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Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Royal Saloon, Queen Mary's

1908

Daily Herald Photograph: Volunteer coal miners

1943-09-08

Daily Herald Photograph: Rescued Miner, Hickleton Main Colliery

1960-10-11

Daily Herald Photograph: Bevin mine trainees, Askern Colliery

1944-01-19

Doncaster Aviation Contest

1909

Manually operated pump for liquid refrigerant

1992

British Railway Board Standard Locomotives engineering drawings archive

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

1960-10-12

London & North Eastern Railway Vacancy for a Boy, 1935

1935

GB 756 2000-7200 Doncaster Locomotive Works Archive

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

1882-1962

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

1960s

Doncaster Works Album

1914-1918

Pump for liquid and vapour refrigerant

1992

Great Northern Railway brake van

1887
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
Paint pattern panel, London & North Eastern Railway, buffer beam, Class A3, No 2750, Doncaster, 1930s.

Paint pattern panel

1930
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No 3029, renumbered London & North Eastern Railway No 5488 in 1924, British Railways No 65488 in 1945, built July 1910, withdrawn October 1953.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, "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British Railways 62822, pulled the "Ivatt Atlantic Special" form King's Cross to Doncaster 26 November 1950 & then withdrawn.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, 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Railway Co. No. 1173, makers 1907 Doncaster Works", cast brass, oval, London & North Eastern Railway No. 4434 May 1925, withdrawn in April 1945.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
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, 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
Paint pattern panel, London & North Eastern Railway, number and lining, Doncaster, 1930s.

Paint pattern panel

1930
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, "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
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
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, 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, 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, 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
One photograph of scaffolding erected for constructing a bridge. Caption on back reads: 'This fantastic mesh of scaffolding has been erected as one of the first stages in the construction of a bridge that is to span the Wentbridge Valley and by-pass the village of Wentbridge North of Doncaster, Yorkshire. If each tube were placed end to end, the scaffolding would stretch for 18 1/2 miles. The bridge, a pre-stressed concrete structure, due to be completed sometime this year, will be the largest of its type in Europe. It is being built by the Taylor-Woodrow construction company as part of the improvements to the A1, the main London-Edinburgh Road'.

Daily Herald Photograph: Scaffolding for construction project

1961-02-21
One photograph of young male mine volunteers for the Markham Main Colliery holding safety lamps. Caption on back reads: '50,000 boys are required for the coal mines before April 1945. These pictures were the first to be taken showing some of the fourteen year old boys at work in Markham Main Colliery'.

Daily Herald Photograph: Trainee miners at Markham Main Colliery

1943-09-08
Lists, Doncaster, Tyneside 1936 stock, lists of drawings including bodies, underframes and bogies, no date, 1 file.

GB 756 2000-7200 Doncaster Locomotive Works Archive

Letter from B. S. Brundell of Doncaster to A. Sturrock of West Bownell [?] giving details of Mr. Rummens' estimate of the cost of the extension of the carriage repair shop at Doncaster in 1858. 1p. 7.9134 x 4.8819 in.

Letter from B. S. Brundell re cost of extension at Doncaster Works (supplied title)

1863-11-19
Locomotive Test Report, British Transport Commission, British Railways report E39, Braking and Timing Trials with prototype Deltic 3300 BHP deiesel electric locomotive between King's Cross-Newcastle-King's Cross and King's Cross-Leeds-King's Cross, May 1959, also contains lists of LNER and GWR named engines. 7.874 x 13.3858 in. (NRM Technical Archive reference TEST/DIESEL/8)

Locomotive Test Report, British Transport Commission, British Railways report E39, Braking and Timing Trials with prototype Deltic

1959
Great Northern Railway Diagram Book - contains approx. 66 diagrams of various classes of locomotive built at Doncaster. Issed 1922.

Great Northern Railway diagram book

1922
Locomotive test report, British Railways, Doncaster, Report LNER/19/a, A1 4-6-2 No 60136 and 60115, an investigationof steam distribution (also frame expansion, see Appendix), including indicator diagrams taken from all 3 cylinders, undated, Doncaster. (NRM Technical Archive Reference TEST/LNER/7)

Locomotive test report, British Railways, Doncaster, Report LNER/19/a, A1 4-6-2 No 60136 and 60115

British Railways leaflet "Doncaster Carriage Works" describing the workshops, 1954? Includes a sketch map of the site. Publication no. BR 35115/10. 8.2283 x 5.5118 in.

Doncaster Carriage Works

1954
Printed book of wages tables, dated Doncaster, 1 April 1856. Formerly belonged to William Procter, a GNR time clerk at Doncaster.

Tables for calculating the wages paid to the men employed in the Locomotive Department of the Great Northern Railway

1856
Tender Engine Diagrams - bound LNER diagram book with diagrams of various locomotives, giving leading dimensions and weight ratios. Stamped with an LNER Doncaster Drawing Office stamp which is dated 23 October 1939.

Tender Engine Diagrams - bound LNER diagram book with diagrams of various locomotives

circa 1939
Great Northern Railway Six Wheels Coupled Goods Engine - drawing on cartridge paper with watercolour wash, mounted on card. Made at Doncaster Works, January 1867. Possibly shows locomotive no. 474.

Great Northern Railway Six Wheels Coupled Goods Engine - drawing on cartridge paper with watercolour wash

1867-01
Booklet, produced for visitors to an open day at Doncaster Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works including historical and other information about the works, but containing a number of amendments in ink

Guidebook for visitors on open day to Doncaster Locomotive and Carriage Plant Works, 1962

1962
Booklet, produced for visitors to an open day at Doncaster Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works to celebrate the centenary of the works in 1953, including historical and other information about the works.

Guidebook for visitors on open day to Doncaster Locomotive and Carriage Plant Works, 1953

1953
Booklet, folding, produced for visitors to the Doncaster Carriage Works in the 1960s, with information about the works

Guidebook for visitors on open day to Doncaster Locomotive and Carriage Plant Works, 1960s

1960-1969
Booklet, produced for visitors to an open day at Doncaster Locomotive and Carriage Plant Works in the 1930s, including historical information and a plan of the plant

Guidebook for visitors on open day to Doncaster Locomotive and Carriage Plant Works, 1930s

1930-1939
Report, typesecript, paper with card covers, aluminium spine holder, and photographs pasted in, Report on Visit to America Oct.-Dec. 1945, issued by the LNER Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Doncaster, March 1946. Report on a fact-finding viist by the CMEs of the LNER and the LMS. Reports on American carriage and locomotive design, construction and maintenance and workshop equipment. A loose typescript entitled "American Report 1946 Conclusions and Recommendations Section 3 - Steam Locomotive Design and Maintenance" has been inserted inside the front cover.

Report on Visit to America Oct.-Dec. 1945

1946-03
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
Black and white silver gelatin print entitled "Showroom at Firecraft, Doncaster" by Bill Stephenson. From the exhibition 'Real Fire' at the Impressions Gallery 5th May to 2nd June 1984

Showroom at Firecraft, Doncaster

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