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Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

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

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

1960-10-12

Manually operated pump for liquid refrigerant

1992

British Railway Board Standard Locomotives engineering drawings archive

Royal Saloon, Queen Mary's

1908

Pump for liquid and vapour refrigerant

1992

London & North Eastern Railway Vacancy for a Boy, 1935

1935

Doncaster Works Album

1914-1918

GB 756 2000-7200 Doncaster Locomotive Works Archive

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

1960s

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

1882-1962

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3029, renumbered London & North Eastern Railway No 5488 in 1924, British Railways No 65488 in 1945, built July 1910, withdrawn October 1953.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British Railways 62822, pulled the "Ivatt Atlantic Special" form King's Cross to Doncaster 26 November 1950 & then withdrawn.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Co. No. 1173, makers 1907 Doncaster Works", cast brass, oval, London & North Eastern Railway No. 4434 May 1925, withdrawn in April 1945.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

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
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
Locomotive worksplate, "Great Northern Railway Co. Doncaster, makers No.1000 1903", brass, oval, GNR Class C1 no. 254, renumbered London & North Eastern Railway Class C2 No. 3254 in July 1924, withdrawn April 1943.

Locomotive worksplate

1903
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)
footplate; relief running foreman; train crew supervisor; father, a village blacksmith and farrier; childhood; school; travel; early interest in railways; cinema car on express trains; leaving school aged 14; worked for father for 3 years, as could not join railway until 18 years old; railway entrance exam; medical; experiences as an engine cleaner; December 1940, became a passed cleaner; seniority; Second World War experiences; trade union membership; transport to work, housing, lodgings; 1944 became a regular fireman; memories as a fireman; fireman on Kings Cross route; first driving turns; Pullman cars, "blanked" off brakes; diesel training; practical training; steam, diesels, Deltics, HSTs; single manning; domestic life during footplate career; relief running foreman, relief panel; relief train crew supervisor; training at Crewe; reminiscences; 1922-11-24, railway work 1940-1985. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Day, Charles Reginald

2001-05-24
workshop premium apprentice; fitter; building locomotives; Nigel Gresley; trade union; toolmaker; First Aid; social activities; d.o.b. 1923-08-01, railway work 1939-1952/1979-1986, Doncaster Plant Works. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Wright, Peter Wardman

2001-07-23
signalling; box lad; telegraph lad; signalman; area inspector; royal train inspector; Transmark; father's work on railways; learning single needle telegraph as a schoolboy; starting work with a shipbuilding firm; first job on railway, box lad, Boothferry Road; transfer to Doncaster, telegraph lad; different systems between GNR and GCR; National Service, two years in RAF; first job as a signalman; relief signalman; conditions (shifts, weekends); marriage; working conditions; travelling between jobs; Acting Temporary Divisional Inspector; Area Inspector; involvement in derailments and incidents; Signalbox Supervisor; experience of handling fatalities; Chief Divisional Signalling Inspector; involvement in resignalling schemes; Area Relief Manager; experience of Miners' Strike; Chief Regional Signalling Inspector; signalling schemes, OCS, NX, IECC; Royal Train Inspector; Great Storm, 1987; secondment to Malaysia with Transmark; d.o.b. 1933-01-21, railway work 1948-1994, Doncaster; Malaysia. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Briggs, Geoffrey

2000-11-16; 2000-11-30
footplate, cleaner, fireman; clerk, accounts, supplies. d.o.b. 1921-09-15; railway work 1945-1985. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Rice, Walter

2000-06-08
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
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
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
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
Doncaster Wagon Shops and Plant Works, labourer, wood carrier, bogie underframe cleaner; childhood in Doncaster; school; father, a miner and council worker; Second World War memories; family of six people; mother died at an early age, housekeepers; 1944 volunteered for Army; first job as an apprentice signwriter; Army training, posted to India, 1944; demobilised in Derby, old job; worked in bakery; surface work at colliery; marriage; job with British Rail for more money; labourer at Doncaster wagon Shops; wood carrier at Doncaster wagon Shops; Beeching period, breaking up of wagons; cleaning fish wagons for other use; transfer to Doncaster for Plant Works; working conditions; promoted to chargehand; bogie cleaner; underframe cleaning in the DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit) shop; protective clothing; working with asbestos; 1987 made redundant; general comments on working conditions; d.o.b. 1926-12-01, railway work 1959-1987. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Barker, Roy

2001-04-30
Framed coloured engineering drawing of GNR 2-4-0 No.s 280-299

Framed drawing of Great Northern Railway 2-4-0

Lists, Doncaster, drawings for 2-8-0 3-cylinder engines, c. 1923, 1 volume.

GB 756 2000-7200 Doncaster Locomotive Works Archive

1923