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Daily Herald Photograph: Eastbourne Terrace Development project

1958-05-01

Sudden cancellation of trains causes crowd scens at Paddington Station

1944-05-22

Paddington Station's parcel office

1936-12-21

Cleaning and renovating Paddington Station

1934-10-25

Cleaning and renovating Paddington Station

1934-10-25

Letter of congratulations from General Manager and Chairman to Albert George Powell Marsh for being awarded the British Empire Medal

1956

Letter of thanks from General Manager to Albert George Powell Marsh for his assistance at Milton train accident in 1955

1955

Sudden cancellation of trains causes crowd scens at Paddington Station

1944-05-22

Sudden cancellation of trains causes crowd scens at Paddington Station

1944-05-22

Sudden cancellation of trains causes crowd scens at Paddington Station

1944-05-22

Cleaning and renovating Paddington Station

1934-10-25

Express departing from Paddington

1977

Waybill, four, Great Western Railway, for Paddington Station, 1867.

Great Western Railway waybill

1867

Papers, paper, card, Papers of the British Rail (Western Region) Train Planning Office, 1960s to 1970s Various documents and files covering topics including high speed running, raising average speeds, named trains, disposal of closed branch lines, Passenger Business Plan 1970, comparison with the M40 motorway etc. Currently in 2 archive boxes. Material saved by the donor when the office moved from Paddington to Swindon in 1984.

Papers of the British Rail (Western Region) Train Planning Office

1960s-1970s

"Look Out! Permanent Way Men ", booklet issued by James Milne, General Manager, Paddington Station, Great Western Railway, July 1936. 20pp with photographs.

Locomotive firing instructions - 'Look Out! Permanent Way Men'

1936

Colour print. Intercity Slickers by Michael Turner, 1986. Mounted in folder with accompanying text. Four Intercity 125s at Paddington Station ten years after they were introduced. Published by Michael Benn & Associates Ltd, Wetherby, Yorks. 255 x 310mm. Copyright: Michael Turner.

Intercity Slickers

1986

Certificate stating 'that Mr R. A. Crawley attended a course of lectures in the Company's instruction class held at Paddington Station, and passed a satisfactory examination in the following subject: Goods Rates and Station Working'. May 1929.

Certificate, Goods Rates and Station Working

1929

Letter to the staff of the Chief Accountant's Office of the Great Western Railway, 1938. The handwritten letter thanks the Chief Accountants Department for the memento of her time with the company. By Mrs M Marley.

To Members of the Staff of the Chief Accountants Department

1938

Acknowledgement card, Great Western Railway, to acknowledge loyal servants during the 1911 disturbances. To Mr. J.W. Williams of Cheltenham. From Paddington Station. Dated 23rd August 1911.

Great Western railway acknowledgement card

1911-08-23

Oral history interview with Sir Moir Lockhead, conducted and recorded by Richard Goldson at the Chaplain's office, Paddington station on 14 February 2019. Duration: 56 min. 50 sec. Personal background; political moves towards privatisation; First Group branding; initial corporate plan; Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP); First Great Eastern franchise; comparative size of bus/rail companies; risk management; balance of cost and revenue projections; first impressions of rail; focus on safety; transferable lessons from buses; relationship with Railtrack/Network Rail; integrated transport; management of acquired companies; open access operation and competition; interactions with government bodies; industrial relations; reflections; effects of privatisation

Sir Moir Lockhead interviewed by Richard Goldson

2019-02-14

Oral history interview with Steve Gollop, conducted and recorded by Dick Fearn at the interviewee's office at Paddington station on 30 April 2018. Duration: 51 min. 14 sec. Traction trainee/secondman 1984; train driver 1988; Traction Inspector Didcot 1990; Driver Leader Network SouthEast (NSE) Thames and Chiltern Division; formation of British Rail businesses; staff culture; Thames Trains; driver reactions to new rolling stock; move to Connex South Eastern; changes in staff terms and conditions; positive changes in safety culture; impact of Ladbroke Grove accident; British Transport Police (BTP) investigation; train driver recruitment; benefits of greater investment

Steve Gollop interviewed by Dick Fearn

2018-04-30

Staff circular, Great Western Railway,(No.864) Instructions as to working of foot-warmers, 1892-1893 season, issued by N J Burlinson, Superintendent of the Line, Paddington, October 1892.

instructions as to working of foot warmers

1892-1893

Booklet issued by the Great Western Railway entitled 'Memorandum in Regard to Management', 7 December 1920. Regarding the Government White Paper of June 1920 as to the future organisation of transport undertakings in Great Britain and their relation to the State, in particular the Company's argument that railway workers should not be represented on the boards of the newly grouped companies.

Memorandum in Regard to Management

1920, December

Great Western Railway. Book "Instructions for the guidance of the Staff of the Engineering Department" issued by R Carpmael, Chief Engineer's Office, Paddington, 1930. Endorsed with amendments to 1948. Embossed "A S Quartermaine, Esq", Assistant Chief Engineer.

Great Western Railway engineering department instructions

1930