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Rule book, Great Northern Railway, "General Instructions and Regulations for the Executive Department", 1851, 74 pages, dark brown hard cover.

Great Northern Railway Rule Book 1851

1851

Book, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, "Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations to be Observed by the Officers and Servants of the Company 1st January 1857", Printed by Waterlow and Sons, London, belonged to Alfred Wedgbury appointed Porter at Loughbow Park April 7th 1870.

Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations

1857

Rule book, North Eastern Railway, General Rules, Regulations etc., 1877, 208 pages, black hard covers with gold lettering.

North Eastern Railway Rule Book 1877

1877

Railway Rule Book, London and North Eastern Railway, 1 July 1939, "Code to be used in Telegrams upon Railway Companies' Business", card covers, green, number of pages 124.

Telegram Code Book

1939

Rule book, Railtrack plc, 1996 "Railway Group Standard Personalised Rule Book, No.6 Passenger Guard, Freight Guard or Shunter" (some sections dated February 1998), individually numbered sections, yellow ring binder.

Railtrack Rule Book No 6

1996

Railway Rule Book, North Eastern Railway, date 1906, "Telegraph Rules and Regulations", card covers, dark brown, number of pages 63.

Telegraph Rules and Regulations

1906

Rule book, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, general, 1876, 171 pages, black hard cover. 2 copies, one inscribed "Mr Davis" inside front cover (enclosed newspaper cutting suggests this was the personal copy of Joseph Davis, Engineer at the L&Y)

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Rule Book 1876

1876

Railway Rule Book, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, 1 January 1922 "Code to be used in Telegrams upon Railway Companies' Buisness", card covers, blue, number of pages 69.

Telegram Code Book

1922

Railway Rule Book, London & North Eastern Railway, dated 4/7/25 "General Rules and Regulations for Fire Brigades", board covers, red, number of pages 47.

Rules and Regulations for Fire Brigades

1925

Rule book, North Eastern Railway, Darlington Section, General Rules and Regulations, "including the special rules of the Darlington Section", 1871, 120 pages, same as existing NER rules, replaces Stockton & Darlington Railway rules which are cancelled, red hard covers with gold lettering.

North Eastern Railway Darlington Section Rule Book 1871

1871

Railway Rule Book, British Transport Commission, March 1957, "Standard Instructions Relating to the Transmission of Railway Telegrams", cloth covers, red, number of pages 19.

Standard Instructions Relating to the Transmission of Railway Telegrams

1957

Railway Rule Book, Great Western Railway, "Police Manual", date 1934, board covers, brown with gold lettering, number of pages 167 plus index.

Police Manual

1934

Railway Rule Book, Railway Executive, date 1950, "Standard Codes for Telegrams", card covers, dark red, number of pages 88.

Standard Codes for Telegrams

1950

Rule book, Great Central Railway, Rules and Regulations, 1904, 372 pages, olive green hard cover.

Great Central Railway Rule Book 1904

1904

Rule book, York Newcastle & Berwick Railway, 1848, General rules and regulations, 20 pages, green thin card cover.

York Newcastle & Berwick Railway Rule Book 1848

1848

Rule book, Great Western Railway, "Rules & Regulations in draft form", c. 1904, 161 pages (title page and 1-16 are missing), contains alterations and additions supplement dated December 1906 and a set of train movement order forms referred to in the rules, dark green hard cover.

Great Western Railway Rule Book

1904

Rule book, North British Railway, Rules and Regulations, 1866, 269 pages, contains extracts from Acts of Parliament, dark green hard covers with flap.

North British Railway Rule Book 1866

1866

Rule book, North Eastern Railway, Rules and Regulations, 1898, 168 pages, black hard covers with.

North Eastern Railway Rule Book 1898

1898

Railway Rule Book, Great Western Railway, "Police Manual", date 1934, board covers, green with black lettering, number of pages 167 plus index.

Police Manual

1934

Rule book, West Cornwall Railway, "Rules and Regulations for the Guidance of the Officers and Men in the Service of the Company", May 1857, general, 80 pages, hard cover.

West Cornwall Railway Rule Book 1857

1857

Rule book, York & North Midland Railway, Rules and regulations to be observed by the officers and men, January 1852, 84 pages, re-bound in original covers, with interleaving between pages and new gold edging, black with gold badge.

York & North Midland Railway Rule Book 1852

1852

Rule book, Great Northern Railway, "Regulations to be observed by Inspectors of Permanent Way and Works, Foremen of Works, Signal Fitters, Foremen or Gangers, Platelayers, Gatekeepers, Ballast Guards and others employed under the Engineer", undated but promulgated in 1878 (see page 2), 70 pages, black hard cover.

Great Northern Railway Permanent Way Rule Book 1878

1878

Rule book, Bristol & Exeter Railway, May 1869, general, appendices: Bye-Laws and regulations, Notice re convergance of horses etc, Notice under Carriers Act etc, Notice for cloakrooms, Rules for operation of communication cord, copy of notice pasted inside carriages, Signed by H Abrahams, Clerk at Bristol, 141 pages, mauve hard cover with gold lettering.

Bristol & Exeter Railway Rule Book

1869

Railway Rule Book, Midland Railway, "Railway Police Manual with Railway By-Laws & Precedents", By R.J. Turner Solicitor, 1920, board covers, dark brown with gold lettering, number of pages 152.

Railway Police Manual

1920

Rule book, British Railways (Eastern Region), "Working Instructions for Electrified Lines (Colchester North to St. Botolphs, Clacton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze)", 1958, 112 pages, contains pull-out track diagrams, dark brown hard cover.

British Railways (Eastern Region) Working Instructions for Electrified Lines 1958

1958

Telegraph Appendix to the Book of Rules and Regulations. Great Western Railway, 1 January 1905, board covers, black, number of pages 76.

Telegraph Appendix

1905

Rule book, Greater Glasgow Passenger Executive, Underground Section Rules and Regulations, revised edition 1961, 172 pages, red hard cover with flap. : 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

Glasgow Underground Rule Book 1961

1961

Rule Book, North Eastern Railway, 1st April 1905, "General Rules and Regulations for Fire Brigades", board covers, black with gold lettering, number of pages 48.

Rules and Regulations for Fire Brigades

1905

Rule book, West Midland Railway, 1861, general, 66 pages, re-bound in brown paper.

West Midland Railway Rule Book 1861

1861

Rule book, British Rail, 1972, extracts from rule book, 19 pages, red card binding.

British Rail Extracts from Rule Book 1972

1972

Rule book, North Eastern Railway, 1913, Rules and Regulations, 198 pages, dark green hard cover.

North Eastern Railway Rule Book 1913

1913

Rule book, Great Northern Railway, "Rules for Enginemen and Firemen", 1855 (revised 1867), 58 pages, dark brown hard cover, contains pull-out linen-backed gradient diagrams.

Great Northern Railway Rule Book 1855

1855

Rule book, Great Western Railway, 'Instructions for Guards, Police (Signalmen) Porters etc', 1863, 96 pages, black hard cover. Dimensions: 101.6 mm x 165.1 mm.

Great Western Railway Rule Book 1863

1863

Rule book, Great Western and London & North Western Joint Railway, "Rules and regulations be be observed by all servants" applicable to West London, Shrewsbury & Hereford, Birkenhead, Shrewsbury & Wellington, Shrewsbury & Welshpool, Minsterley and Tenbury Railways; and Shrewsbury and Chester Joint Stations 1869, 68 pages, includes special regulations for some of the joint lines, dark brown hard cover with flap.

Great Western and London & North Western Joint Railway Rule Book 1869

1869

Rule book, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, "By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations", 1861, contains detailed extracts from Acts of Parliament, hard cover.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Rule Book 1861

1861

Rule book, "Rules and Regulations for the Guidance of the Officers and Men in the Service of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Company, 1913.

rules and regulations for the guidance of the officers and men in the service of the South Eastern and Chatham railway company

1913

Rule book, Midland Railway, Rules and Regulations (mainly concerned signalling and train working), 1855, 94 pages, contains detailed instructions for working the Lickey Incline (p 51-58), dark brown hard cover with flap, marked Mr J Holdsworth (user) in gold lettering.

Midland Railway Rule Book 1855

1855

Rule book, London & North Eastern Railway, general, 1933, 240 pages plus index, contains bound in amendments dated 1938, 1939 and 1943 plus a loose amendment dated 1943, brown hard cover.

London & North Eastern Railway Rule Book 1933

1933

Rule book, Great Western Railway, "Code of Signals and General Instructions for the use of Superintendents, Station Masters, Clerks, Guards, Police, Porters, &c.," ", 1865, 110 pages, brown hard cover.

Great Western Railway Rule Book 1865

1865

Rule book, Great Northern Railway, "General Instructions and Regulations for the Executive Department", 1850, 64 pages, purple hard cover.

Great Northern Railway Rule Book 1850

1850

Rule book, Great Western Railway, "Rules and Regulations to be observed by Inspectors, Ganger, Platelayers, and other servants of the Company, employed in the Permanent Way Department", 1880, 58 pages, red hard cover, embossed in gold.

Great Western Railway Permanent Way Rule Book 1880

1880

Rule book, Great Northern Railway Company, issued by Seymour Clarke, General Manager.

Rule book, Great Northern Railway, 1856

1856

Railway Rule Book, Midland Railway, "Railway Police Manual with Railway By-Laws & Precedents", By R.J. Turner Solicitor, 1920, board covers, dark brown with gold lettering, number of pages 152.

Railway Police Manual

1920

Rule book, Great Northern Railway, "Instructions for the Engineer's Dept.", 1909, 104 pages plus 21 pages question and answer section posted inside back cover, black hard cover.

Great Northern Railway Engineer's Department Rule Book 1904

1909

Rule Book, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "Police Manual", date 1941 reprint of 1928 revision, board covers, black, number of pages 139.

Railway Police Manual

1941

Rule book, Glasgow & South Western Railway, Rules & Regulations, 1917, 291 pages, black hard cover. 4 x 6.5 in.

Rule book 1917, Glasgow & South Western Railway

1917

Rule book, North Eastern Railway, 1920, Rules and Regulations, 223 pages, contains loose 61 page supplement dated 1922, dark blue hard cover.

North Eastern Railway Rule Book 1920

1920

Rule book, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Rules and Regulations, 1908 (revision of 1897 edition), 328 pages, black hard cover.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Rule Book 1908

1908

Rule book, Great Eastern Railway, Rules and Regulations, June 1st, 1904 (reprinted 1913), 192 pages, green hard cover, contains loose supplement dated 1908.

Great Eastern Railway Rule Book 1904

1904

Rule book, Great Northern Railway, Rules and Regulations, 1889, 312 pages, black hard cover.

Great Northern Railway Rule Book 1889

1889