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turnberry hotel, ayrshire

in london there are full facilities for a two hundred strong conference at the charing cross hotel

gleneagles hotel

Brochure for 'West Side Story'

1961

Brochure for 'Camelot'

1967

LNER rail operating company brochure titled ‘LNER On Track’, issue 1 with headline ‘Azuma transforming rail travel’

March-June 2019

Choosing and Using: Male and female sterilisation

1987-2000

'What is emergency contraception?

1987-2000

midland hotel manchester room service and directory

1968

Brochure describing Flying Scotsman given out at British Empire Exhibition

1924

Printed ephemera related to a trip to Trondheim in 2017

2017

Book catalogue of works in Physics and Astrophysics published by Princeton University Press in 2016

2016

Three-cylinder superheated 4-6-2 pacific type express tender locomotive

1924

Intercity Executive Guide

1983

The Midland Pullman

1960

British Transport Hotels in England and Scotland for business and leisure

1978

Old Course Hotel, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

royal station hotel york

The Eighties... The Age of the Train

1980

High Speed Train

1970s

Brochure for 'It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

1963

Brochure for 'Cleopatra'

1963

Brochure for 'Doctor Zhivago'

1965

Hib: Guidance for health professionals in answering parents' questions.

1992

Choosing and Using: Emergency Contraception

1987-2000

Is everybody doing it? Your guide to contraception

1995

How much do you know about venereal disease?

1975

Brochure for Radio Caroline

1960s

Brochure from Starmus festival in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) celebrating Hawking

A brochure for 'The Open Road', a series of short films made by Claude Friese-Green in 1926.

A brochure for 'The Open Road'

1926
Brochure published "to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the passenger carrying Stockton & Darlington Railway Company and Swindon's contribution to Railways during the period."

Swindon Works

Fell Developments Ltd. brochure describing the Fell Diesel-Mechanical Locomotive no. 10100, circa 1948. Includes 2 illustrations of the locomotive, layout diagram, schedule of Fell patents, etc. 11pp.

The Fell Diesel-Mechanical Locomotive

circa 1948
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Union Switch & Signal Division) brochure "Industrial Car Retarder Installations" describing railroad car retarders for freight yards. Includes diagrams, reprints, booklets etc. 1959. Bulletin no. 184.

Industrial Car Retarder Installations

1959
Louisville & Nashville Railroad brochure "Proudly Presenting... Hills Park Yard", by R. R. South, describing the Hills Park freight yard in Atlanta, Georgia. Reprinted from the Louisville & Nashville magazine, October 1957. 8pp.

Proudly Presenting... Hills Park Yard

1957-10
Speedlink - A Railfreight Service. Brochure published by British Railways Board Central Advertising Services describing Speedlink services including road/rail transfer, TOPS system, wagons, ferry services etc. In a wallet at the back are separate leaflets describing the TOPS system and the Railfreight Facilities Grant and a general brochure about Railfreight. Published 1982.

Speedlink - A Railfreight Service

1982
Metropolitan-Vickers-GRS Ltd. brochure "Route Relay Interlocking Mile End-Stratford: A brief illustrated description of the electric signalling installation on the Mile End-Stratford section of British Railways, Eastern Region." Reprinted in October 1955. 17pp with a fold-out track diagram.

Route Relay Interlocking Mile End-Stratford

1955
Brochure - Freight : The North Eastern Region of British Railways in the service of Industry. BR (NE Region) brochure describing and illustrating wagon types, freight services, loads hauled, containers, sea routes etc. 1961. 38pp.

Freight : The North Eastern Region of British Railways in the service of Industry

1961
Brochure, card, "Hoverspeed Streamlining the Channel Winter 1982-1983", with colour pictures of continental destinations, printed by Weather Oak, 1982.

Hoverspeed Streamlining the Channel Winter 1982-1983

1982
Brochure - Business Travel by British Railways. Colour brochure describing BR services and facilities for business travellers including sleepers, hotels, catering, continental services etc.

Business Travel by British Railways

Brochure - British Rail Engineering Limited Railway Rolling Stock. Colour brochure describing locomotives, multiple units, wagons and coaches made at the various BREL works including York and Shildon. 12pp.

British Rail Engineering Limited Railway Rolling Stock

Brochure - paper written by David Newbegin of Durham County Council and John Shelley of Bullen Consultants describing the conversion of Newton Cap viaduct from a railway to a road bridge, giving the history of the line, the viaduct etc., 1994. 11.6929 x 8.2283 in.

Newton Cap Viaduct - Conversion from Railway to Highway

1994
Booklet - Role of the Railcar. Self-Changing gears Ltd. booklet describing railcars in use around the world including Britain, Ireland, Australia, Nyasaland, Peru etc. Produced 1955. 24pp.

Role of the Railcar

1961
Brochure, paper with metal spiral binding, You're the key to...delivering great service everyday - First Transpennine Express Business Plan Summary 2007-2012. 34pp.

You're the key to...delivering great service everyday - First Transpennine Express Business Plan Summary 2007-2012

2007
Brochure, paper, Inverness to Wick and Thurso, issued by British Rail (Scotrail) and the Highlands and Islands Development Board, printed by Ogilvy & Mather (Scotland) Ltd. One of a series of four brochures "Great Railway Explorations of the Scottish Highlands". Contains cartoon map, description of the route, photographs, useful addresses etc.

Inverness to Wick and Thurso

1980s
Brochure, paper, ScotRail. Investing for the future, produced by ScotRail, 2009. Describes ScotRail's investments and future plans (ScotRail operated as part of the First group). 16pp with illustrations, map.

ScotRail. Investing for the future

2009
Brochure, "Central Railway - Transport & Works Act Consultation; Freight and Passenger Route Diagrams," produced by the Central Railway, London, September 1998. Proposal for a goods and passenger railway from Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leicster and London to the Lille area of Northern France via the Channel Tunnel, to be built and operated by the Central Railway company. Contains route maps, notes on lorry reduction on motorways, fact sheet and photocopy of project overview under te Transport & Works Act.

Central Railway - Transport & Works Act Consultation; Freight and Passenger Route Diagrams

1998-09
brochure, paper and card, 'Super Express 3000 1957', information on the Super Express 3000 locomotive, illustrated in colour, in Japanese, published 2006.

'Super Express 3000 1957'

2006
Brochure, paper, Making it up to you when things go wrong - Our 'Delay Repay' and 'Seat Guarantee' schemes, issued by Virgin Trains East Coast, 1 March 2015. One of the first brochures issued with VTEC branding when they took over the franchise from East Coast. Note that the brochure was actually published by East Coast and uses the same cover artwork as the previous East Coast refund leaflet. 5pp and claim form.

Making it up to you when things go wrong

2015-03
Brochure, paper, British Rail Commuter Advertising Campaign Autumn 1980, issued by the British Railways Board. Discussion document distributed to commuters, describing the issues, challenges and financing of commuter rail services, including examples of commuter advertising. Followed on from an earlier paper 'Towards A Commuters' Charter.'

British Rail Commuter Advertising Campaign Autumn 1980

1980
Brochure, paper, The Screaming Valenta, Sat. 15th November 2014. Souvenir brochure from the run of the NRM's HST prototype power car on the Great Central Railway North after its restoration project, "Project Miller." Produced by the 125 Group. Collected by NRM Head Curator Andrew McLean who was on the run.

The Screaming Valenta

2014-11