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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

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

Enginorum Scrapbook created by staff of the Great Western Railway (GWR) Drawing Office

circa 1899-circa 1938

Express departing from Paddington

1977

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
Engineering drawings (2) of coal tipping stage for Great Western Railway / GWR, Engineers Office. February 1879. Ink and wash on linen paper-backed tracing paper. Both bear stamp of G.W.R. Engineer's Drawing Office Paddington. They bear numbers 44331D and B respectively.

Great Western Railway coal tipping stage drawings

1879-02
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
Ticket, Great Western Railway, special platform ticket permitting the bearer to be present on the platform at the arrival of Queen Victoria at Paddington Station, June 28 1897.

Special platform ticket for Queen Victoria's visit to Paddington Station

1897
Engineering drawing for Great Western Railway. Contract No. 3B, Extension, Drawing No. 3, Longitudinal Section of Diversion of Turnpike Road, also shows cross section of embankment and cross section of cutting ,c.1839, ink and wash on linen-backed paper. Bears manuscript. note "This is one of the Drawings referred to in the annexed Contract between The Great Western Railway Company and Mr. David McIntosh dated the 22nd of August 1839" and signature of David McIntosh. Bears also stamp indicating it is No.2 of a Set of 28 Drawings, stamp of Great Western Railway, Engineer's Office, Paddington, and number 15706.

Great Western Railway drawing of diversion of a turnpike road

circa 1839
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
Volume, paper with board covers and leather binding, GWR accounts debtor notes, Jan. to Jul. 1917. Consists of notes of monies owed to particular accounts by other accounts, external clients, other companies etc. Each note is stuck in, and stamped with an entry date and number which presumably refers to a ledger. This volume was one of a large series as it is numbered 120. The original title has flaked off the spine. Shows how the company was funded, property owned, dividends calculated, work undertaken across all branches of the company, the cost and purpose of war work, claims for damage following accidents (in one case for one of its ships damaged during war work) and how the company supported the War Office and claimed payments, etc.

Great Western Railway accounts debtor notes

1917-01 to 1917-07
Circular about the press facilities as accidents dated 19th July 1948.

press facilities at accidents

1948
"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
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
Ticket, Great Western Railway, admission for the "Funeral of Her Late Majesty the Queen" (Victoria), 2nd February 1901, Paddington Station, card, 5 3/4" x 3 3/4".

Admission ticket for "Funeral of Her Late Majesty the Queen", Paddington Station, 1901

1901
Great Western Railway general arrangement and detail drawing depicting hydraulic press for drawing piles used at Kennet Bridge near Reading, no date. Line drawing on paper, scale 2":1' & 3":1'. . Bears stamp of Great Western Railway, Engineer's Office, Paddington, and number 31051.

Hydraulic Press for drawing Piles used at Kennet Bridge

circa 1839-circa 1840
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
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
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