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Virgin Trains East Coast booklet announcing the launch of the new franchise in cooperation with Stagecoach

2015-01

Eastleigh drawings on film negatives

1942-1944

Papers of Ian Braybrook relating to BR Freight privatisation

1993-1999

Memorabilia collected by Alan Ramage

1960-1969

Photograph albums and booklets concerning London & North Eastern Railway, London, Brighton & South Coast, and Southern Railway publicity

circa 1910-1935

Atholl Hill papers relating to railway design. Papers include photographs

1960-1980

Papers of Adrian Shooter and Chiltern Railways

1993-2011

Archive of the British Transport Christian Fellowship (BTCF)

1926-2014

Sierra Leone Railways 225hp diesel locomotive and rolling stock

Wolverton Works Archive

1831-1993

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings and ephemera relating to railway queens and photograph of Kathleen Lawton, railway queen

circa 1933-circa 1971

Railway Notepaper

circa 1845

York Site and Great Western Railway Company Drawings transferred from Network Rail

circa 1876-1977

North Eastern Railway register of prosthetic limbs

1918-1922

E.A. Langridge apprenticeship papers

1900s

Papers relating to the restoration of Flying Scotsman at BREL works, Derby, 1973

1973

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Carriage and Wagon guard books

1880-1908

Leonard Raisbeck Archive

1773-1845

Three items related to the unveiling of the First World War memorial at Euston

1921

Archive of the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG). Contains records relating to NELPG anniversaries

1966-2016

Regional Railways North East franchise bidding documents accumulated by Ian Yeowart

1990s

Letter, William George Armstrong to R S Reid, 20 November 1847

1847-11-20

Midland Railway Police Officer James Gates papers and notebooks

1903-1932

Folder containing the notes of Graham Sealy's work on the British Railways Hovercraft

1948-1968

Accrual to the Campaign for Better Transport archive

1970s

Bring Back British Rail’s first report 'A Better Railway for Britain: Re-unifying our railways under public ownership'

2016

Hudson House Brochures

1968
Papers of Harry Usher, (1889-1937). Harry Usher (d. 1927) was a former General Manager of the Buenos Ayres & Pacific Railway, a post he held from 1914 to 1926. Prior to that he had worked in various accounting, administrative and managerial roles for railways in Uruguay, Mexico, Costa Rica, South Africa, Chile and Cuba. The collection tells a ‘world’ railway story and gives a well-illustrated overview of a career railway administrator. Much of it is career-illustrative material – contracts, cuttings, regulation books, maps etc. However, there are several notebooks and photographs to give more depth and detail to the work Usher did. Moreover, there is material from every stage of his career. 4 boxes, 1 folder.

Papers of Harry Usher

1889-1937
Sealink Seaspeed Motorail file, Services for the Motorist 1973. The file includes highlights for 1973, Sealink European Services, Sealink Camping and Caravenning, Sealink and Children, Seaspeed Inclusive Motoring Holidays, and a UK Motorail Map. A pocket at the back of the file contains seven leaflets entitled Dover-Boulogne Dover-Calais Seaspeed Hovercraft 1973 Timetable & Fares, Automobile Touring Services Ltd 'When this happens abroad...', Isle of Wight Sealink Car Ferry Services '73, Sealink Route Guide and Sales Directory, British Transport Hotels 'Cure for the Common Winter', Seaspeed Hovercraft 'Holland is here - the Free + Easy Way', and Sealink International Car Ferries 1973 Advance Information: To Europe Ireland and Channel Islands'.

Services for the Motorist 1973

1973
Fireman, Walter Clarke's diary, 1940s. A record relating to the life and interests of a working fireman in the 1940s, it includes entries about his firing turns, improvement class material, and instruction on learning the piano. Walter (Wally) Clarke was the fireman on the up goods involved in the Brownie smash in January 1946. Also includes loose papers and newspaper clippings.

Fireman, Walter Clarke's diary

1940s
Drawing of Cast Iron Wheel for Standard Tender, Crewe drawing no. 160, 26 July 1877.

Cast iron wheel for standard tender drawing

1877-07-26
Mallard MRI archives, not dated.

Archive of John Mallard and his team from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Accrual to Railfuture Archive (RFT). Records of the Railway Development Group (RDS) (later Railfuture) Midland Branch. Includes core organisational records such as minute books, reports and campaign literature. this is an accrual to the original Railfuture / RDS deposit (2018-212)

Accrual to the Railfuture Archive

A 1913 Government of the Chinese Republic 5% Gold Loan unstamped bond for the Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway. The bond is for £20 (of a £10million issue). There are two pages, the first page is the certificate and the back page is made up of bonds.

Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway - 5% 1913 bond

1913
Archives, High Speed UK - Connecting the Nation brochure. Made by High Speed UK (HSUK) in 2016

High Speed UK - Connecting the Nation brochure

2016
Notes and papers concerning locomotive construction and maintenance at Crewe Works inlcuding boiler and tender notebooks, locomotive lists, locomotive observations, etc. c 1894 - 1950. 3 boxes/loose volumes.

Papers of Charles Williams

1894-1950
Papers, collection of records, certificates and notebooks relating to the engineering apprenticeship of Philip Smith at British Rail Engineering Ltd Locomotive works, Derby, from 1976 to 1980.

Papers of Philip Smith

1976-1980
Diagram Sheet of Crossheads, dyeline copy Crewe drawing no. C 17334

Diagram sheet of crossheads drawing

1951-02-16
Buffer for Engines and Tenders, dyeline copy Crewe drawing no. C 7754

Buffer for engines and tenders drawing

1951-02-16
London & North Western Railway (L&NWR) and London & Birmingham Railway original architectural drawings. 1843-1913. Five rolls of 83 drawings in five boxes, one large fragile volume of L&NWR miscellaneous drawings which includes a handwritten list of the drawings within the volume. A listing is available in the project folder listing the individual drawings. The drawings are on waxed linen, paper and backed linen. The drawings include general construction drawings and railway line elevations of Northampton Station, Stabling of horse keepers house, Coventry and bridge number 4 for South Stafford Line.

London & North Western Railway and London & Birmingham Railway architectural drawings

1843-1913
Mr George Penfold British Railways Southern Region traffic apprenticeship journal, 1954. Daily journal of his Traffic Apprenticeship, or Cadetship, a three year management training scheme where he spent periods of time with each of the traffic related departments, including signalling and locomotive departments of British Railways.

George Penfold apprenticeship journal

1954
Archives, High Speed UK - Connecting the Nation brochure. Made by High Speed UK (HSUK)

High Speed UK - Connecting the Nation brochure

2015
English Electric Traction photo index filing cards. 2 boxes

English Electric Traction photo index filing cards

1960-1970
Paddington Station 'working' books produced by operations planning, Railtrack Great Western, Swindon and area production manager, Railtrack Great Western, Reading. 1995-1999. Contain general information - explanation of symbols /abbreviations, telephone numbers, platform capacities, information on ticket validity Information re departures from Paddington dates, details of cars In and out working - number of train, time, origin, time due, platform, number, destination and stock type Arrivals to Paddington -time, origin and calling points and telephone numbers.

Paddington station working books

1995-1999
Two postcards written from overseas ambulance train number 36, written by ambulance train nurse ‘Polly’. She describes the cold, her 'little stove' being useful, being busy, she asks to be sent a photo of a wedding, describes not being granted leave "my leave is off". Images of Abbeville and Rouen on the front of each postcard. Date on one postcard is partially obscured but appears to be in 1918

Two postcards written from overseas ambulance train number 36

1918
LNER Builders Football Club, founded by Albert Trim at York Carriage Works. Material includes London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Builders committee meeting minutes 1987-2010, Annual meeting minutes 1950, 1964-1987. London & North Eastern (LNE) Builders Association Football Club teams and players squadron [?] note book 1978-Jan 1989. Two 1994 diaries, Acomb cricket club score cards, performances and ephemera, one file about the club house, match record sheets, press cuttings, photographs, certificates, correspondence, a cloth badge and notebook of members. The material also includes legal agreements between York Rugby Union Football Club and London & North Eastern (LNE) Builders Association Football Club for purchasing the club house in 1966 and between British Railways Board and London & North Eastern (LNE) Builders Association Football Club for the tenancy of land at Hob Moor, York, 2nd Sept 1966.

LNER Builders - Football Team archive

1964-2009
Great Northern Railway (GNR) 14 Feet Diameter Turntable (For Wagons Only) scale 1 foot to an inch, cross section.

Drawing of Great Northern Railway (GNR) 14 Feet Diameter Turntable

circa 1850-circa 1922
Three binders of research and notes, as follows: 1. Locomotive Stock of all passenger carrying railway companies, minor, light and narrow gauge railways of Britain and Ireland as at 31st December 1922 (also includes lists of locomotive names, depots, re-numbering for the Big Four, allocations, designers etc.); The Locomotives of the Pre-Grouping Companies 1st January 1923 (only covers the constituent companies of the SR and GWR); 3. A Labour of Love (autobiographical compendium of Peter Larkin's railway work and experiences in the UK, in abridged and expanded versions). The binders were formatted and produced by the donor John G. Larkin, Peter Larkin's cousin.

Peter J. Larkin Archive

1980-1999
Drawing, 14 feet diameter turntable (for engines and wagons) scale 1 foot to an inch, type drawing 19

Drawing of 14 feet diameter turntable

circa 1850-circa 1922
London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Southern Area 15 feet diameter turntable for engines and wagons, scale 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot plan of floor patio.

Drawing of London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Southern Area 15 feet diameter turntable for engines and wagon

circa 1923-circa 1947