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Electronic solid state Automatic Route Setting Machine

Electronic solid state Automatic Route Setting Machine

1983
Audio cassette, 'Alf's Teeth' produced for British Rail Red Star parcels services

Audio cassette, 'Alf's Teeth' produced for British Rail Red Star parcels services

1985-11
Box of Assorted NAB Carts

Box of Assorted NAB Carts

circa 1979
Original sound recording 'Steam north of the River 1A'

Original sound recording 'Steam north of the River 1A'

1960-1970
cassette for Oric Atmos computer, 1984

cassette for Oric Atmos computer, 1984

1984
software cassette for Sinclair ZX Spectrum microcomputer, 1982-1985

software cassette for Sinclair ZX Spectrum microcomputer, 1982-1985

1984
Flight spare of the tape recorder flown on the Ariel VI satellite, 1979

Flight spare of the tape recorder flown on the Ariel VI satellite, 1979

1977-1979
Audio cassette titled 'The InterCity 21st Anniversary Album', issued by British Rail InterCity in April-May 1987, narrated by Sir Michael Hordern. Issued to mark the 21st anniversary of BR InterCity services and distributed on all InterCity trains.

Audio cassette, The InterCity 21st Anniversary Album

1987-04
Original sound recording on 1/4 inch reel-to-reel magnetic audio tape, recorded by John Burnie. Sounds of a steam train and whistle, recorded in the North of River Clyde, likely in 1964. Handwritten note enclosed: Central low level Friday 2 October, day before withdrawal of passenger services. 0-22 3.57pm train to Dalmuir riverside starting from the station on the last day of the working; 22-301 On the footplate of 44898, on the train to Dumbarton Central, leaving low level at 4.42

Original sound recording 'Steam north of the River 1B'

1960-1970
Original sound recording on 1/4 inch reel-to-reel magnetic audio tape, recorded by John Burnie in the 1960s. Unidentified steam recording, belibed to be recorded on a steam ship, likely a paddle steamer (potentially PS Waverley on Clyde river), includes recording of steam engine room (movement of pistons), bells (in engine room?), accordion music (buskers?), anchor, announcements to passengers (Scottish accent?), passenger voices in background, ship horn. Duration: 16 minutes

Original sound recording of unidentified steam ship

1960-1970
Original sound recording on 1/4 inch reel-to-reel magnetic audio tape, recorded by John Burnie in the 1960s. Unidentified steam train recording, recorded from the footplate (includes sound of fireman shovelling coal at the beginning of recording). Duration: 9 minutes

Original sound recording of unidentified steam train

1960-1970
Original sound recording on 1/4 inch reel-to-reel magnetic audio tape, recorded by John Burnie on 13 August 1964. Handwritten note enclosed: Terminus Glasgow’s terminal stations. Dull, dry 13 August 1964. Central. 0-12 11.19 electric M.U leaves station for the inner circle. 12-27 12.25 to Wemyss Bay leaving plat 12 behind 80061 the train emerges from beneath the echoing roof passes the microphone and [starts] off across the bridge. 27-39 Electric M.U departing for [Hellston?] with the 12.36. 40-57 73061 [Propels?] the coaches of the 1.5 to Gourock into plat 13. 57-78 Out of plat 12 comes the 12.50 to Gourock being 73075. 78-89 While D215 comes right into the station, the 80060 enters plat 12 with the 1.0 from Gourock. 89-95 80086 backs down into plat 12 96-112 73061 leaves plat 13 on 1.5 for Gourock while a diesel waits in the bay. 112-135 While an electric M.U leaves the station, 80086 passes on the 1.20 to Gourock from plat 12 a diesel M.U enters 13, then 80066 leaves light. 135-145 80066 leaves the station light. 145-159 80110 takes a train of empty stock out of the station St Enoch. 160-209 73063 leave on 2pm to Carlisle hardly has the train 9[entered?] the Clyde bridge when D[sl?] leaves, to the accompaniment of a ‘staff announcement’. 209-253 80024 leaves with coaches ex 11am Carlisle 253-264 44726 leaves light. Buchanan street. 264-308 A gaggle of ‘enthusiasts’ watches the 3.15pm for Dundee wave behind 45313 while 45214 simmers 2 platforms away

Original sound recording 'Terminus Glasgow’s terminal stations'

1964-08-13
Original sound recording on 1/4 inch reel-to-reel magnetic audio tape, recorded by John Burnie in the 1960s. Side 1: unidentified steam train recordings. Side 2: recording of BBC radio broadcast from 11/02/1965, ‘The Awful Calamity’ story told by Eleanor Ransome (about the 1st railway death, William Huskisson, golden snuffbox offered by widow Mrs Huskisson to Doctor Ransome who tried to rescue Huskinson on the day). Duration: 37 minutes on each side.

Original sound recording of unidentified steam train and BBC radio broadcast 'The Awful Calamity'

1965
Cassette tape, magnetic tape in plastic casing with plastic box and card insert, 'Hancock's Parcel Service', comedy starring Trevor Bannister as Tony Hancock, written and produced by Infomericals for British Rail Red Star parcels services. Summarised "Anthony Aloysius Hancock has set himself up in opposition to Red Star. Unfortunately his trained carrier pigeons have ideas above their station." Recorded before a live audience on 22 Nov. 1985.

Audio cassette, 'Hancock's Parcel Service' produced for British Rail Red Star parcels services

1985-11
Original sound recording on 1/4 inch reel-to-reel magnetic audio tape, recorded by John Burnie in the 1960s. Sound of a steam train including whistles, puffing and breaks screaming.

Original sound recording 'The East Fife Rail Tour'

1960-1970
Cassette tape, magnetic tape in plastic casing with plastic box and card insert, 'The Farewell Party', comedy starring John Wells, written and produced by Infomercials for British Rail Red Star parcels services. Summarised "After thirty years of service to Plotkins, the trusty old despatch manager is retiring. Unfortunately, when the vino flows, so does the veritas." Recorded before a live audience on 22 Nov. 1985.

Audio cassette, 'The Farewell Party' produced for British Rail Red Star parcels services

1985-11
One of seven Mellotron FX sound effects console audio tapes. Scotch 3M 229 Audio Recording Tape. Reel 6.

Mellotron FX Sound Effects Console Tape

1968-1972
One of seven Mellotron FX sound effects console audio tapes. Scotch 3M 229 Audio Recording Tape. Reel 3.

Mellotron FX Sound Effects Console Tape

1968-1972
Cassette tape 'Travelling time: A miscellany in words, music and song', a compilation by Barry Took for British Rail, produced in 1984.

Audio cassette, 'Travelling Time'

1984
One of seven Mellotron FX sound effects console audio tapes. Scotch 3M 229 Audio Recording Tape. Reel 9.

Mellotron FX Sound Effects Console Tape

1968-1972
Original sound recording on 1/4 inch reel-to-reel magnetic audio tape, recorded by John Burnie in the 1960s. Sound of a train travelling on a windy day

Original sound recording 'Port Road Eastern section'

1960-1970
Video cassettes, plastic casing and boxes, magnetic tape, card insets, collection of 29 promotional videos made or collected by GEC Traction Ltd. and GEC Alsthom. Subjects covered include Eurostar, Docklands Light Railway, ECML electrification, Hong Kong Metro, London Underground, equipment tests, water immersion tests on Networker motors etc. Includes some videos made by British Rail. Videos made 1980s to 1990s. VHS and Betacam SP formats.

GEC and GEC Alsthom promotional videos

1980s-1990s
Cassette tape, magnetic tape in plastic casing with plastic box and card insert, 'Red Star over Whitehall', comedy starring Geoffrey Palmer, written and produced by Infomercials for British Rail Red Star parcels services. Summarised "Paranoia stalks the corridors of power when a junior official misinterprets the Red Stars on the parcels leaving the MI-9 department." Recorded before a live audience on 22 Nov. 1985.

Audio cassette, 'Red Star over Whitehall' produced for British Rail Red Star parcels services

1985-11
Balfour 8mm Rexette film striper, 1965-1970. Dual gauge. With two reels fitted. Sticker on front '18'. Balfour Photographic Equipment Company, Balfour Mews, London.

Balfour 8mm Rexette Film Striper

1965-1970
Original sound recording on 1/4 inch reel-to-reel magnetic audio tape, recorded by John Burnie in 1965. Sound of birds singing and a steam train in motion. Handwritten note enclosed: Mon 24 May 1965, Beside Loch Libo. 7.49 73106, D28 late, M.U, 45489

Original sound recording 'Beside Loch Libo, 1965'

1965-05-24
Philips VC360 (V2000 format) video cassette tape. 2x3 hours tape recording time. Manufactured by Philips Electronics, 1981-1986. May be a VCC360 - check tape.

Philips VC360 V2000 Video Cassette Tape

1981-1986
Children series, set in London, various shots of transport, set in London, scene scene on buffet carriage, on board manager explaining receipe for Cheese + Tomato toasties, featuring train leaving station ; 20 minutes / Me too! live action television series on BBC 2 and CBeebies / Note on GNER paper inside case: "John, 'Cheese + Tomato toasties' episode from 'Me too!' starring Raymond the on-train buffet manager.Ang. Ps: This is a unofficial copy so is for internal use only"

TV coverage 'Me too! (series): Cheese + Tomato toasties (episode)'

circa 2006
One of seven Mellotron FX sound effects console audio tapes. Scotch 3M 229 Audio Recording Tape. Reel 8.

Mellotron FX Sound Effects Console Tape

1968-1972
One of seven Mellotron FX sound effects console audio tapes. Scotch 3M 229 Audio Recording Tape. Reel 5.

Mellotron FX Sound Effects Console Tape

1968-1972
locomotive sounds; starting work; appointment as premium engine cleaner; transfer to Derby; Bourneville Depot; spare fireman; shunting; cleaning engines; conditions; first day as a fireman; fog; colleagues; permanent way work; railway horses; First World War ambulance trains; nature of traffic; incidents; engine drivers; chocolate freight; work of a spare fireman; nationalisation; cleaning tanks; wooden brake blocks; flat wheels; lodgings; firing; d.o.b. 1898-06-25; railway work 1927-1963. Derby; Bath; Saltleigh; Bourneville; Selly Oak; Birmingham; Cadbury's sidings; Camden shed; Kentish Town; Sand sidings; Walsall; Ryecroft shed; Holbeck; Lickey incline; Bristol; London Midland & Scottish (LMS); Great Western Railway; Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

King, Tom

circa 1991-1992
National Express Introduction, May 2008, promotional video of National Express Services: train, trams, buses, school buses, coaches, mini buses rental, footage illustrating various mode of transports offered, footage of busy stations, end slogan: National Express "making travel simpler" / National Express logo and DVD label

Promotional Video 'National Express Introduction'

2008
One of seven Mellotron FX sound effects console audio tapes. Scotch 3M 229 Audio Recording Tape. Reel 7.

Mellotron FX Sound Effects Console Tape

1968-1972
One of seven Mellotron FX sound effects console audio tapes. Scotch 3M 229 Audio Recording Tape. Reel 4.

Mellotron FX Sound Effects Console Tape

1968-1972
Original sound recording on 1/4 inch reel-to-reel magnetic audio tape, recorded by John Burnie in the 1960s. Recording of worn out engine, voices of workers can be heard in background, unknown location/railway line; end of recording is slowly passing steam train (maybe freight?), including locomotives whistles. Duration: 11 minutes

Original sound recording 'Demolition Train'

1960-1970
DVDs, video cassettes, TV news coverage of the East Coast main line and franchise holders, circa 1996 to 2014. The videos and discs were compiled mainly by TNS Media Intelligence for GNER and later National Express East Coast. The clips cover the reporting of the East Coast main line, inlcuding GNER's winning and loss of the franchise, National Express gaining the franchise, break-downs, disruption, accidents including Great Heck (Selby) and Hatfield, GNER's competition with Grand Central, and 'feel good' coverage such as train travel to the Bollywood Oscars, GNER's opera aboard a train, and GNER's appearance in 'Cheese and Tomato Toasties', an episode of the children's programme 'Me Too!'. There are also two GNER internal discs, one on the refurbishment of the HSTs and a powerpoint on the new wifi service. 41 DVDs and 14 VHS cassettes.

TV and news coverage of the East Coast main line and franchise holders

circa 1996-2014
Sound recording of George Emms recounting the story of the death in a railway accident of Fred Clark, at Retford, 1st October 1932, (Mr. Emm's deceased wife's grandfather), cassette tape.

Audio cassette, 'Tragic story of Fred Clark', the story of a railway accident narrated by George Emms

2008
BBC Recording service label, Ffestiniog railway, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 29/07/1964 ; Take 1 (marked with red ink): ME in woods near Tan-y-Bwlch ; Take 2: ME leaving Tan-y-Bwlch 12.45 ; Take 3: ME entering Minffordd ; Take 4 (marked with red ink): Blanche leaving Minffordd / Location: Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Ffestiniog Railway'

1964
BBC Recording service label, 4555 Trials, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 02/01/1964 ; Take 1: Leaving Swindon ; Take 2: En route ; Take 3: [Kemble] stop ; Take 4: [Kemble] shunt ; Take 5: Leaving [Kemble] and return (coach) / Location: South West England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '4555 Trials'

1964
BBC Recording service label, Orient Express, Reel No. 1, User: PBW, 21 and 26/07/1965 ; Take 1: Munich-Salzburg-Vienna ; Take 2: Leaving Vienna / Dusty tape / Location: Germany, Austria

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Orient Express'

1965
BBC Recording service label, Ref. No. KLO 67880, 1 ; Wats rewind ; Take 1: Train leaving Volos ; Take 2: Enroute to Milee / Location: Greece

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Train leaving Volos, enroute to Milee'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, Swansea-Shrewsbury, reel No. 2, User: PBW, 17/09/1963 ; Take 1: 45577 on 6.25pm Swansea to Shrewsbury mail [coming a hendlamps] / Location: Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Swansea to Shrewsbury'

1963
BBC Recording service label, Ref. No. 7802 Oswestry, User: PBW, 17/01/1965 ; Take 1: 7802 on last train [Walport] ; Take 2: Whitchurch to Oswestry ; Take 3: Running round / Location: South England, West Midlands, England (Wales border)

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '7802 on last train'

1965
BBC Recording service label, Ref. No. KLO 67880, No2 ; Take 1: Sounds on train ; Takes 3-6: Finishing at Millee with passengers leaving train to go up to village for festivities / Location: Greece

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '[Milee station]'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, 16/08/1962 ; Take 1: Knighton to Sugar Loaf Tunnel ; handwritten on the back: 1. Train [slowly f... rest] at Knighton ; 2. Train approach [from …] ; 3. [Ready summit of L.. entering] tunnel with whistle ; 4. [Start for rest from Llenntel Wells] / Location: Wales

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Knighton to Sugar Loaf tunnel'

1962
Handwritten on case: Mallard ; John Adams ; 10

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Mallard'

1958-1964
Handwritten on case: 15 / Handwritten on paper (fibre product)s attached to case, description of Band I to XXX: Paddington, Band I. 9460 pulling empty stock for Paddington-Plymouth train into platform 1 ; II. 4:10 Birmingham 6027 Richard I ; III. 4:15 Barburry Brecon Castle (single C...) ; IV. No. 1504 whistles impatiently and leaves with train of empty stock ; V. May flower leaving hauled by D858 Val... followed by 9405 hauling out empty stock and 9460 pssing light being engine which pulled in empty stock for May Flower (see Bnad I) ;VI. 4:35 leaving with Alderban Hall ... etc...

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Paddington'

1958-1964
BBC Recording service label, SLS Special 49361 + 8 coaches full, Reel No. 2, User: PBW, 22/06/1963 ; Take 1: Walsall, Darlaston, Wednesbury ; Take 2: Walsall, Norton Junction, East ; Take 3: Cannock Junction, Hednesford, Rugby TV ; Take 4: Lichfield TV - LL - HL ; Take 5: Lichfield Town / Location: West Midlands, England

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'SLS Special 49361 and 8 coaches full'

1963
Handwritten note on case is crossed over: Vale of Rheidol

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '[untitled]'

Handwritten on case: Track [I.2], Brienz-Rothorn / Switzerland

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Brienz-Rothorn'

1958-1964
Handwritten on case: 12/07/1964, Lickey Bank, 4-6-0 Class 5 on goods banked by two 0-6-0 PTs ; 5

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'Lickey Bank'

1964