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One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, copy of segment with Joseph Duddington extracted from BBC radio programme, 'The World Goes By', broadcast on BBC Home Service on 15/04/1944 at 6:30pm and presented by Frederick Henry Grisewood. In this extract, Joseph Duddington talks about his experience as the driver of the A4 class locomotive Mallard when setting a new world speed record at 126 mph on 3 July 1938.

Sound recording copy of Joseph Duddington extract in BBC radio programme 'The World Goes By'

1944-04-15
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Mike Arlett, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond at Burnham, on 9 May 1998. Mike Arlett talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Mike Arlett interviewed by Alan Hammond

1998-05-09
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, copy of '30' Station Announcer', likely a reel of test/practice station announcements (different female voices). The reel seemed to have been accidenttally left on recording ambient background sound and background conversation at points.

Sound recording copy of Station Announcer

VHS videotape titled "Class 91 and Mallard". This video contains images of the event organised on 3 July 1988 for the 50th anniversary of the Mallard’s record breaking run in 1938 (Mallard 88). The first Class 91 locomotive was on display at Doncaster station, where Mallard took the head of the special train set up for the event, which had set off from London Kings Cross pulled by the Class 89 electric locomotive. Mallard pulled the special train from Doncaster to Scarborough.

VHS videotape of "Class 91 and Mallard" film

1988
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Emily Poole, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 4 April 1998 (session 1 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 1 of 2)

1998-04-04
Audio cassette ‘Cuneo: Railway painter of the century talking to Narisa Chakra’ published by Richard Lucraft Limited in 1990. This audio cassette was likely released to accompany the book ‘Terrence Cuneo: railway painter of the century’ by Narisa Chakra (London : New Cavendish Books, 1990; ISBN 0904568741), as insert inside the case refers to book pages on specific posters and paintings.

Audio cassette 'Cuneo: Railway painter of the century talking to Narisa Chakra'

1990
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 ‘Leeky Pot and Culmination, two rail tours’ filmed on VHS videotape by Mark Watson in 1994 and 1997. Total duration: 45 minutes. Filming of two Pathfinder rail tours. Video in 2 parts. Part 1, Leeky Pot rail tour on 28 May 1994 led by class 31 diesel locomotives, departing from Stoke-on-Trent, filming local traffic, including Co-Co diesel locomotives class 58, journey to Cauldron Low Quarry and stop at Leekbrook. Part 2: The Crompton Culminator rail tour on 6 September 1997, with two class 33 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives to Holyhead, Shakespeare Cliff and Hertfordshire rail tours locomotives.

VHS videotape ‘Leeky Pot and Culmination, two rail tours’

1994-1997
Four magnetic 1/4" audio tapes, original master railway sound recordings and interviews made by freelance sound recordist Michael Farr for use in the BBC Radio Bristol programme 'Rail' presented by Jim Palm. Content according information enclosed with the recordings: Tape 1: Bressingham, c 1972, Alan Bloom; BR Mystery Tour from Bristol, c 1972, passenger vox pop, Talyllyn c 1970, David Woodhouse (a volunteer); Dart Valley, c1970, Barry Woodman; Cranmore, East Somerset Railway, Royal Opening, David Shepherd, Prince Bernhard Tape 2: Narrow gauge on film, John Huntley; InterCity 125 test run Bristol-London, Gerry Marshall; Bristol Tram Centenary, John Appleby. Railways on film, John Huntley. Cranmore and Black Prince, David Shepherd. Tape 3: Industrial archaeology, Geoff Body; Monkwearmouth, Paul Talbot; InterCity 125 high speed run Bristol-London, O.S. Nork, etc.; Cranmore, George Davies. Tape 4: Railways of Hampshire, Edwin Course; Southern Railway, reg. signalling, George Pryer; 'Little lines' Edward Griffith; Weymouth Quay, Jim Palm/Michael Farr.

Railway sound recordings and interviews recorded for BBC Radio Bristol programme 'Rail'

1970-1979
VHS videotape of 'InterCity 21 trip to Liverpool' film made in 1987 for the 21st anniversary of British Rail InterCity.

VHS videotape of 'InterCity 21 trip to Liverpool' film

1987
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Bert Colbourne of Washford, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 1st June 1994. Bert Colbourne talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Bert Colbourne interviewed by Alan Hammond

1994-06-01
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
Audio cassette ‘Eavesdrop on 600 years of Highland History: The life and legend of the West Highland Line’ produced by ScotRail Advertising, made and released around 2000. It is an audio compilation recounting the history of the West Highland Line, between Glasgow and Mallaig, using spoken words, sound effects and songs.

Audio cassette 'Eavesdrop on 600 years of Highland History' by ScotRail

1997-2004
9 magnetic 1/4" audio tapes, copies of radio programme 'On Railways', broadcast on BBC Third Programme between 1959 and 1961. The programme features sound of foreign and British railways.

Sound recording copies of BBC radio programme 'On Railways'

1959-1961
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 footage taken on 1st July 1984, trains passing at crossing in Heslerton on the Scarborough line, also on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) near Dalton and at Pilmoor. Low band, unedited original camera tape. Colour, sound. Duration: 20 minutes maximum

U-matic S videotape ‘Trains passing at Heslerton (Scarborough line), near Dalton and Pilmoor (ECML)'

1984-07-01
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Bert Blake and Rodney Scovell, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond, likely between 1990 and 1999. Bert Blake and Rodney Scovell talk about their careers on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Bert Blake and Rodney Scovell interviewed by Alan Hammond

1990-1999
VHS videotape, corporate material produced by 2Cs Communications for European Rail Catering (1996-1997, previously known as the OBS Company, formed by the management team of Intercity Onboard Services, following the privatisation of British Rail in 1994-1995). Promotional video material intended for potential train operating customers, presenting all the services offered by European Rail Catering, across Europe: strategy development, staff development, product development, EPOS systems, vehicle design, pioneering equipment and technology, purchasing and logistics, station-based service centres.

VHS videotape, ‘European Rail Catering’

1997-02-17
Commercial edition videotape published by Ian Allan SBS Video. Duration: 50 minutes. Copyright National Railway Museum and P.B. Whitehouse & J. Adams

VHS videotape 'Railway Roundabout 1959'

VHS videotape, training material produced for Intercity Onboard Services, sponsored by Waverley Vintners. Training video intended for on-board train staff, explaining the different wines available on InterCitys trains, their origins, the types of food each is best paired with, and how to correctly serve wine on board train. Duration: 10 minutes.

VHS videotape, ‘On Board Services: A Guide to Intercity wines’

1986-1994
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape master. 'BR. Y.T.S' is written on the back of the case and a list of 4 songs: 1. Toy Boy, 2. Summer Loving, 3. Save the Last Dance, 4. Spoken Words. This suggests that the tape contains songs interpreted by participants to the British Rail Youth Training Scheme. The tape was recorded by Blue Strike recorders in Harrogate on 26 November 1987 and engineered by Will Jackson. It is a stereo recording, 15 ips, NAB, non Dolby.

Sound recording of music by British Rail Youth Training Scheme participants

1987-11-26
Classic trains programme 2 ; VHS sent to National Railway Museum by Uden Associates Ltd., as National Railway Museum ordered clips for use in a video edit ; Peter Paton is the copyright holder to most of the clips enquired by the National Railway Museum

VHS videotape 'Suburban dreams'

Edited master. Using footage of 1933 LMS film. Original edit. Flaw on title caption. Audio unmixed. High band SP

U-Matic videotape 'Carriage construction'

U-matic videotape titled ‘Goole Swing Bridge’ produced and supplied by Ryedale Audio Visual Enterprise Ltd, for the Friends of the National Railway Museum, edited in October 1986. The video is made of footage of the bridge filmed in July and August 1984 as well as still images, photographs taken in July 1985. Duration: 27 minutes.

U-matic videotape ‘Goole Swing Bridge’

1984-1986
Edited master. Stillington Prim and National Railway Museum, february 1999

Betacam SP videotape 'NER Manor House Tragedy November 1892'

1999-02
John Snow at National Railway Museum. Tape No.3 of 3

Betacam SP videotape 'Corroding Collection'

2000
Video recording by Chris Hogg for the National Railway Museum, restauration of Queen Victoria's carriage

MiniDV digital videotape 'Queen Victoria Carriage restoration, Vics saloon launch'

BBC broadcast programme recorded on videotape 'Timewatch: Rocket and its Rivals'. Broadcast on BBC 2, 24 January 2003. Including scenes shot at the National Railway Museum

VHS videotape 'Timewatch: Rocket and its Rival'

2003-01-24
High Band SP ; Video production, informative frame at start: Producer: Railscene Ltd., 03/04/1992, RR2a ; Southern Film Productions ; Programmes 'Railway Roundabout' about Railway Roundabout, with commentary, using footage of the Original Railway Roundabout and sound on footage (possibly not original sound) ; Copyright 1992, National Railway Museum, and J. Adams and P.B. Whitehouse, and Railscene Ltd.

U-Matic videotape 'Railway Roundabout: Volume 1, 1958'

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
VHS videotape, training material produced for Intercity Onboard Services, sponsored by the Meat and Livestock Commission. Training video intended for chefs and on-board train staff, explaining how menu and food served on board InterCitys trains should be prepared and presented. Presented by Executive Chef, David Small. Duration: 53 minutes.

VHS videotape, ‘On Board Services: A Guide to menu preparation and presentation’’

1986-1994
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, copy of Industrial Welfare Society's 'The Telephone Operator'. This copy is thought to have been used by British Railways Board as audio training material for their staff in the 1970s-1980s. A different title, 'The Receptionist', is written on the reel.

Sound recording copy of The Telephone Operator

1970-1980
Audio cassette, broadcast recording of interview with Arthur Wragg on BBC Radio York in 1984, when Arthur Wragg retired from British Railways at the age of 63. Born in 1921 in York, Arthur Wragg joined the railways following on the family tradition, before joining the army in the Second World War and fighting in the Battle of Caen in France in 1944. After the war, he returned to York and continued his railway career with British Rail until retiring in 1984. He died in 2016 in York.

Interview with Arthur Wragg on BBC Radio York

1984
Sound recordings on 1/4" magnetic audio tapes (79 tapes), made by Kenneth Oldham MBE in the 1960s-1980s, on the railways in the United Kingdom. Some of the tapes correspond to the soundtrack to 16mm films with the same title. Detailed handwritten notes listing the content are enclosed with most reels.

Original sound recordings of railways recorded by Kenneth Oldham

1960-1985
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Archie Gunning, Fred Davies, Bernard Ware, John Sawyer, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond, likely between 1990 and 1999. The interviewees, staff of the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, talk about their first memories of Bath Green Park.

Audio cassette, collective oral history interview of Bath Green Park first memories recorded by Alan Hammond

1990-1999
One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, copy of 'Safety on 25kV AC Electrified Lines: Construction Workers' thought to have been made by British Transport Films as training material for British Railways staff in the 1970s-80s. On the case, this copy are marked '14'. This is a pulsed copy, made to be used in conjunction with a slide projector. This audio production would have been shown with slides.

Sound recording copy of Safety on 25kV AC Electrified Lines: Construction Workers

1970-1980
Edited film with commentary by Rod Lytton ; SD ; 2008. Pressing Flying Scotsman boiler

MiniDV digital videotape 'Flying Scotsman Update Pridhams October 2007'

2007-10
Edited master. The Railways are privatised, Railway Workers 1, Railway Workers 2, Pete Waterman

DVCPRO digital videotape 'BRB 1990's Compilation'

Handwritten label

VHS videotape 'Shinkansen Japan's Bullet train'

Video recording by Chris Hogg for the National Railway Museum

VHS videotape 'Signal box interior'

"Contact Europe 148" ; August 2001 ; 25 min total ; Printed label.Wild Heart Production

VHS videotape 'Contact Europe, edition 148: In with the new Out with the old, A museum on rails, Remapping Tunia's cultural heritage, The Long road to Santiago'

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 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)

1984-1999
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 Mr and Mrs Cook, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond, likely between 1990 and 1999. Mr and Mrs Cook talk about their careers on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Mr and Mrs Cook interviewed by Alan Hammond

1990-1999
Audio cassette, oral history interview with John Badman, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond on 2nd January 1996, in Glastonbury. John Badman talks about his career on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, John Badman interviewed by Alan Hammond

1996-01-02
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Keith Barrett, Bob Downes and Maurice Miles, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond, in April 1999 at Edington. Keith Barrett, Bob Downes and Maurice Miles talk about their careers on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Keith Barrett, Bob Downes and Maurice Miles interviewed by Alan Hammond

1999-04
Audio cassette, recording of a talk by Jem Harrison, conducted and recorded by Alan Hammond at Wells, on 15 May 1995 (sessions 5 and 6 of 7). Jem Harrison talks about researching the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. These sessions especially covers Highbridge.

Audio cassette, recorded talk by Jem Harrison (sessions 5 and 6 of 7)

1995-05-15
Audio cassette, oral history recording, Bill Coomer talking to Fred Andrews, recorded in 1990. Bill Coomer talks about his career at Bailey Gate Crossing, on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, Bill Coomer talking to Fred Andrews

1990
Audio cassette, oral history interview with Chummy Andrews, Will Locke and other participants, recorded at Mike Palmer's home in Edington, recorded by Heather and Peter Foster on 7 November 1981. The interviewees talk about their memories and careers on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Audio cassette, collective oral history interview of Somerset and Dorset railway staff recorded at Edington by Heather and Peter Foster

1981-11-07