Four specimens of wire rope illustrating John Lang's system of wire rope manufacture introduced in 1879 1879-1894
Model Railway Carriage, approximately 1:8 scale, two half sections of IC250 development prototype on mirrored panels, one in first class and one in second class livery, by Bombardier Transportation, Wakefield, c. 1992. Model Railway Carriage 1992
Model tank wagon, scale 1:6, ebonite-lined for conveying hydrochloric acid, 1924. Model tank wagon 1924
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Scott Hellewell; childhood; work culture and relationships; memories of individuals; unions; management grades; British Rail; other industries; Second World War; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; Bradford; Blandford; Morecambe; Darlington; York; Athens; Hamburg; Bonn; Wakefield; Hull; Settle; Carlisle; Manchester; Sheffield; Toronto Hellewell, Scott 2005-03-03
Safety lamp, Williamson no.7, Stephenson type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: H. Edwards, Wakefield, marking: makers name, 1878-1880 Safety lamp
Charles Roberts & Co. Engineering drawing register for miscellaneous wagon drawings engineering drawing registers circa 1856-1975
Safety lamp, Heath and Frost shot-firing, Mueseler type (bonnetted), use shot-firing, maker: H.M. Edwards, Wakefield, 1901 Safety lamp 1901
"Masters of Mass Mobility - Procor" - folder of Procor (UK) Ltd. trade literature including drawing, description and specification of Procor 80 car transporter, illustrations and profiles of Procor tank, pallet and hopper wagons etc., circa 1980. 11.6929 x 8.2677 in. Masters of Mass Mobility - Procor 1975-1985
Black and white print of Flying Scotsman crossing Wakefield 99 arch viaduct, hauling a train of empty carriages from Carnforth to London, 27 December 1985. The photograph is taken from the back of the train, with the locomotive in the background. Photograph taken by Mr. David Farrar. Flying Scotsman crossing Wakefield 99 arch viaduct 1985-12-27
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Shop Portsmouth Commercial Road, Late Night Christmas shopping, travel by Train to Portsmouth and Southsea. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W14904/50/21187. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm. milton keynes model railway society poster 1987
Charles Roberts & Co. Rolled engineering drawings for Cartic 4 wagon engineering drawings circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Drawings for 45 ton caustic liquor tank wagon engineering drawings circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Wagon engineering drawings 3784/M, 3785/M and 5169 engineering drawings circa 1856-1975
Charles Roberts & Co. Miscellaneous wagon drawings in number range M3127 to M3974 engineering drawings circa 1856-1975
clerk; traffic; stationmaster; Second World War; nationalisation; reorganisation; childhood; father's job, signalman; family; railway involvement; other industries; Mirfield, Low Moor; school; Golcar Church; childhood; first job, junior clerk, Golcar, travel to work, Golcar; coal from wagons; parcel traffic; other stations, Slaithwaite, Marsden; goods traffic; charging; tickets; auditors; Second World War call-up; wartime relief clerk; return to LMS; Lockwood, Meltham, Hunts Bank Control; YMO, Huddersfield; courtship; marriage; children; appointment as station master, Ravensthorpe; Darton; Station Master's duties; emergencies nationalisation; station master, Church Fenton; station house; coal sales; train working; Church Fenton, RAF, freight, cattle; freight, pigeons; staffing; modernisation; social life; organist; Pontefract, Batley; comparison of Church Fenton and Batley tunnels; Batley; traffic, parcels; closure of GN line; reorganisation; redundancy; move to Wakefield; move to Healey Mills; trade union activity; incident with cattle; reflections on railway career; d.o.b. 1921-07-26; railway work 1937-1982. Golcar; Huddersfield; Darton; Ravensthorpe; Church Fenton; Pontefract; Batley; Wakefield; Healey Mills, Leeds; London Midland & Scottish (LMS); Great Northern (GN). 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Lamb, Leslie 2000-08-25; 2000-08-28
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Days Out in Windsor, Save Money, Travel by Train to Royalty and Empire, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897. Illustrations of Windsor Castle. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W14540/200/221087. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm. Days Out in Windsor, Save Money, Travel by Train to Royalty and Empire 1987
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network East/British Air Ferries, Catch the skyline to Jersey or Guernsey special low through rail-air fares, £60. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W11895\B5\12587. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm. skyline to jersey or guernsey poster 1987
Poster, CAS Network South East (in conjunction with Gravesham Borough Council), Gravesham Edwardian Fair, Saturday and Sunday 27, 28 June 1987, 1200-1800 Gordon Promenade, Gravesend. Vintage trains, special attractions etc. John Green & Son, wakefield. W12972\B5\14587. Gravesham Edwardian Fair 1987
Safety lamp, Howden and Thresh, Davy type, Argand burner, from Messrs Howden and Thresh, marking: Howden and Thresh patentees, Wakefield, 1859 Mine Safety Lamp, 1859 1859
Charles Roberts & Co. Engineering drawing register for contract wagon drawings numbered 2000 to 5589 engineering drawing register circa 1856-1975
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Country Season Tickets ... Save Money Save Time, Travel Free Weekends. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W15060/B1/171187. Country Season Tickets 1987
Poster, BR Network South East, Take a look at Kingston this Christmas, Late night shopping every thursday until 8pm. John green & Son, wakefield. W100/181187. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm. take a look at Kingston poster 1987
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East poster, Getting to Heathrow is plane simple with the Woking-Heathrow railair coach link. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W11859\B5\11587. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm. Getting to Heathrow 1987
footplate, cleaner, fireman, driver; dieselisation; East Coast mainline; childhood; starting work for LMS; Second World War; cleaner, training; bar lad; steam raiser; pass cleaner; fireman; training, qualifying, trade union; Bob Keen (Inspector); shunt engine; conditions, work rate; freight; firing technique; fireman tasks; steam raiser tasks; conditions, hours, shifts, pay, jobs, Holyhead Mail, rota, routes; derailment; Cyril Machin, driver; weather, fog; learning the road; Billy Walker, driver; social life; conditions, hours, pay; community; pass fireman c. 1954-65, qualifying, driving; Healey Mills depot, freight, diesel locomotives; motivation; conditions; shifts; role of fireman, diesel locomotives; runaway train, Burton Salmon, Manchester; Holbeck Leeds, 1969; express depot; freight driver; passenger driver; health; divorce; shunt engine driver, Holbeck Shed Yard; mainline 1983; retraining; High Speed Train (HST) 125; remarriage; second driver; passenger express mainline to London; single manning; signalling incident, Barkston Junction; Bob Urie; attitude; weather; fog; speed controller; training, electric locomotives; train arrangement; train breakdown; experiences on Leeds-London (1983-1993); TV crew; ambition; conditions; steam locomotives; retirement; d.o.b.1929-04-10; railway work 1929-1993. Leeds; Liverpool Lime Street-Hillstown. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Crew, David 2000-05-30
Safety lamp, Garforth, Mueseler type (bonnetted), use: gas detecting, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines 1879-86, maker: H.M. Edwards, Wakefield, marking: makers name, 1884 Safety lamp
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Shop Portsmouth Commercial Road, Late Night Christmas shopping, travel by Train to Portsmouth and Southsea. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W14904/50/21187. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm. shop portsmouth commercial road poster 1987
Charles Roberts & Co. Wagon engineering drawing 430/H Charles Roberts & Co. Wagon engineering drawing 430/H circa 1856-1975
Four wheel side tipping sewage wagon from Blackburn Meadows Sewage Works, Sheffield. Made by Charles Roberts and Company, Wakefield. Made 1962 and carries the number S50 Four wheel side tipping sewage wagon from Blackburn Meadows Sewage Works 1962
Wagon solebar plate, "Chas Roberts & Co Ltd. Builders 1925, Wakefield". Cast iron rectangular, curlicued, white on black. Chas Roberts & Co solebar plate 1925
Photographs, a collection of thirty-three albums, each approximately 315 x 268 x 70 mm, card or hardboard covers, containing a total of approximately 2165 silver gelatin photographic prints up to 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 ins. Featuring newly completed or refurbished railway carriages, wagons, vans and road vehicles and the workshops at Charles Roberts & Company's Horbury works, Wakefield, Yorkshire, c 1925 - 1964. The photographs are glued to proforma pages, most with ink captions. The work of official photographers employed by Charles Roberts & Company. Charles Roberts photograph album collection 1925-circa 1964
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Wessex Electrics Progress Report No 3, Branksome to weymouth goes live on 11 January. Map and text and photograph of men at work and danger warning. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W15412/250/171287. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm. wessex electrics poster 1987
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Jersey & Guernsey, As close as your nearest station, floodlit photograph of castle/harbour. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W14663/A1/241187. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm. Jersey and Guernsey poster 1987
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network East/British Air Ferries, Catch the skyline to Jersey or Guernsey special low through rail-air fares, £60. John Green & Son, Wakefield. W11895\B5\12587. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm. skyline to jersey or guernsey poster 1987
Poster, BR CAS (South) Network South East, Wessex Electrics Progress Report No 2, text, photographs and map. John Green & SOn, Wakefield. W15130/A250/301187. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm. wessex electrics poster 1987
Charles Roberts & Co. Gloucester RCWW engineering drawing E2309 (brown copy) engineering drawings circa 1856-1975