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Brochure describing Flying Scotsman given out at British Empire Exhibition

1924

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

midland hotel manchester room service and directory

1968

turnberry hotel, ayrshire

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

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

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

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

1924

Brochure for Radio Caroline

1960s

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

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 to celebrate the 1000th main line Sulzer diesel engine built by Vickers-Armstrongs Engineers Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, October 1964.

1000th Sulzer diesel engine for British Railways built by Vickers

1964
British Railways (Southern Region) brochure Kent Coast Electrification First Phase", describing the electrification of the Kent Coast line and the extension of electrification from Gillingham to Sheerness-on-Sea, Ramsgate and Dover, May 1959. Includes descriptions and photographs of the track, signalling, locomotives and rolling stock.

Kent Coast Electrification First Phase

1959
Brochure: 'An Impression of the Yorkshire City of Leeds, 1975', featuring photographs by Peter Mitchell.

'An Impression of the Yorkshire City of Leeds, 1975'

1975
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
Brochure, Southern Railway, "Charing Cross Hotel in the Heart of London", printed by Photochrom, London.

Charing Cross Hotel in the heart of London

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 - Advanced Transport Technology. British Railways Board / Railway Technical Centre brochure describing the work of the Railway Technical Centre at Derby, including the APT. Black & white illustrations. 31pp.

Advanced Transport Technology

1970s
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, Great Northern Railway, 'Indicate Briefly a Few of the Principal Places and Districts of Interest Served by the Great Northern Railway, and to Specify Various Arrangements Particularly as Regards the Inner Man which have been Framed for the Comfort and Convenience of Travelers over the System'.

Indicate Briefly a Few of the Principal Places and Districts of Interest Served by the Great Northern Railway

Brochure, Golden rail continental holidays '83, Holidays by rail to Belgium, France, Spain, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Germany, front cover has a cartoon image of a continental city with images and information on the inside.

Golden rail continental holidays '83

1983
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