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Filmed in June 2004

VHS videotape 'Royal mail terminal'

2004
Amateur video ‘Norton Bridge and Kidsgrove, two signal boxes’ filmed on VHS videotape by Mark Watson in 1994 and 1995, on the West Coast Main Line. Total duration: 40 minutes. Filmed in 2 parts. Part 1, December 1994, traffic at Norton Bridge Railway station, filmed in station and from inside signal box. Part 2, April 1995, journey from Stoke to Kidsgrove-Etruria railway station, Kidsgrove, signal box, Peter Pan locomotive No.86259.

VHS videotape ‘Norton Bridge and Kidsgrove, two signal boxes’

1994-1995
Amateur video ‘Silverdale Branch’ filmed on VHS videotape by Mark Watson in November 1998. Total duration: 45 minutes. Filming of a Pathfinder rail tour 'Cheshire Mole’ (Magical Mystery tour) on the Silverdale Colliery Branch. Journey starts at Madeley, passing Madeley signal box, Madeley Chord Signal box, passing in Keele tunnels, journey to the colliery and route back. Steam locomotives leading the rail tour are EWS diesel locomotive 56114 and Co-Co diesel-electric locomotive 60038.

VHS videotape ‘Silverdale Branch’

1998-11
This is likely the introdution video (start of visit) used for display at Locomotion when it first opened in 2004

MiniDV digital videotape 'Locomotion'

Video recording by Chris Hogg for the National Railway Museum, Oban, Scotland

MiniDV digital videotape 'Oban scenics'

Audio cassette, John Gilks (Ryedale Audio Visual Enterprise Ltd) interviewing George Lee, signalman, on 22 June 1984, recording made for the Friends of the National Railway Museum. The interview focuses on the operation of the Goole Swing Bridge.

Audio cassette ‘Goole Swing Bridge: J.S. Gilks talks to signalman George Lee about the operation of the bridge’

1984-06-22
Audio cassette, edited compilation of oral history interviews extracts, where interviewees talk about their railway work experience in the 1950s and 1960s.

Audio cassette, compilation of oral history extracts, railway staff experiences in the 1950s and 1960s

1980-1995
Tape 5

MiniDV digital videotape 'ECML Newcastle - Edinburgh'

One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with Syd Martin, conducted and recorded by David Mosley on 10 August 1980. Duration: 53 minutes. Syd Martin talks in detail about his different roles on the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER): platelayer, signalman, shunter and station staff. He also talks in depth about the stations and railway lines and locomotives running around Yorkshire. Original master recording. 7 inch reel, stereo (out of phase), 2 tracks, recorded at 7 1/2 ips. Side 1: tracks 1 and 3; side 2: tracks 2 and 4. Original recording equipment: TEAC 2340.

Audio tape, Syd Martin interviewed by David Mosley

1980-08-10
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with Ivor Munkley, conducted and recorded by David Mosley at the interviewee’s home, on 13 October 1982. Ivor Munkley talks about his career as an engine driver for the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Railways (BR), between 1920 and 1963. Master tape copy made from missing original master. 7 inch reel, stereo, 2 tracks, recorded at 7 1/2 ips. Original recording equipment: Tandberg Model 11 portable tape deck, ARG D202 microphone. Master copy made using Sony TC 377.

Audio tape, Ivor Munkley interviewed by David Mosley

1982-10-13
Video recording of events that took place at NRM in 2007

DVCAM digital videotape 'CBJWT Yorkshire Wheel, A day out with Thomas'

2007
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with John Baldwin, conducted and recorded by David Mosley on 23 July 1986. Duration: 29 minutes. John Baldwin served on ambulance trains during the Second World War. He worked in the steel industry before the railways. His first posting was to Southampton where the train worked in conjunction with five hospital ships. He gives details about the London, Midland and Scottish railway carriages used to transport patients. He describes some of the lines he travelled, and what happened to the carriages at the end of the war. Master tape copy made from missing original master. 7 inch reel, mono, 2 tracks, recorded at 7 1/2 ips. Original recording equipment: Uher 4200 portable tape deck. Master copy made using Sony TC 377.

Audio tape, John Baldwin interviewed by David Mosley

1986-07-23
Video for bid to the National Heritage lottery fund for Shildon Locomotion project

DVCAM digital videotape 'Shildon lottery bid

Three magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tapes, oral history interview with Robert Riddles CBE, conducted and recorded by David Jenkinson at the interviewee’s home on 3 February 1983. Robert Riddles, aged 90, talks about his railway engineering career, including being Sir William Stanier’s Principal Assistant when working for the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and being the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) for British Railways after the Nationalisation. They are two original session tapes (tapes 1 of 2 and 2 of 2) and one edited master tape (made on 07/02/1983). Session tapes, 7 inch reels, mono, ½ track, recorded at 3 ¾ ips. Session tapes recording equipment: Tandberg Model 11 portable tape deck, ARG D202 microphones. Edited master, 7 inch reel, mono, 2 tracks, recorded at 3 ¾ ips. Edited master made using Sony TC 377.

Audio tapes, Robert Riddles CBE interviewed by David Jenkinson

1983-02-03
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with representatives of Woking Homes, railway orphanage and old people home, Mr Max Millard (Chairman), Mr Jack Trucker (Vice Chairman) and Mrs Mavis Champion (Principal), conducted and recorded by Helen Ashby on 24 October 1988. Duration: 29 minutes. The interview outlines the history of the homes from 1885 when they were established and only accepted girls, through to the time boys and old people were accepted. From the 1980s most of the residents are old people. Interviewees also give details of fundraising and management structure. Master recording made from missing original master. 7 inch reel, stereo, 2 tracks, recorded at 7 1/2 ips, using DBXII, noise reduction. Master copy made using Sony TC 377.

Audio tape, representatives of Woking Homes railway orphanage and old people house interviewed by Helen Ashby

1988-10-24
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with Mr D. Drain, conducted and recorded by David Mosley on 16 February 1984. Duration: 55 minutes. D. Drain, British Railways workshops instructor, talks about his early career, being a fitter at Kentish Town, then moving to British Midland Region, and doing his apprenticeship at London St Pancreas. He talks about Derby and Crewe training schools, detailing their education programme. He also mentions Selhurst depot. Original master recording. 7 inch reel, mono, 2 tracks, recorded at 3 3/4 ips.

Audio tape, D. Drain interviewed by David Mosley

1984-02-16
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, oral history interview with Mr H. Cox, conducted and recorded by David Jenkinson in Settle, followed by oral history interview with Mr W. Fleming, conducted and recorded with David Jenkinson in Carlisle. Both interviews were recorded on the same tape on 25 February 1976. Mr H. Cox, aged 83, talks about being a stonemason on the Settle-Carlisle railway line between 1902 and 1913. Mr W. Fleming talks about his role as an engine driver on the Settle-Carlisle line, for Midland Railway (MR), London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and British Railways (BR) from 1915 to 1966. Original master recording, 7 inch reel, mono, 1/2 track, recorded at 3 3/4 ips. Original recording equipment: Tandberg Model 11 portable tape deck, ARG D202 microphone.

Audio tape, Mr H. Cox and Mr W. Fleming interviewed by David Jenkinson

1976-02-25
Digitised 16mm films, Railway Roundabout films, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. Tapes 1 to 11

DVCPRO digital videotape 'Adams & Whitehouse'

One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, Sir William Stanier FRS, interviewed by Mr I. MacNichol, recorded at the interviewee’s home (‘Newburn’, Rickmansworth), in April-May 1965. A note on the case states that ‘At time of recording, Stanier was suffering the after effect of a stroke, his speech is very heavily slurred’.

Audio tape, Sir William Stanier interviewed by Mr I. MacNichol

1965
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tapes, oral history interview with George Barlow BEM, conducted and recorded by David Mosley on 1st October 1985. George Barlow, then retired, talks about his railway career, including his roles as an engine driver and manager of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR). Original master recording, 10 inch reel, 4 tracks (David Mosley tracks 1 and 3, George Barlow, tracks 2 and 4) , recorded at 15 ips, DBXI, noise reduction, NAB EQ. Original recording equipment: Tascam 34 tape deck, ARG D202 microphones.

Audio tape, George Barlow BEM interviewed by David Mosley

1985-10-01
About 20-30 minutes of footage, maybe about the single needle telegraph / Two women, former telegaph operators, Anne Sharkey and Betty Forrester, interviewed by Lynn Patrick and Chris Hogg, unedited footage, the footage show mostly tea break, not actual interview

MiniDV digital videotape 'Telegraph'

Audio cassette, oral history interview with Frank Staddon, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 8 December 1995 (session 8 of 13). Frank Staddon talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Frank Staddon interviewed by Alan Hammond (session 8 of 13)

1995-12-08
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Frank Staddon, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 11 March 1996 (session 9 of 13). Frank Staddon talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Frank Staddon interviewed by Alan Hammond (session 9 of 13)

1996-03-11
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Frank Staddon, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 3rd December 1993 (session 2 of 13). Frank Staddon talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Frank Staddon interviewed by Alan Hammond (session 2 of 13)

1993-12-03
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Frank Staddon, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 2nd December 1994 (session 5 of 13). Frank Staddon talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Frank Staddon interviewed by Alan Hammond (session 5 of 13)

1994-12-02
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Bill May and Sam Lane, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 1st April 1991. Bill May and Sam Lane talk about their careers on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Bill May and Sam Lane interviewed by Alan Hammond

1991-04-01
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Ted Drew, Percy Curtis and George Lydford, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond in 1984. Ted Drew (shunter), Percy Curtis (permanent way inspector) and George Lydford (booking clerk) talk about their respective roles at Sturminster Newton, on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Ted Drew, Percy Curtis and George Lydford interviewed by Alan Hammond

1984
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Written on reel: RW Commentary

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape '5900B'

1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Red leader- Copy of Flying Scotsman Edinburgh to Perth; Lancastrian Rail Toad; White leader- Severn Valley Railway; Hellefield Green leader Arrow; LMS Goods; Rag Bone Cart; Budgie Talk; Leander; Bamford

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape '1974 K'

1974
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Red leader- Ruwenzori- Rain Maker BBC TV Wed 28th April 7.30pm REVERSE- Iceland Sounds

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'RD Rainmaker'

1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Green leader- Silloth copy; 123 to Ordon Carnstairs; Double Head Scottish Rambler; More silloth; Flying Scotsman From Train.

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'Silloth'

1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Green leader leader- Vintage Rally; Harewood House soundtrack; Iceland;

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'T1800I'

1960-1985
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Green leader leader- Polish Loco; LMS 0-6-0; Standard BR Class; whistles; cranking; Standard V and USA in distance; Lion approach Red leader leader- Lord Nelson in Giggleswick; Duchess at Ribblehead; whistles. Detailed commentary in box

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape '1981 A'

1981
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Frank Staddon, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on unknown date (session 13 of 13). Frank Staddon talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Frank Staddon interviewed by Alan Hammond (session 13 of 13)

1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Soundtrack Ch1, Cue track Ch2. 23.40 mins, 24fps

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'Soundtrack for The Little Northwestern'

1960-1985
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Soundtrack CH1, Cue track CH2- Film/Soundtrack 19. 24fps

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'Soundtrack for Thoroughbreds of Steam Part Five'

1960-1985
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Bahamas at Ramsbottom; Duchess at Skipton; Princess Margaret Rose at North Cote; Sit Nigel at Rawtenstall

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape '1994/1997'

1994-1997
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Soundtrack CH1, Cue Track CH2- Film/Soundtrack 16

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'Soundtrack for Thoroughbreds of Steam Part Two'

1960-1985
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Soundtrack CH1, Cue Track CH2- Film/Soundtrack 15

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'Soundtrack for Thoroughbreds of Steam Part One'

1960-1985
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Percy Hobbs, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 29 September 1990 (session 1 of 4). Percy Hobbs talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Percy Hobbs interviewed by Alan Hammond (session 1 of 4)

1990-09-29
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. 24 fps.

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'Great Steam Tours Soundtrack'

1960-1985
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Gordon Hatchen, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 1st December 1990. Gordon Hatchen talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Gordon Hatchen interviewed by Alan Hammond

1990-12-01
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Red leader leader side- blank

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'Film Track for Flying Scotsman'

1960-1985
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Emily Poole, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 4 April 1998 in Edington (session 2 of 2). Emily Poole talks about her role as a clerk at Evercreech New and Shepton Mallet, on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&D).

Audio cassette, Emily Poole interviewed by Alan Hammond (session 2 of 2)

1998-04-04
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Revised 11/09/2000. 25fps. Film No10. From Exeter to end of film

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'Steam in the Sixties Part Two- Video Speed Soundtrack'

1960-1985
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Natural Sounds Ch1, Cue Comments Ch2/ 25min/ 24fps.

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'Soundtrack for Steam in the Sixties part Two'

1960-1985
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham. Natural Sounds Ch1, Cue Comments Ch2 30 min 30 sec. 24fps. (Start delayed 1min 10 sec to allow insert of titles on film version)

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'Soundtrack for Steam in the Sixties part One'

1960-1985
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Arthur Bowen and Nobby Whiting, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 8 May 1994 in Blandford. Arthur Bowen and Nobby Whiting talk about their careers on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Arthur Bowen and Nobby Whiting interviewed by Alan Hammond

1994-05-08
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Cyril Beale, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 17 January 1995 in Bridgwater. Cyril Beale talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Cyril Beale interviewed by Alan Hammond

1995-01-17
1/4 inch open reel magnetic audio tape recorded by Kenneth Oldham.

1/4 inch Open Reel Audio Tape 'CRICH Extravaganza'

1960-1985