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'SLS Special 49361 and 8 coaches full'

1963
BBC Recording service label, Swansea-Shrewsbury, reel No. 2, User: PBW, 17/09/1963 ; Take 1: 45577 on 6.25pm Swansea to Shrewsbury mail [coming a hendlamps] / Location: Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Swansea to Shrewsbury'

1963
BBC Recording service label, Ref. No. KLO 67880, No2 ; Take 1: Sounds on train ; Takes 3-6: Finishing at Millee with passengers leaving train to go up to village for festivities / Location: Greece

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '[Milee station]'

1958-1964
Handwritten note on case is crossed over: Vale of Rheidol

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '[untitled]'

Handwritten on case: 12/07/1964, Lickey Bank, 4-6-0 Class 5 on goods banked by two 0-6-0 PTs ; 5

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Lickey Bank'

1964
BBC Recording service label, 4555 SLS Excursion, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 13/06/1964, load 165 for 5 ; Take 1: Leaving Snow Hill 1.45 pm (check over bridge) ; Take 2: Leaving Rowley Regis and Blackheath for Dudley ; Take 3: Climbing up from Old Hill to Dudley, passing LMS Class 5 ; Take 4: Leaving Dudley for Wolverhampton ; Take 5: On Wombourne Branch [taking] tablet ; Take 6: [Oxley Hall] to Wombourne / Location: West Midlands, England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '4555 SLS Excursion'

1964
BBC Recording service label, Ref. No. 7802 Oswestry, User: PBW, 17/01/1965 ; Take 1: 7802 on last train [Walport] ; Take 2: Whitchurch to Oswestry ; Take 3: Running round / Location: South England, West Midlands, England (Wales border)

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '7802 on last train'

1965
BBC Recording service label, 4555 on 5.28 ex SH, and [ also steam locals at Knowle], Reel No. 2, User: PBW, 21/04/1964 ; Take 1: Signal Box Knowle 4555 and train entering ; Take 2: Locomotive running round ; Take 3: ECS and 4555 leaving ; Take 4: 6364 on up local leaving Knowle, plus 11 coaches ; Take 5: 4111 on down ECS leaving Knowle / Location: West Midlands, England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '45555 at Knowle'

1964
Handwritten on case: 15 / Handwritten on paper (fibre product)s attached to case, description of Band I to XXX: Paddington, Band I. 9460 pulling empty stock for Paddington-Plymouth train into platform 1 ; II. 4:10 Birmingham 6027 Richard I ; III. 4:15 Barburry Brecon Castle (single C...) ; IV. No. 1504 whistles impatiently and leaves with train of empty stock ; V. May flower leaving hauled by D858 Val... followed by 9405 hauling out empty stock and 9460 pssing light being engine which pulled in empty stock for May Flower (see Bnad I) ;VI. 4:35 leaving with Alderban Hall ... etc...

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Paddington'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, GNR (II), Reel No. 2, User: PBW, 07/03/1964 ; Take 1: [Enterprise entering GV… st Ireland] General Motor Diesel ; Take 2: Diesel MU leaving for Lisburn ; Take 3: On board 170 in Blue, leaving Belfast ; Takes 4-5: Leaving Lisburn [stops and starts to] Lurgan (exclusive) / Location: Northern Ireland

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'GNR (II)'

1964
BBC Recording service label, Ref. No. KLO 18206, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 24/08/1963 ; Takes 1-4: Joining for Calais (Ville) to Lille on Footplate of SNCF, Pacific 231 E 21 on Calais-Lyss car sleeper ; 3 records / Location: France (and Switzerland)

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Callais, Lille (SNCF, France), Calais to Lyss (Switzerland)'

1958-1966
BBC Recording service label, 4555 Merthyr-Brecon, Reel No. 1, User: J. Adams, 02/04/1964 ; Take 1: Leaving Merthyr ; Take 2 (ticked): Climbing to Pontsticill ; Take 3: Leaving Brecon ; Take 4 (ticked): Leaving Talybont ; Take 5 (ticked): Climbing to Torpantau ; Take 6 (ticked): Leaving Pontsticill for Dowlais ; Take 7 (ticked): Leaving Pontsticill for Merthyr / Location: Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '4555 Merthyr to Brecon'

1964
Handwritten on case: Track [I.2], Brienz-Rothorn / Switzerland

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Brienz-Rothorn'

1958-1964
Handwritten on case: Mallard ; John Adams ; 10

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Mallard'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, 16/08/1962 ; Take 1: Knighton to Sugar Loaf Tunnel ; handwritten on the back: 1. Train [slowly f... rest] at Knighton ; 2. Train approach [from …] ; 3. [Ready summit of L.. entering] tunnel with whistle ; 4. [Start for rest from Llenntel Wells] / Location: Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Knighton to Sugar Loaf tunnel'

1962
BBC Recording service label, 16/08/1962 ; Take 1: Craven Arms leaving ; Take 2: Enroute to x ; Take 3: Shunting at Buckwell ; 'Rewind' / Location: West Midlands, England (Wales Border)

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '[Craven Arms + Buckwell]'

1962
BBC Recording service label, Compound test run after restoration, reel No. 2, user: Railway Roundabout MR 440 Compound, 13/08/1959 ; Take 1: [Retr.] approaching Lester ; Takes 2-4: Leicester Station to Syston, at speed, accelerating out of Loughborough [and or Troughs], passing {Sleef stores I..] Sawley and beyond / Location: East Midlands, England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Compound test run after restoration'

1959
BBC Recording service label, 23/11/1962 ; Take 1. Signal school Sutton Park ; 2. Bell signals ; 3. […] ; 4. Bell signals ; 5. Intro John Adams ; Note in red ink: For Railway Roundup Childrens programmes, please copy short section between yellow leaders thwice with about 10 seconds interval Adams.

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Signal School'

1962
BBC Recording service label, 46251, Reel No. 1, 12/07/1964 ; Take 1: Leaving New Street ; Take 2: Wolverhampton ; Take 3: Stafford after check / Location: West Midlands

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '46251, New Street, Wolverhampton, Stafford'

1964
BBC Recording service label, GNRD, Reel No. 3, User: PBW, 07/06/1964 ; 1.45 Belfast-Portadown semie-fast ; Take 1: Lurgan-Portadown on 4-4-0 170 ; Take 2: Arrival Portadown - [ease up take under (..up take water?) and on to shed and bank to station] ; Take 4: NCC 2-6-4, No. 8 on 2.15, Belfast-Dublin Express passing Portadown low shed ; Take 5: GN 0-6-0 No. 35 on Derry-Belfast goods ; Take 6: Diesel MU Portadown-Belfast / Location: Northern Ireland

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'GNRD'

1964
BBC Recording service label, Orient Express Salzburg-Munich, Reel No. 2, User: PBW, 24/07/1965 / Location: Austria and Germany

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Orient Express'

1965
BBC Recording service label, Shap, Reel No. 1, User: John Adams, 05/1965 ; 19

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Shap'

1965
Handwritten on case: I.O.W [Isle of Wight] ; 7 1/2 ips one track only ; I.O.W tape 1 (locomotive No. 32) / Detail of tracks on case: A: Leaving St John's (down), B: leaving Smallbrook Junction (down) ; C: Leaving Brading (down) ; D: Leaving Sandown (down) ; 0.2, 0-4-4T, Bonchurch ; 2

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Isle of Wight'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, Reel No. 1, User John Adams, 18/06/1964 ; 32 ; LM Clan 4 Curzon station to Coventry No. 44454

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'LM Clan 4 Curzon station to Coventry'

1964
BBC Recording service label, 7828 and 4555 Llanbrynmair-Talerddig, Reel No. 2, User: PBW, 26/09/1964, '397 for 11' ; Run [Jn] ; Take 1: Approaching Llanbrynmair, [taking …] climb up to Talerddig Summit, stop. [sound] at Talerddig ; (Slack beyond Llanbrynmair approx. 200 yards) / Location: Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '7828 and 4555 Llanbrynmair-Talerddig'

1964
BBC Recording service label, 6018 to Swindon, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 28/04/1963 ; Take 1: Tyseley to Snow Hill ex yard ; Take 2: Arrival and departure Snow Hill ; Take 3: Departing Leamington and en rout ; Take 4: Deaparting High Wycombe and en route / Location: West Midlands, South East England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '6018 to Swindon'

1963
BBC Recording service label, 4555 + 3669, Brecon to Talybont and leaving climbing up 1 in 40 to Torpantau, Reel No. 2, User: PBW, 02/05/1964, Talybont-Brecon ; Take 1: Returning from Brecon as last train ; Take 2: Leaving Brecon ; Take 3: [Detonations etc. running through Tatlyllyn Junction] ; Take 4: Start out of.... ; Take 6: Pontsticill Junction for Dowlais and then Merthyr / Location: Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '4555 and 3669, Brecon, Talybont, Merthyr'

1964
Handwritten on case: 1, sleeper

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Sleeper 1'

1958-1964
Handwritten note on case: Shrewsbury station ; John Adams ; 38 ; Bands I to XX descriptions enclosed ; 7 1/2 ips / Handwritten note enclosed: 1. Up Cambrian coast arrives in platform 4 at 12:47pm hauled by 4-6-0 No. 7814 Fringford Manor ; 2. Western Thunderer D10 backs three extra coaches onto Cambrian Coast ; 3. Western Thunderer leaves with Cambrian Coast IA-70 ; 4. Freight train leaving middle road hauled by 3699 ; 5. Castle Class 5084 Westminster Abbey [comes] off 11.40 Express Birkenhead which arrived at 1:36 platform 7 ; 6. Diesel D1005 Western Venturer back on to 11:40 Express Birkenhead which will leave for London at 1:46 ; 7. 1:45 leaves for Kidderminster hauled by 41240 followe by 1:46 London ; 8. County of [Me...] leaves light ; 9. Freight train passing through from Welsh PT No. 9472 ; 10. 45406 arrives at 2:00pm from Stafford as 1:58pm leaves for Plymouth hauled by Zephyr ; 11. The 2:00pm train which you heard arrive from Stafford now back out of the station and reverses round the triangle and return to platform 6 and ready to leave again as the 3:10 for Stafford (45406) ; 12. Down Cambrian Coast arrives with D1003 ; 13. Pulling out empty stock from [...] 9629 ; 14. Cambrian Coast leaves with 7814 Fringford Manor ; 15. 2:50 to [Chester] ex Platform 4 No. 6964 Thornbridge Hall ; 16. 4623 leaving east end with goods train [...] ; 17. 4910 Blaisdon Hall leaving on 3:31 to [Chester] ; 18. 45289 on parcels train is held up at signal and then passes through station ; 19. 6932 Burwarton Hall on goods ; 20. 45780 on goods from Birkenhead

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Shrewsbury station'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, Lapworth / Location: West Midlands, England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Lapworth'

Handwritten on case: Kings Cross ; B ; 12

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Kings Cross'

1958-1964
Handwritten on case: The Cambrian Coast Express ; 7 1/2 ips, single track ; 43

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Cambrian Coast Express (The)'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, Take 1: 1. [non staff], 2. [K and ES], 3. Loud [C and D], 4. [station], 5. GW emergency, 6. [LBSC], 7. Furness ; Take 2: Complete take of loco whistles

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '[Locomotive whitsles]'

1958-1967
BBC Recording service label, nothing written on the label

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '?'

1958-1963
BBC Recording service label, Ref. No. KLO 62880, Reel No. 3 ; Take 1: H'Chief game at Milee station ; Take 2: Train leaving Milee station (3.15 pm) ; Take 3: For Volos crossing bridge (students singing) ; Take 5: Sounds in streets of Volos ; Take 6: A. Fish market, B. Street behind harbour, horses and larts crossing railway line in street / Note: this could correspond to sound recordings of Pelion railway, a Greek railway connection the city of Volos with the town of Mileai in Greece (AB, 21/11/2016) / Location: Greece

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'H'chief game at Milee station, etc.'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, B'ham-Salop (abbr. for Birmingham-Shropshire), Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 26/04/1964, 4079 Pendennis Castle , S2S Trip to Swindon via Salop (Shropshire) ; also '6' handwritten on case ; Take 1: Leaving Snow Hill and up to Snow Village ; Take 2: Leaving Wolverhampton / Location: West Midlands, England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Birmingham to Shropshire, No. 4079 Pendennis Castle'

1964
BBC Recording service label, City of Hereford, Reel No. 3 / Empty spool in case

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" case 'City of Hereford'

BBC Recording service label, Chalford Glos, Reel No. 2, user: PBW, 24/10/1964 ; Take 1: 1458 + Two [trailers] + 1 […ilor] ; Takes 2-4: Chalford ([…] 5.57 in 6.09) train leaves and engine runs [unused]. Train returns to station. Train departs / Location: South West England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Chalford Gloucestershire'

1964
BBC Recording service label, Welshpool & Llanfair, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 26/04/1964 ; 'G' also noted on case ; Take 1: Train leaving Llanfair with the Earl ; Take 2: Ditto ; Take 3: Footplate sounds from the Earl ; Takes 4-5: Climbing banks etc., en route for Castle Caereinion ; Take 6 (marked with red crosses): 2 takes train starting from level crossing and entering Castle Caereinion / Location: Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Welshpool & Llanfair'

1964
BBC Recording service label, Railway [Roundup], Reel No. 3, User John Adams, 29/06/1963 ; 3 ; Bluebell Railway, journey from Sheffield Park to Horsted Keynes behind SECR No. 27 ; 14min 10sec

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Railway [Roundup]'

1963
BBC Recording service label, 4472 Flying Scotsman, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 12/09/1964 ; Take 1: Soho Road (Bank?) Birmingham Standard Class 5 climbing ; Take 2: Soho Road Birmingham, 4472 on Farnborough ; Take 3: Pullman Express [approaching] 8.30 am / Location: West Midlands, England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '4472 Flying Scotsman'

1964
Handwritten on case: I.O.W [Isle of Wight] ; 7 1/2 ips one track only ; I.O.W [IOW] tape III [tape 3] ; / Detail of tracks on case: A: notes for Shirley, B: section A, C: section B, D: section C, E: section D, F: section E, G: re-recording section D

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Isle of Wight'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, User John Adams, 26/09/1964 ; E ; Take 1. TR Special Talerddig bank (4555 and Manor) ; 2. Welshpool shunting (Llanfair) ; 3. Welshpool leaving Llanfair ; 4. Welshpool [approach and pass] ; 6. Welshpoll approach Castle Caereinion ; Welshpool locomotive 'Earl'

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Welshpool & Llanfair'

1964
BBC Recording service label, Hereford-Newport, Reel No. 3, User: PBW, 26/04/1964 ; Takes 1-2: Leaving Hereford shed and climbing towards tram Inn Box (Signal box) ; Takes 3-4: Climbing up to Llanvihangel from [clerk by ganger with red flag] ; Take 5: - relaying [driver/ganger (?)] at Llanvihangel station ; Take 6: Restart after dropping ganger and signalman / Location: West Midlands, England and Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Hereford to Newport'

1964
BBC Recording service label, Ref. No. Railway Roundabout, Reel No. 1, User: P. B Whitehouse, 10/04/1959, (plus other notes: 353 ESR/380, [KISM 8455 or KBM 8455]) ; Take 1: Compound on Redditch [branch] - Evesham ; Take 2: Entering and shunting Redditch ; Take 3: Footplate from Redditch to Alvechurch ; Take 4: Leaving Alvechurch ; Take 5: Entering Barnt Green ; Take 6: Leaving Barnt Green / Pencil note: 3.15-3.30 30/04/1959 Dup 78's / Location: West Midlands, England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Compound Redditch to Evesham'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, Hereford-Gloucester, Loco No. 6349, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 27/02/1964 ; also '3' handwritten on case ; Take 1: Leaving Hereford ; Takes 2-4: Holme Lacy and all stations to Hereford (10.25am Hereford-Gloucester) / Location: West Midlands and South West England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Hereford to Gloucester, Locomotive No. 6349'

1964