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Horse Ambulance

Steam locomotive, number 245

1897

Tri-composite railway carriage

1903

Steam locomotive, number 120

1899

Pillar box, London & South Western Railway

3rd class weekly workman ticket issued to Sidney Miles

1890s

Ambulance train for use of the american armies in France

1918

Brass armlet, London & South Western Railway

London & South Western Railway poster the gateway for health & pleasure

1922

SR & Constituent Locomotive Drawings (Curl Acquisition)

1850-1969

Porter's trousers, London & South Western Railway

Porter's jacket, London & South Western Railway

Rules & Regulations, London & South Western Railway

1858

Southern Railway & constituent company works photographs (Curl Acquisition)

Saving of Daylight - Do not Wait for the Daylight Bill to Become Law to Secure Long Evenings for the Holidays

1908

Roasted ore

1859

Poster, London & South Western Railway

1914

Poster, London & South Western Railway

1914
Plan of Goods Depot at Nine Elms, London & South Western Railway. Dated 12 October 1910. Scale 88 feet = 1 inch. [Backed on linen].

Plan of Nine Elms good depot

1910
Boundary marker, London & South Western Railway, cast iron, about 1860 to 1910.

Cast iron boundary marker, London & South Western Railway

1838-1922
Headboard, London & South Western Railway, Royal Train headboard, cast iron, royal coat of arms on green background.

Headboard, London & South Western Railway

Fender, London & South Western Railway cast iron, ex Wimbledon Station.

Cast iron fender, London & South Western Railway

Approximately 1600 drawings and c60 boxes of files, manuals, papers, catalogues etc. from Eastleigh Works. Material deposited on the closure of Eastleigh by its owners, Alstom Transport, at the end of 2005. The drawings include site and plant drawings for Eastleigh and other works dating back to the 1890s. Files include specifications of carriages, catalogues and manuals from component suppliers and sub-contractors, test reports etc. Also some drawing regsisters and a few photographs. Collection requires weeding.

Eastleigh Collection

circa 1890-circa 1970
LSWR dining car no.72 was built in 1907 renumbered 4134 in 1912. It was in use as a Diner until 1923 when ‘Ironclad’ Dining Cars came into service. It was then relegated to secondary service and gained the Southern Railway number of 7834 remaining in service to 1930. In 1931 it was rebuilt, losing its clerestory roof and became a ‘Nondescript’ saloon. In 1943 it was sold to the USATC and rebuilt as an Ambulance Car and given the number 201. At the end of the Second World War this saloon along with USATC 202 and 204-7 went to the Longmoor Military Railway and from there to the Bicester Military Railway where it acquired the Army number 3018. Here it was converted to an Inspection Saloon, losing its gangway along with rebuilding inside and gaining end windows 16th May 1978 it was used to convey HM. the Queen around the Bicester site

Inspection Saloon ex. Bicester Military Railway

1907
Papers, paper, card, plastic, Southern Electrification Papers of Alan Hawes, 1912-1995. Papers collected by BR engineer Alan Hawes during the course of his career. includes material covering the LSWR origins of the Souther electrification scheme including Alfred Raworth's notebook, various reports and papers giving development of electrification, various photos, manuals etc. covering development of rolling stock. Box list available, 5 boxes.

Southern Electrification Papers of Alan Hawes

1912-1995
Handbill, London & South Western Railway, 'Sandown Park Steeplechases (esher) Thursday 28th Feb.,Friday1st and Saturday 2nd March', printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited, London, 1901.

Sandown Park Steeplechases

1901
Handbill relating cancellation of all cheap ticket facilities, except workmen's tickets, from 5th August 1914, issued by H.A. Walker, General Manager, London & South Western Railway, Waterloo Station. 4 Aug 1914.

Cancellation of all cheap ticket facilities

1914
Notice, text, "Partial opening of the new line of Railway between the St. John's Road & the Esplanade Railway Stations, Ryde", from 5th April 1880, London & South Western Railway and London Brighton & South Coast Railway.

partial opening of the new line of railway between the st john road & the esplanade railway stations ryde

1880
Special Notice No. 136, giving instructions to employees and timetable of journey of special train carrying the body of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, the German Emperor etc. from The Royal Clarence Yard, Gosport, to Havant Junction, en route to London Victoria.

Special Notice... A Special Train conveying the body of Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria

1901
London & South Western Railway notice 'steam packet service between cherbourg and southampton'. With fares. Printed by Thomas Gutch And Co. Dated 1st October 1869.

steam packet service between cherbourg and southampton

1869
Handbill, London & South Western Railway handbill 'London & Guernsey & Jersey', printed by Forbes & Bennett, Southampton, 1861.

London & Guernsey & Jersey

1861
London & South Western Railway poster Paris a Londres par le Harve et southampton et vice versa tous les lundis, mercedis et vendredis. In French. With times and fares.

Paris a Londres

1869
Map, London and South Western Railway, "Connections with London Underground Electric Railways and Other Lines".

Connections with London Underground Electric Railways and Other Lines

Notice, London & South Western Railway, 1879, timetable for trains to and from Waterloo, a new station at Queen's Road Battersea is now open.

Timetable for trains to and from Waterloo

1879
Notice, London & South Western Railway, "L&SWR For 1880 and Until Further Notice", 1880, timetable for trains from London, weekdays and Sundays, to Surrey, Hants, Dorset and Devon.

L&SWR For 1880 and Until Further Notice

1880
Notice, London & South Western Railway, "L&SWR For 1880 and Until Further Notice", 1880, timetable for trains to London, weekdays and Sundays, from Devon, Dorset, Hants and Surrey.

L&SWR For 1880 and Until Further Notice

1880
Platform ticket machine, London & South Western Railway. Tall metal dispenser, painted green with cream enamel front plate.

London & South Western Railway platform ticket machine

1839-1922
Notice, London & South Western Railway, "An Omnibus of Light Conveyance between Lyme Regis and Axminster Station", 1903, (until opening of Axminster & Lyme Regis Light Railway), timetable and fares including through tickets to and from London, heading illustration of 'coach and four'.

An Omnibus of Light Conveyance between Lyme Regis and Axminster Station

1903
Time table, London & South Western Railway, 1844.

Time table, London & South Western Railway

1844
Blueprint copy, unbound, of diagrams of L&SWR locomotives preceding 1915.

Diagrams of L&SWR locomotives

1915-1923
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & South Western Railway, 1922, "Almanac", includes list of company directors, officers and station masters for selected stations. Green cover, total number of pages 51.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & South Western Railway, 1922

1922
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & South Western Railway, 1907 "Almanac", includes list of company directors and officers. Red cover, total number of pages 32.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & South Western Railway, 1907

1907
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & South Western Railway, 1917, "Almanac", includes list of company directors, officers and agents for selected stations. Dark green cover, total number of pages 46.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & South Western Railway, 1917

1917
Railway Director's Official Diary, Great Western Railway, 1913, purple. Great Western Railway diary bound in error in London & South Western Railway cover. Total number of pages 56.

Railway Director's Official Diary, Great Western Railway,

1913
Guidebook, London & South Western Railway, "The Beauties of Bude, Clovelly, Boscastle and Tintagel", 1901, cost new 1d, 104 pages, soft cover, artist R Cobley.

LSWR: The Beauties of Bude, Colvelly, Boscastle and Tintagel

1901
Railway Director's Official Diary, London & South Western Railway, 1920, "Almanac", includes list of company directors, officers and agents for selected stations.Dark green cover, total number of pages 47.

Railway Director's Official Diary, London & South Western Railway, 1920

1920
Guidebook, London & South Western Railway, "Pleasant Paths for Rambles", 1915, walks within reach of London, 38 pages, soft cover with illustration 'Ramblers' (artist unknown).

LSWR: Pleasant Paths for Rambles

1915
Map, London & South Western Railway, line map, London to Basingstoke route, 1 inch to 1 mile, coloured, published by J & C Walker, paper.

Map, London & South Western Railway

Guidebook, London & South Western Railway, By the Cornish Sea - Holidays in King Arthur's Land, by H A Walker, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd, containing information on where to go in Cornwall by LSWR, soft cover depicting cliffs, 28 pages.

LSWR: By the Cornish Sea - Holidays in King Arthur's Land

1912
Map, London & South Western Railway, Metropolitan and Suburban Lines, 1885, coloured, printed by Waterlow & Sons, paper-backed linen.

Map, London & South Western Railway

1885