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Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870
British Railway Board Standard Locomotives engineering drawings archive

British Railway Board Standard Locomotives engineering drawings archive

Collection of approximately 10000 drawings of railway carriages and wagons and components

Collection of approximately 10000 drawings of railway carriages and wagons and components

1882-1962
GB 756 2000-7200 Doncaster Locomotive Works Archive

GB 756 2000-7200 Doncaster Locomotive Works Archive

Four of the seven coal miners rescued from Hickleton Main Colliery, Doncaster

Four of the seven coal miners rescued from Hickleton Main Colliery, Doncaster

1960-10-12
British Railways (Eastern Region) Minutes and Papers re Diesel Locomotives

British Railways (Eastern Region) Minutes and Papers re Diesel Locomotives

1960s
Daily Herald Photograph: Volunteer coal miners

Daily Herald Photograph: Volunteer coal miners

1943-09-08
Daily Herald Photograph: Rescued Miner, Hickleton Main Colliery

Daily Herald Photograph: Rescued Miner, Hickleton Main Colliery

1960-10-11
Doncaster Aviation Contest

Doncaster Aviation Contest

1909
Manually operated pump for liquid refrigerant

Manually operated pump for liquid refrigerant

1992
GNR Doncaster Carriage and Wagon Works, 1916

GNR Doncaster Carriage and Wagon Works, 1916

1916
Pump for liquid and vapour refrigerant

Pump for liquid and vapour refrigerant

1992
Daily Herald Photograph: Bevin mine trainees, Askern Colliery

Daily Herald Photograph: Bevin mine trainees, Askern Colliery

1944-01-19
Locomotive Worksplate, LNER, "London & North Eastern Railway, No 1621, Doncaster, 1925, Railway Co", brass, oval, ex 0-6-0T Class J72, LNER No. 8745, BR No. 68745, withdrawn September 1961.

London & North Eastern Railway Doncaster worksplate

1925
Ticket rack, British Railways, wooden rack on metal stand with four castors, holds 70 sets, used in connection with AEG multi printer ticket issuing machines, ex Doncaster, 1972.

British Rail ticket rack

1972
Locomotive worksplate, "L & NER 3029 Doncaster Works 1910", cast brass, worksplate number 1274, oval ex J5 0-6-0 GNR Class J22 No 3029, renumbered London & North Eastern Railway No 5488 in 1924, British Railways No 65488 in 1945, built July 1910, withdrawn October 1953.

London & North Eastern Railway Doncaster worksplate

1910
Locomotive worksplate, "London & North Eastern Railway 67610. Doncaster Works 1931" no 1755, cast brass oval ex V1 2-6-2T 2910 renumbered London & North Eastern Railway No 7610 in 1946, British Railways 67610, built April 1931, withdrawn June 1961.

London & North Eastern Railway Doncaster worksplate

1931
London & North Eastern Railway Vacancy for a Boy, 1935

London & North Eastern Railway Vacancy for a Boy, 1935

1935
Locomotive Worksplate, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1070 makers 1905 Doncaster Works", cast brass, oval, GNR 4-4-2 C1 No. 294, renumbered London & North Eastern Railway 3294 May 1924, 2822 in November 1946, British Railways 62822, pulled the "Ivatt Atlantic Special" form King's Cross to Doncaster 26 November 1950 & then withdrawn.

Locomotive worksplate

1905
Locomotive Worksplate, "Great Northern Railway No. 1434 makers 1914 Doncaster", cast brass, oval, GNR 2-6-0 Class H3 1648, London & North Eastern Railway 4648 Class K2 from August 1925, renumbered 1738 from March 1946, British Railways 61738 from May 1948, withdrawn July 1959.

Locomotive worksplate

1914
Locomotive Worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway, "LNER, 399, Doncaster Works 1940", brass, oval, ex 2-6-2T, Class V1, LNER No. 399, 1946 No. 7690, BR No. 67690, withdrawn November 1964.

London & North Eastern Railway - Doncaster Worksplate

1940
Locomotive Worksplate, Great Northern Railway, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1455, makers 1914, Doncaster", brass, oval, GNR 0-6-0 Class J22 No. 595, London & North Eastern Railway Class J6 3595 from August 1926, 4244 from December 1946, British Railways 64244 from December 1948, withdrawn May 1958.

Worksplate, Great Northern Railway

1914
Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1359 makers 1912 Doncaster", cast brass, oval, GNR 0-6-0 Class J21 78, London & North Eastern Railway Class J2 3078 from November 1925, renumbered LNER 5022 from October 1946, British Railways 65022 from June 1961, withdrawn December 1953.

Locomotive worksplate

1912
Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1173, makers 1907 Doncaster Works", cast brass, oval, London & North Eastern Railway No. 4434 May 1925, withdrawn in April 1945.

Locomotive worksplate

1907
Paint pattern panel, London & North Eastern Railway, buffer beam, Class A3, No 2750, Doncaster, 1930s.

Paint pattern panel

1930
Paint pattern panel, London & North Eastern Railway, number and lining, Doncaster, 1930s.

Paint pattern panel

1930
Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. No.1276 makers 1910 Doncaster Works", brass, oval, GNR 4-4-2 C1 Atlantic No. 1452, London & North Eastern Railway 4452 from December 1924 (2882 allocated 1946 but not carried), withdrawn February 1946.

Locomotive worksplate

1910
Model of locomotive valve gear, 1893

Model of locomotive valve gear, 1893

1893
Model of Locomotive Valve Gear, 1893

Model of Locomotive Valve Gear, 1893

1893
Model of Locomotive Valve Gear, 1893.

Model of Locomotive Valve Gear, 1893.

1893
Model of locomotive valve gear, 1893

Model of locomotive valve gear, 1893

1893
Model of Locomotive Valve Gear, 1893.

Model of Locomotive Valve Gear, 1893.

1893
Locomotive worksplate, Great Northern Railway, brass, No 1149 of 1907, ex GNG "C1" class 4-4-2 No 1427 (London & North Eastern Railway No 4427 from 10/1925), scrapped 2/1945.

Worksplate, Great Northern Railway

1907
Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. Doncaster, makers No.1 1867", brass, oval, Stirling 0-4-2, reboilered May 1881, became GNR Class F2 June 1900, scrapped January 1903.

Locomotive worksplate

1867
Oral history interview with David Rollin, conducted and recorded by Richard Malins in Doncaster on 6 March 2019. Duration: 1 hr. 51 min. 47 sec. Early career; gaining commercial expertise with British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL); Project Director for InterCity 225/250; management buyout (MBO) interest; train engineering service units (TESCOs); acquiring business and expansion skills; bid finance; Interfleet deal; Vendor Unit; shares offers; sale of business; business growth; international operations; structure; SNC-Lavalin (SNCL) purchase; railway pensions; organisational culture and structure; bringing British Rail (BR) culture over; SNCL mergers; reflections on career; BREL; Class 91

David Rollin interviewed by Richard Malins

2019-03-06
Roll of drawings of Great Northern Railway cranes, as follows: Underframe for Halifax Crane, Doncaster, 15 December 1880, drawing no. TT/21; One Ton Crane for Halifax, Doncaster, 21 December 1880, drawing no. TT/22; Steam Travelling Crane, Docnaster, 28 December 1886, drawing no. TT/59; 30 cwt Road Travelling Crane, Doncaster, August 1890, drawing no. TT/91. Coloured drawings mounted on linen.

Great Northern Railway crane drawings

1880-1890
d.o.b. 1926-10-21, railway work 1943-1999, Topics: footplate cleaner, fireman, driver; trade union; local departmental committee; railway welfare; Places: Grimethorpe; Cricklewood Depot, London; Stafford; childhood, Grimsby, Hull, Sheffield; Second World War, evacuation, Sheffield Blitz; family railway background; cleaner, Grimethorpe, LMS; colour vision test; training; NUR; Cricklewood Depot, London, shortage of firemen; Midland Enginemen's Fund; transfer to Stafford, railway barracks; work with Armed Forces personnel, staff shortages; marriage, accommodation; conditions (weather, ice), Dore & Totley Tunnel; steam trains working in tunnels, conditions (illness); promotion to driver, 1960, conditions (pay); contrast between LMS and LNER railways; travel to work; trade union, transfer from NUR to ASLEF, 1955 strike; LDC representative; LDC work; social security tribunal; health and safety at work representative, 1974; suicides on the line; retirement, 1991. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Sharp, Cyril Herbert

2000-08-15; 2000-09-19
Collection of papers relating to Crompton Parkinson (Doncaster). It is made up of publicity photographs, albums and copies of the in house magazine 'Circuit'.

Papers of Crompton Parkinson (Doncaster)

1930-1970
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Donald Reasbeck; childhood; family life; sport; religion; pubs/drinking; railway community; changes in the community; changes in the railway industry; charity work; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Doncaster; Hexthorpe; Bridlington; Rhyl; Armthorpe

Reasbeck, Donald

2005-02-01
General arrangement drawing, coloured, Great Northern Railway, 4-2-2 locomotive, Doncaster, 1888, in glazed frame, 1505mm x 943mm.

General arrangement drawing of Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive

1888
Doncaster Aviation Contest. The official programme of events at the Doncaster Aerodrome. 1909 Oct. [12p. 'The first flying meeting in England']

Doncaster Aviation Contest. The official programme of events at the Doncaster Aerodrome, 1909 Oct

1909
Smokebox number plate, British Railways, 60800, from 2-6-2 locomotive "Green Arrow", built by the London & North Eastern Railway, Doncaster, 1936, as No 4771, renumbered by British Railways in 1948.

BR smokebox number plate

1936
Framed coloured engineering drawing of GNR 2-4-0 No.s 280-299

Framed drawing of Great Northern Railway 2-4-0

Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Arthur Heaven; childhood; railway community; changes in the community; unions; local government; Big Four; BRSA; sport; other industries; pre-war; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Doncaster; Sheffield; Hexthorpe; Balby; Hyde Park

Heaven, Arthur

2004-10-28
4 ft sample of 30" circumference Braidline nylon rope (with whipped ends),the largest man made fibre rope made up to 1983.

4 ft sample of 30" circumference Braidline nylon rope (with whipped ends)

1983
Twin auto-feed micro-polisher used for polishing specimens for examination with a metallurgical microscope, comprising polishing disc assembly by E. W. Jackson & Son, Cheswold Works, Doncaster, with 2 micrometre and 6 micrometre discs each driven by a Gryphon electric motor by Brooke Motors Ltd, Huddersfield, estimated date 1950-1959, plus two Metaserv auto-pol sample holding arms by Metallurgical Services, Betchworth, Surrey, England, for mounting independently of the disc assembly and probably of later date.

Twin auto-feed micro-polisher used for polishing specimens for examination with a metallurgical microscope

1950-1959 (estimated)
Lists, Doncaster, lists of drawings for B10, J50, 04, P2, Q1, V3 and V4 locomotives, no date, 1 document.

GB 756 2000-7200 Doncaster Locomotive Works Archive

Lists, Doncaster, miscellaneous lists including lists of drawings for standard tenders and for D49 and N7 locomotives, c. 1924-1927, 1 volume.

GB 756 2000-7200 Doncaster Locomotive Works Archive

1924-1927
personnel; reorganisations; Beeching closures; privatisation; trade unions; BRB; father's railway career, passenger guard; pincer clerk, Leverton; clerical work; porter, trainside duties, signal lampman; clerical duties, Cottam, Torksey; fraud; goods and passenger work; conditions, hours, shifts; office furniture; village role of station master and clerk; probation period; LNER superannuation fund; relief clerk, Traffic Manager's office, Lincoln; Grimsby, Spalding, Nottingham, Newark; conditions; travel allowance; lodgings; digs with railway families; clerk, 1959, Traffic Manager's office; relief signalmen; signalboxes; personnel work, Lincoln District staff office; redundancies, Beeching closures; merging traffic management offices; amalgamation of regions; Head of Personnel, Sheffield District Manager's Office; staffing of area management schemes; resignalling schemes; Woodhead line closure; staff consultation; Sectional Councils; relationships with trade unions; promotion to Leeds District Manager's Office; 1983, reducing management tiers from three to two; elimination of Divisions; staff consultation; implementation; new regional organisation; services for traffic, civil engineering, signal engineering; divisional level work; close listing jobs; assisting Area Managers; Employment Relations Officer, York, 1986; introduction of driver-only operations; Employment Relations Manager, 1987; industrial tribunal, militant driver at King's Cross; elimination of regions; Paddington, Railway Operations Manager, business organisation; train crew agreement, guards for driving duties; racial discrimination, Paddington, safety; privatisation; Business Personnel Manager, BRB; trade union headquarters; negotiation machinery; joint consultation, Vessey Agreement, Footplate Staff Promotion and Transfer; retirement, recall; new operating companies; national TU meetings. d.o.b. 1940-12-03, railway work 1956-1994, Lincoln; Doncaster; Woodhead; Leeds; York. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Vessey, John

2000-10-04
Lists, Doncaster, lists of drawings for P2 locomotives, no date, 1 document.

GB 756 2000-7200 Doncaster Locomotive Works Archive