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British Railways corporate identity documents

1962-1966

Your New Uniform

1966

A Hundred Years of the Sleeping Car

1973

Museums of British Transport

1971

I Like Travelling by Train But....

Why Throw Away the Future?

1984

Oh! Wouldn't You Like to be Beside the Seaside

Dedham Church as seen from an Intercity train

1991

'I thought i could just make it...'

1980

Rail Rovers - Freedom in any direction - See the best of Britain by Train

1990

It's all just a train ride away

1990

Poster, 'Starsky & Hutch, Stay off the line and stay alive!'

1977

British Railways poster. Inter-City Sleepers. Overground by Night, 1974

1974

Poster, 'Starsky & Hutch, Stay off the line and stay alive!'

1977

I Like Travelling by Train But...

I Like Travelling by Train But....

Diesel and Electric Train Locomotives - National Traction Plan

1965-02

transport act 1962

1984

Warning

Poster, Settle and Carlisle Line

1990

Its all just a train ride away

1990

Train Your Car, Let British Railways Do The Long Hard Drive

1964

'Play Safe - Don't Play on the Railway'

1973

North Norfolk, Its All Just a Train Ride Away

1990
Manual, paper with card covers, PORTIS Operator's Manual, issued by the British Railways Board Apr. 1986. Describes the operation of the PORTIS (PORtable Ticket Issuing System). Cover is glossy with colour illustration of a PORTIS machine on the front and inside. BR document no. 4592/34. 63pp. A later amendment has been inserted loose inside the front cover. Belonged to Robert Hilton, signalman at Whittlesey signal box, Peterborough.

PORTIS Operator's Manual

1986-04
Collection of 32 silver gelatin prints taken for the Brighton line re-signalling work, December 1978. The photographs show layouts at stations prior to the work starting. Taken by the British Railways Board Central Photographic Unit, Waterloo Station.

Brighton Line re-signalling photographs

1978
Booklet issued by British Railways Board entitled 'British Railways Welcome You', 1963. Includes sections relating to; 'How British Railways are organised', 'Your Place in the Scheme', 'Rewards and Conditions', 'Responsibilites and Duties'.

British Railways Welcome You

1963
Menu, 1977 Queen's Silver Jubilee breakfast menu for Travellers-Fare.

Queen's Silver Jubilee breakfast menu for Travellers-Fare.

1977
Leaflet issued by British Rail regarding "British Rail New Uniforms", folded paper.

British Rail New Uniforms

'Catalogue of Modular Steel Furniture for use in Ticket Offices', issued by the Department of Architecture and Design, British Railways Board, October 1989. 11 A4 printed sheets in blue card cover with plastic binding.

Catalogue of Modular Steel Furniture for use in Ticket Offices

1989
Poster, British Railways, Starsky and Hutch, Stay Off the Line and Stay Alive!', 1977. Coloured lithograph depicting a graphic storyboard featuring the fictional television detectives, Starsky and Hutch, rescuing a boy injured while playing on railway lines. Published by the British Railways Board and printed by Impress (Acton) Ltd. Format: Double Crown: 20 x 30 inches, 505 x 760mm British Rail poster serial 4337/377.

Poster, Stay Off the Line and Stay Alive

1977
Poster, British Rail (Western Region) poster, (Monthly Return by Inter-City, The Stay Awhile Ticket), Close up photograph of lady with arms outstretched, Promoting monthly return tickets with specimen fares to York, June 1978, (Other IDs 5923/678).

Monthly Return by Inter-City, The Stay Awhile Ticket

1978
Bundle of memoranda, paper, memoranda noting dates of transfer of vehicles to the NRM, 10 Dec. 1976 to 21 Jul. 1982. Memoranda from the Stores Controller (Railways), Churnet House, Derby to the Rolling Stock Librarian, Burdett House, Derby, noting the dates of transfer of former BR vehicles to the NRM.

Memoranda noting dates of transfer of vehicles to the NRM

1976-1982
Poster, British Railways (Southern) poster, (Newbury Races - 1967), Programme of 1967 race meetings at Newbury and availability of day tickets from station named, Printed blue on white with multi coloured top panel of horse racing, May 1967, (Other IDs AD1393/70/7667/BR35014***).

Newbury Races - 1967

1967
14 black & white prints of the construction of the chassis of a Lancer Boss Fork Lift Truck at Derby Locomotive Works between April and October 1969.

Construction of the chassis of a Lancer Boss Fork Lift Truck at Derby Locomotive Works (supplied title)

1969
Pro forma envelope, St. Pancras (Goods) Dining and Refreshment Club British Railways Board L.M. Region c. 1950s.

Pro forma envelope, St. Pancras (Goods) Dining and Refreshment Club

1950
Poster, British Railways (Southern) poster, (Rugby at Twickenham), Multi coloured capping depicting rugby players with listing of fixtures to be played at Twickenham November 1966 to April 1967, Promoting travel by train, October 1966, (Other IDs AD964/B6 1/2/41066/BR35014***).

Rugby at Twickenham

1966
Poster, British Rail poster, (Inter City 125, It's The Changing Shape of Rail), Picture of Inter City 125 train on the tracks with fastest speed times from London to Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea, Extra Speed, Extra Comfort at no extra cost, October 1976, (Other IDs 4031A/1076).

Inter City 125, It's The Changing Shape of Rail

1976
Poster, British Rail (Western Region) poster, (Weekend Return by Inter-City), Close up colour photograph of man and lady with overprinted text, Promoting weekend return Inter-City tickets with specimen fares to Worcester, Text printed in black on white backgound, June 1978, (Other IDs 5924/678).

Weekend Return by Inter-City

1978
British Railways Board manual "Maintenance of Locomotive Hauled Coaching Stock at Outstations and Depots" issued by the Director of M. & E. Engineering, Railway Technical Centre, Derby, March 1988. Document no. CMS 123.

Maintenance of Locomotive Hauled Coaching Stock at Outstations and Depots

1988-03
27 black & white prints of HST air conditioning units, bogies, power units etc., APT-P power car, etc. taken by the British Railways Board Central Photographic Unit at Derby, circa 1975 to 1977. Almost all the prints carry negative numbers.

Photographs of HST air conditioning units, bogies, power units etc., APT-P power car, etc. (supplied title)

circa 1975-1977
Poster, British Railways poster, (Awayday Special Bargains), Sundays 12 September to 19 December 1976, To Winchester / Southampton / Brockenhurst / Lymington / Yarmouth / Isle of Wight / New Milton / Christchurch /Bournemouth / Poole / Wareham / Dorchester South / Weymouth, By any train leaving Waterloo before 12.00, Black on white with blue surround, August 1976, (Other IDs AD7687/B1/26876 Sept - 19 Dec '76).

Awayday Special Bargains

1976
Poster, British Rail poster, (Go Away On your Next Shopping Trip), Sketch of two ladies with parcels taking afternoon tea, Printed in multi-colours with information in coloured parcels advising fare of 51p to Tunbridge Wells by specified trains, Header and footer printed in white on purple backgound, April 1976, (Other IDs AD7628 Code A BRB3709/B15/476).

Go Away On your Next Shopping Trip

1976
British Railways Board booklet "Track Safety Handbook," 1988. Document no. BR 12323/8. 24pp.

Track Safety Handbook

1988
Poster, British Rail poster, (British Railways Go-as You-Please), Image of countryside and family getting on a train, Buy a Rail Rover Ticket, Enjoy seven days unlimited travel in any one of ten areas in Great Britain or take an 'All-Line' Railrover and you can travel anywhere on British Railways! *Seven-day RAilrovers from £5/5s (Five pounds five shillings), 'Freedom of Scotland', Tickets available for 7 or 14 days, From £6/6s (Six pounds six shillings), *All line Railrover available for 7 or 14 days, from £17, 1963, (Other IDs P.2425/63).

British Railways Go-as You-Please!

1963
Booklet, paper with card covers, British Railways Board Accommodation Standards, issued by the British Railways Board, 1980. BR document no. 87111. 9pp. Printed by Taylor Printing of Blackpool.

British Railways Board Accomodation Standards

1980
Booklet, paper with card covers, Pay and Efficiency - Station Masters etc. and Supervisors (except Workshop and Electrical) - Agreement between the British Railways Board, Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen, National Union of Railwaymen and Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, issued by the Industrial Relations Department of the British Railways Board, 10 Oct. 1968. Circular Letter No. 64. 14pp. Printed by Watford Printers Ltd. (Sometimes referred to as 'The Green Book' along with the Board's other agreement booklets issued in late summer and autumn 1968).

Pay and Efficiency - Station Masters etc. and Supervisors (except Workshop and Electrical) - Agreement between the British Railways Board, Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen, National Union of Railwaymen and Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

1968-10
Booklet, paper with card covers, Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963, issued by the British Railways Board, 1980s. BR document no. 7951/8. 14pp. Abstract of the act and regulations. Cover marked 'To be kept in a prominent position.'

Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963

1980s
Daily log sheet (blank) for recording performance data from the test runs of the prototype "Deltic" locomotive. Log sheet headed "Job Enterprise". From the collection of W J Fryer, the Inspector on the trial runs (and donated by his son-in-law), c1955. With typed recipe on the reverse.

Deltic locomotive "job enterprise" daily log sheet

1955
Railway Director's Official Diary, British Railways Board 1968. Includes lists of key officers and selected staff, London Transport map inside end cover. Red cover, total number of pages about 140.

Railway Director's Official Diary, British Railways Board

1968