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Brunel University Library Special Collections – Transport History Collection Version 27 21.1.2018
Brunel University Library Special Collections – Transport History Collection Version 27 21.1.2018
CR17 – TRAIN PERFORMANCE LOGS & TEST RUNS
17/1 Misc.
17/2 1918 +1920
17/3 1921
17/4 1922
17/5 1923
17/6 1924
17/7 1925
17/8 1926
17/9 1927
17/10 1928
17/11 ‘CORONATION SCOT’ Test run 29.6.1937
17/12 MISCELLANEOUS FOR 1935
17/13 SPEED GRAPHS, various
17/14 HIGH SPEED RUNS - G.W.R. high speed journeys – Press cutting 2.10.1973
- “City of Truro” speed record – undated press cutting
- High speed run on Wellington bank (9.5.1904)
17/15 ROYAL TRAIN PADDINGTON to PLYMOUTH 1903 Log of run 14.7.1903 showing passing points, mileage, actual
times and m.p.h.
17/16 OCEAN MAIL SPECIALS 1904 Summary logs for five Ocean Mail specials from Plymouth to
Paddington between 23rd
April and 9th May 1904, including the
famous speed record of the City of Truro.
17/17 SPEED DIAGRAMS
CR18 – RAILWAY MANIA PROJECT (See also under CR13 ‘INDIVIDUAL RAILWAY COMPANIES’)
18/1 HISTORICAL NOTES
18/2 COMPANIES A – C
18/3 COMPANIES D –G
18/4 COMPANIES H – L
18/5 COMPANIES M – R
18/6 COMPANIES S – Z
CR19 – RAILWAY INVIGORATION SOCIETY
19/1 FILE 1 Description and associated correspondence and
press cuttings.
19/2 FILE 2 -do-
19/3 FILE 3 -do-
19/4 FILE 4 -do-
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CR20 – CLINKER & OTHER LECTURES
20/1 LIST OF LECTURES ?????????????? add list ??????
??
20/2 BBC BROADCAST 1939 (Bristol – Penzance)
20/3 PROBLEMS IN PASSENGER TRAIN OPERATION
20/4 VARIOUS 1. (See List in 20/1)
20/5 VARIOUS 2. (See List in 20/1)
20/6 VARIOUS 3. (See List in 20/1)
20/7 NON RAILWAY SUBJECTS
20/8 RAILWAY HISTORY COURSE
20/9 RAILWAY HISTORY IN ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
20/10 EARLY WESTERN RAILROADS 1888 by R. Hansford Worth
20/11 RAILWAYS OF NOTTINHAM & DERBY
CR21 - THE BORLEY PAPERS/RAIL TOUR ITINERIES
21/1 NOTEBOOKS 1 & 2 (and list of all)
21/2 NOTEBOOKS 3 -10
21/3 NLR, New. N&SWJ and HJR
21/4 OTHER NOTES & RAIL TOUR ITINERIES
CR22 - CANALS
22/1 GENERAL
22/3 ASHBY CANAL
22/5 BUDE CANAL
22/7 ELLESMERE CANAL
22/9 GRAND JUNCTION CANAL
22/11 GRAND WESTERN CANAL
22/13 KENNET & AVON CANAL
22/15 LEOMINSTER CANAL
22/17 OXFORD CANAL
22/19 SANKEY BROOK (ST. HELENS) CANAL
22/21 SOMERSETSHIRE COAL CANAL
22/23 TAVISTOCK CANAL
22/25 THAMES & SEVERN CANAL
22/27 Various
West Midlands Spiral bound booklet on railways and canals of West Midlands
with 37 detailed hand-drawn maps with historical information.
Also letter with comments by R. Maund*. See 14/907
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CR23 – LOCOMOTIVE AND ROLLING STOCK MATTERS
LOCOMOTIVES & ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
23/1/1 Pullman (including Blue Pullman) Various brochures and press cuttings (1961)
23/1/2 Diesel Railcars Notice 4.12.1933 Introduction of Standard Rail-Car Southall-
Didcot, 1 page and “Development of AEC Railcar” paper by C.
F. Cleaver, 20 pages, 1939
23/1/2A Rail Buses
23/1/3 G.W.R. Oil-fired steam locomotives Press cutting 16.11.1946
23/1/4 L. & N. W. R. Locomotives Press cutting 20.7.1946
23/1/5 “Caerphilly Castle” locomotive handed to Science
Museum
Press cutting 10.6.1961
23/1/6 G.W.R. General Instructions in connection with Rail Motor
Cars
4 page instruction leaflet
23/1/7 HANDBOOKS FOR RAILWAYMEN, ENGINEMEN, ETC;
Railwayman’s Handbook
Revised Guide for Loco Enginemen & Firemen
Loco Failures & Remedies
War issue Not dated
1928
144
34
120
By Aitken
Talbot Press
By A. Oliver
23/1/8 High Speed Trains Various publications (1970’s)
23/1/9 Locomotive Sanding Apparatus (Deltic Engines) Correspondence 1970/71
23/1/10 Motive Power Miscellany Mainly LMS Correspondence/Circulars (1930’s)
23/1/11 Naming of locomotives
23/1/16 G.W.R. Instructions in connection with Rail Motor Cars 1905
23/1/17 Road-Railer vehicle Press photo 23.5.1969 of Mercedes-Benz vehicle.
23/1/18 G.W.R. Engine Sheds, Closure of 1972 List compiled by Charles Clinker based on records in BTC
Archives
23/1/19 Rolling Stock Return 1870 ¶ - Locos, tenders and tank engines taken over by the
G.W.R. and by the LNWR.
- Continuous brakes
23/1/20 Pullman Car Co. Ltd. agreement with Railway Executive. 1.1.1953 - Bound copy of agreement and a second loose copy. The
agreement lists all vehicles by name.
- Supplementary agreement dated 30.9.1953 and various
letters dated between 1.5.1950 and 29.9.1953 also bound in.
The l.d. 29.9.1953 lists the vehicles by name brought into traffic
on 1.7.1951 and 1.4.1952.
23/1/21 G.W.R. engines fitted with vacuum retaining valves. 1936 3 Three page notice of instructions including a diagram.
23/1/22 G.W.R. engines fitted with Four Cone Ejectors 1934 3 Three page notice of instructions including diagrams.
23/1/23 G.W.R. “9000” Class - 5 Stephenson Locomotive Soc. Paper by D. A. Tipper.
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23/1/24 Midland Rly. Steam Motor Coaches. 1904 2 Article from ‘The Engineer’ magazine, including detailed
drawing of how the engine and boiler are mounted on the bogie.
23/1/25 Locomotive “Steierdorf” 1862 Large folding diagram of this 0-4-2 tank engine, from the
International exhibition 1862.
23/1/26 Gas-turbine Locomotive - The Brown Boveri Spring Drive. Booklet by Brown, Boveri &
Co.
(Switzerland) 11.9.1939.
- The Gasturbine Locomotive. Booklet by Brown, Boveri & Co.
(Switzerland) 10.1945.
- British Built Gas-turbine Locomotive, booklet reprinting article
from the Railway Gazette 1.2.1952. With detailed diagrams.
- Photograph of engine on her first trial in South Devon.
5.3.1952
- Gas Turbine Locomotive 18000. General Report C.M.&E.E.
Swindon
12.1953.
23/1/27 Hunslet diesel locomotives 1970/71 - Press release 9.1970 – 0-4-0 engines for Irish peat railways.
- Press release 3.1971 – Three 0-6-0 engines for B.S.C.
Rotherham
- Press release 9.1971 – High speed engines for N.C.B.
Easington
- Press release 11.1971 – 2ft 6in gauge engine for Indonesia
- Photograph of engine for Rotherham.
23/1/28 Scottish locomotives Handwritten details of engines, by number, within class, giving
details of alterations. (Query for which company)
23/1/29 BREL Electric locomotives and other vehicles Six large photographs (or artists impression) with outline details
printed on the reverse for class 89 (built by Brush), class 90,
class 91, Driving Van Trailer, class 150/2 DMU and class 4
coach.
23/1/30 Southern Region motor coach 12 Description of vehicle 65306, with three fold out diagrams
23/1/31 Early 1840’s & 1850’s locomotives Large fold out sheet illustrating twenty four diagrams of early
locomotives (poor condition)
23/1/32 Flying Scotsman 1996 Press article 28.1.1996 over locomotive being held by the
National Westminster bank.
23/1/33 Stock list of preserved steam locomotives 1969 106 page book produced by the Association of Railway
Preservation Societies in 1969.
23/1/34 Preservation of 34007 locomotive 2000 Annual report (illustrated) of the Wadebridge (34007) Co. Ltd.
23/1/35 Hymek diesel-hydraulic locomotives 1961 Beyer Peacock ‘glossy’ reproduced from the Railway Gazette.
23/1/36 Richard Trevithick (Class 56 diesel) 1981 Correspondence on naming of engine.
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23/1/37 American 4-4-0 locomotive Embroidered on cotton in red, gold and black thread. Made by
Courtauld’s (Coventry). (Donated by Mr. Smith, Coventry, 1961)
23/1/38 Use of coal or coke and introduction of first fireboxes. Single sheet statement (from Ahron’s “The British Steam
Locomotive 1825-1925”)
See also under Shrewsbury & Hereford Rly. (13/229) for 1856
report
23/1/39 “Coffee Pot” engine of 1861 Press article on preservation of an early gas-works locomotive.
23/1/40 L. & Y. 2-4-2 Passenger tank engine 1952 Press release on withdrawal of class (with technical details)
23/1/41 Midland Rly. 4-4-0 Passenger tender engine. 1952 Press release on withdrawal of class (with technical details)
23/1/42 The interior of a locomotive (Great Central 4-6-0) Exploded diagram, in colour, illustrating and naming 96
individual parts.
23/1/43 Locomotive News - Allocations, transfers, new, condemned, renaming,
renumbering.
- Miscellaneous papers, notes and pages from LMS & GWR
Magazines. Mainly 1945-49, but some as early as 1919.
23/1/44 GWR & BR. Western Region Locomotives
1951
- Summary lists with some technical details GWR (?date) WR
(check)
- Standard ‘Britannia’ class. Photo only.
??????
??
23/1/45 Foreign or Private Locos on their own wheels 1884 GWR circular No. 553
23/1/46 Early GWR locomotives (especially Vulcan) ? Single page (? Source) with some technical details
23/1/47 Clun Castle, last steam from Paddington 1965 Four press articles
23/1/48 Sentinel steam coach. 1958 Press photo of one on Perth – Methven service.
23/1/49 Diesel railbus 1958 Press photo of debut of one on Gleneagles – Crieff – Comrie
service.
ROLLING STOCK
23/2/1 Foot Warmers & Heating of Trains - G.W.R. Two notices regarding Foot Warmers (1879 & 1883)
- Note of press report (23.11.1861) on heating on L.N.W.R.
trains
23/2/2 Gas lighting of carriages - Experiment between York & Doncaster. Notes of press report
22.5.1857
- Gas lighting on East Lancashire Rly. Notes of press report
25.1.1860
23/2/3 Sleeping Cars Two press cuttings 1943
23/2/4 L. M. & S. R. Royal train, new rolling stock. Press cutting 24.8.1946
23/2/5 G.W.R. Rolling Stock Return (Lines Taken Over By GWR)
(1870) and
Continuous Brakes Return 1878, 1880 & 1883 and for
lines taken over by LNWR
Two page manuscript
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23/2/6 G.W.R. Equipment of train lavatories 1915 Single sheet notice
23/2/7 G.W.R. Retained Compartments 1884 Instruction leaflet and two letters,
23/2/8 G.W.R. Letter Boxes affixed to Mail Carriages 1882 Single sheet notice
23/2/9 Vacuum Automatic Brake 1861 Notes on press cutting of 27.6.1861
23/2/10 Carriage Lamps Correspondence 1968
23/2/11 Classes of Accommodation Lecture paper (1905) & various (1950’s & 1960’s)
23/2/12 Slip Coaches
23/2/13 Vacuum Break Connection 1883 Small notice regarding stepping on vacuum tubes
23/2/14 Midland Rly. notices regarding mainly brakes 1880-87 Five notices
23/2/15 G.W.R. Family & Saloon Carriages 1880-
1913
-Listing Broad & Narrow Gauge vehicles, by number and where
stationed 3.1880, 3.1885 & 7.1888.
-Family, Saloon, Restaurant, Sleeping & Invalid carriages, listed
by
number, giving where stationed, accommodation and how
fitted
out, with diagrams of layout. 9.1913
23/2/16 G.W.R. Special cattle trucks in Narrow gauge passenger
trains.
1888 Two page circular detailing the 20 new vehicles, by number,
listing where located and dimensions, charging instructions ,
etc;
23/2/17 G.W.R. Snow ploughs 1881 List of stations where Broad gauge and Narrow gauge snow
ploughs are located and instructions relating to them.
23/2/18 G.W.R. Camping Coaches 1938
23/2/19 G.W.R. Communication Cord GWR Notices 1882-83, notes on 1854 & 1869
23/2/20 Dining Cars
TT Shelf Labelling of Trains, Rail Motor Cars and Equipment of
Lavatories 2.10.1922
1922 32 Bound in volume of G.W.R. timetables dated 1922.
23/2/21 Hawker Siddeley vehicles 1979 Special report on railway equipment, a ‘Glossy’ produced by
Hawker Siddeley Canada Ltd., as a supplement to Rly Gazette
International
23/2/22 Pullman car company. 1933-62 Correspondence.
23/2/23 New Scottish electric trains withdrawn 1960 Newspaper report on failures causing 67 trains to be
withdrawn*.
23/2/24 Camping coaches 1963 List of locations with numbers & type on Western Region. From
G.I.C.
CR24 - STAFF, PERSONNEL & ORGANISATIONAL MATTERS
24/1 Superannuation Scheme 1879/80
1908
- Instructions regarding Provident Pensions & Widows &
Orphans Funds for weekly staff in the traffic department
- Booklet of rules for G.W.R. scheme.
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24/2 Contract Of Service G. W.R. Blank
24/3 Staff and organisation UNSORTED ??????
??
24/4 G.W.R. Timekeeping, Preparation of Paybills & Payment
of Salaries and Wages.
1935 12 Booklet of instructions.
24/5 B.R. Western Region Area Management scheme 1981 Correspondence
24/6 B.R. Rates of pay and expenses 1960-78 Thick Western Region file. (Donated by C. J. Cameron)
24/7 G.W.R. Persons authorised to sign passes 1878 6 Naming persons for all departments
24/8 G.W.R. Divisions. Passenger & Goods separately 1884 6 Naming officers and specifying lines covered.
24/9 G.W.R. Divisions. Passenger, Goods, Loco &
Engineering.
1915 27 Naming officers and specifying lines covered.
List of stations specifying in which Division they lie by function.
Coloured map of Divisions.
Details of passenger and goods representatives outside the
G.W.R.
Details of Divisional responsibilities outside their own Division.
First and last pages detached
24/10 G.W.R. Staff changes
1880
1881
1884
1888
1914
Various single sheet notices
West Cornwall line
Carmarthen & Cardigan Rly taken over by G.W.R.
South Wales staff changes
Re-arrangement of Telegraph Department
New Westbury Passenger Division and other changes
24/11 B.R. AREA MANAGER’S ORGANISATION 1977 Hand written list by region of Area Managers offices.
24/12 Retirement of E. F. Caiger, signalman, Yeovil Undated Press article
24/13 Clocking in and out of toilet Letter in press (1965) referring to Crewe works.
24/14 Working under pressure Letter in press (1973) stress & strain on traincrews.
24/15 Railway Station Masters 1861 Press article LNWR re qualifications required
24/16 Travelling Porters 1861 Press article LBSC re role of travelling porters.
24/17 Consultative Machinery with Unions 1949 3 Message to staff of new arrangements.
CR25 - OTHER SUBJECTS
25/1 ACCIDENTS (General)
(See CR16 for Train accidents, etc; subject of Reports)
15.11.187
1
1.1.1936
1951
1986
13
12
16
- Board of Trade requirements for general accident reporting
and for Inspection of new lines. (updated 6.11.1874)
- G.W.R. Instructions about accidents and includes a two page
list of warehouses used for storage.
- Loco re-railing after Weedon derailment. Illustrated booklet.
- Copy of ‘Railways (Notice of Accidents)’ Order (No. 2187)
25/2 AIREY & RCH MAPS File of correspondence (1960’s-1970’s)
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25/5 ADVERTISING Various brochures Western Region (1960’s – 1990’s)
25/8 ARCHITECTURE 1960’s Various press cuttings, especially St. Pancras
25/11 ARMORIAL DEVICES undated Illustrated article from LMSR magazine
25/12 ATKINSON, J. B., DONATION TO ELECTRIC RAILWAY
SOCIETY
25/13 ATLAS – RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRITAIN by Col. M. H.
Cobb
2004 advertisement for
25/14 AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL & AWS on the Southern
Region
1960’s Press cuttings
25/15 BEECHING REPORT 1963 Numerous newspaper cuttings, general (See under ‘14/’ for
specific services)
25/15/B DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR RAILWAY TRUNK
ROUTES
1965 100 Issued by B.R.B.
25/17 BIOGRAPHIES various Press cuttings and articles on various people
25/20 BOARD OF TRADE - Warrants on the Abandonment of Railways 1950’s
correspondence
- Midland Rly. v BoT 1876 – correspondence 1959
- Index to Reports of Railway Dept. of Board of Trade 1841-46
25/20A BOOK MARKS Photocopies (poor) of various G.W.R. bookmarks.
25/21 BOUNDARY CHANGES 1950 & 1958 Booklet on changes & extracts from notices.
25/23 BRADSHAW, FIRST APPEARANCE Correspondence on (1960’s)
25/26 BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION 1956 20 Illustrated booklet, bridges on the S.R. (Reprint from R.G.)
25/29 CLAPHAM MUSEUM 1970 Report of Parliamentary Commissioner
CLOCKS & WATCHES See under 25/123
25/35 COACHES, STAGE Articles & notes (various dates) including Emerald stage coach,
last journey (1838)
CONTRACTS See under 25/47
25/32 CORPORATE PLAN 1970 RENUMB
ER
25/42 CONTROL OFFICES
1923
12
- Lancashire & Yorkshire 1911, 1912.
- North-east area of L.N.E.R. Reprint from Rly Gazette.
Illustrated
? to
Optg
25/43 CROSS RAIL Couple of articles (1990’s)
25/45 DELIVERY NOTES Examples, Cornwall Railway 1867-1879, Festiniog Railway
1902
25/47 DEPOSITS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, CONTRACTS & Lloyds’
Bonds
Article by C. R. Clinker (no date)
25/48 “EFFECTIVE DATE” Correspondence on definition of “On and After” and “From &
After”
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25/50 ELECTRIFICATION 1960 - L.M.R. Articles & Instructions 1960’s and S.R.
- 14 page paper by Matthewson-Dick (undated)
25/51 ENGINEERING, MACHINERY SKETCHES undated
25/53 EXCHEQUER BILL, LOAN COMMISSIONERS Article by Grahame Boyes 1970’s
EXCHANGE STATIONS (No public access) See under 15/15B
25/55 EXHIBITION – RAILWAYS OF BRITAIN 1603 – 1923
EXHIBITION - TRANSPORT TREASURES
1956
Leaflets on exhibition
??1603
25/59 FARES - Correspondence on Aberdovey to Ynyslas (1960)
- General article on Air, Road & Rail fares (1959)
25/62 “FIRST” occurrence of various notes (various dates)
25/64 FUTURE AND ORGANISATION OF THE RAILWAY
(General)
Press articles of a general nature:
- Right Lines for the Railways, Dead Wood must go. 1.5.1958
- Railway Closures, Weighing the Possibilities 1.5.1958
- Future for the Railway Passenger 28.11.1959
- Transport History, bearing on Policy Making 19.12.1959
- Money’s Worth for Railway Modernisation 17.2.1960
- Railways’ Biggest Challenge, Delivering the Goods 18.2.1960
- What should be done with the Railways? 5.3.1960
- The Transport System, Its Structure & Organisation 16.4.1960
- Organisation with Special Reference to Railways 14.1.1961
25/65 GUARDS JOURNALS All Co.’s Blank specimens/Instructions +10 LMSR completed
(1926)
25/66 GROUPING 1922 1 Small GWR notice of companies absorbed.
25/68 G.W.R. DRAMATIC & OPERATIC Societies Productions Programmes 1930, 1947-57
25/70 HANDBOOK OF STATIONS Correspondence (1950’s & 1960’s) – no research significance
HOTELS See under 25/125
25/72 HERITAGE RAILWAYS Timetables/leaflets
25/75 HORSES AND HORSE DEPARTMENT - G.W.R. Instructions 1879-84
- Last railway horses in London. Press cutting 27.2.1964
- Press cutting 18.9.1973 includes photograph of horse drawn
delivery wagon at Fowey.
25/77 INDUSTRIAL MONUMENTS 1961 8 List by C.B.A. Research Committee on Industrial Archaeology
INSPECTION OF NEW LINES See under 25/1
25/80 LAND & COMPENSATION Various notes (1837-39)
25/83 LEVEL CROSSINGS Press cuttings (1950’s – 1970’s)
25/89 LITERARY REFERENCES TO, OR ABOUT, RAILWAYS -Three notes (1960’s) WHAT ARE THESE ABOUT
- Poems “From a Train Window” by W. M. Letts (Undated) and
“The Girt Great Western” by John Machie (undated)
-“THE FLYING WELSHMAN” Publication Galleys (Undated)
??????
??
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- The Ghost Train, letter in the press 5.2.1962
LLOYDS’ BONDS See under 25/47
25/90 LONDON UNDERGROUND
25/92 L&NER SIGNING STANDARDS 1946
LOAN COMMISSIONERS See under 25/53
LUGGAGE LABELS See under 25/101
25/97 MODERNISATION OF RAILWAYS 1955
1953
- newspaper article
- Press release covering £4m scheme for East Coast Widening
(New Barnet to Potters Bar), Modernising Crewe North and
Thornaby engine sheds.
25/98 MAILS, POST OFFICE articles and notes (1837-1971)
25/98A NATIONALISATION OF RAILWAYS Various
25/99 NETWORK SOUTH-EAST 1987 323 Monopolies & Mergers Commission Report
25/100
NEWSPAPERS, Original copies of
Abergavenny Chronicle & Monmouthshire Advertiser
14.11.1879
Abergavenny Chronicle & Monmouthshire Advertiser
21.11.1879
Abergavenny Chronicle & Monmouthshire Advertiser
28.11.1879
Hereford Times 22.11.1879
South Wales Daily Telegram 24.11.1883
1879
1879
1879
1879
1883
These are original copies in poor condition.
– No railway content
– Local Train Timetable LNWR South Wales
– Local Train Timetable LNWR South Wales
- No railway content
– Collision of Irish Mail near Kidwelly (Page 3)
– Rhondda & Bristol Channel Railway Session 1884 (Page 4)
– Cardiff & Monmouthshire Valleys Rly. Session 1884 (Page 4)
– Abergavenny & Monmouth Rly. Session 1884 (Page 4)
25/101 OCCUPATIONS OF PEOPLE IN GREAT BRITAIN 1851 1854 Extensive details from census returns. (ex- Illustrated London
News)
25/101A OPEN STATIONS 1984? Leaflet on extension to Worcester & Gloucester areas.
ORGANISATION OF THE RAILWAY (General) See under 25/64
25/102 PRIVATISATION OF BRITISH RAIL 1993-94
25/104 PRESS CUTTINGS (NON G.W.R.)
25/107 PERMANENT WAY Articles, notes, various aspects (1874-1947)
RAILTOURS – Now under CR21
25/110 RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE Notes on history of development
RAILWAY DEPT. REPORTS TO BOARD OF TRADE See under 25/20
25/111 RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST
25/112 RAILWAY LANDOWNERS
25/123 RAILWAY TIMEPIECES - G.W.R. Notice 1883 on Winding & Regulating Clocks
- Correspondence 1970 with R. M. Tyrrell
25/123A RESEARCH INTO RAILWAYS (General) - Some Recent Developments in Railway Historical Research,
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five page paper by Clinker, leading to creation of the R. C. & H.
S. (1958)
- Press report on creation of Readership & Research
Fellowships at Oxford University (1958)
25/124 ROAD SERVICES
1975
- Miscellaneous papers and cuttings.
- Maps of G.W.R. Motor Omnibus Services (1) Devon &
Cornwall (2) Berks, Oxon, Wilts. (3) North Wales (4) South
Wales
Frome -Bratton bus service. Correspondence, two letters.
25/125 REFRESHMENT ROOMS & HOTELS Including papers on Tregenna Castle and Manor House Hotels.
25/126 SARTON’S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE PULLEY Undated Single printed sheet describing the pulley “for augmenting the
speed of carriages on railways and other roads.”
25/128 SIGNALS & TELEGRAPH
25/130 SAFETY
25/131 SHARE PRICES – Graphs
25/131A SHIPPING SERVICES 1885
1959
- Steamboat Service Weymouth & Cherbourg – Single notice
- Fishguard to Waterford steamers, conveyance of saloon
passengers
25/137 SOURCES, at Libraries and Record Offices
25/137A SPECIAL STOP ORDER 1926
1926
Issued at Exeter for Brent Knoll
Issued at Cheltenham for Weyhill
25/138 SPEED RECORDS Correspondence 1970 with Guinness Book of Records
25/140 STAFF
STAGE COACHES See under 25/35
25/141 STATIONERY Stationery & Forms, examples of
25/142 STATIONARY BOILERS 1937 5 GWR Instructions for Maintenance & Examination.
25/143 STATIONS, Private and Unadvertised
25/146 STATIONS, Complex Junctions
25/147 STORES Railway Stores, prices and rates by commodity 1897-1937 –
booklet 41 pages.
25/149 STREET & MODERN TRAMWAYS
SUBSCRIPTIONS See under 25/47
25/150 SUGGESTIONS COMMITTEE 1913 Suggestions & Investment Committee – Single notice Renum
ber
25/150A SURREY & LONDON ENGRAVINGS
25/151 TELEGRAPH CODES – INSTRUCTIONS
25/160 TIME, Greenwich & 24 hour clock
25/166 TOLLS
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25/167 TRANSPORT USERS CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
25/168A TUNNELS 1974
1974
13
- Correspondence on Blackheath Hill tunnel, New Laithes
tunnel and Covered Way at Junction Road.
- “Tunnelling Gricer” Journal of Tunnel Gricing Society
25/169 TURNPIKE ROADS
25/170 VIADUCTS Correspondence on definition of.
WAREHOUSES USED FOR STORAGE (G.W.R.) See under 25/1
25/170A WALKING PERMITS Examples issued to Clinker 1951/1954/1961/1963
25/171 WATER TICKETS
25/172 WATER TROUGHS
25/173 WEIGHING MACHINES – MIDLAND RLY.
25/180 HISTORIC DOCUMENTS UNSORTED UNSORTED ??????
??
CR26 - LISTS OF HISTORICAL DATA COMPILED FROM RECOGNISED SOURCES (Primarily Station dates, but with some other
material as well) 26/1 FROM RAILWAY CO. PUBLICATIONS
26/1/1 L.N.W.R. Chronology 1846-
1913
6 From L.N.W.R. & L.M.S.R. details in Secretary’s office.
26/1/2 L.N.W.R. Circulars 1854-
1909
1875-
1910
1913-
1923
1910-
1914
4
4
1
2
From a L.N.W.R. volume.
From a L.N.W.R. volume.
From District Superintendent’s file
From a L.N.W.R. volume
26/1/3 Spare
26/1/4 Spare
26/1/5 Midland Circulars 1880-
1902
1875-
1907
3
4
From handbills bound in Working Timetables
From a volume on Traffic and Expenses.
26/1/6 Midland Circulars 1870-
1939
4 From Trains’ Office, Derby records.
26/1/7 Spare
26/1/8 Spare
26/1/9 Spare
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26/1/10 G.W.R. General Instruction Circulars (GIC) 1915
1920-
1945
1923-
1929
1920-
1942
1921-
1938
1920-
1934
1
4
3
5
2
2
Closing of stations
Openings and general matters.
Dates of introduction of Country Lorry Services at stations.
New private sidings with date of advice.
Opening of stations
Closing of stations.
26/1/11 Southern General Circulars 1925-
1962
1925-
1945
1926-
1944
11
2
1
General matters
Opening of stations.
Closing of stations.
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26/1/13 Spare
26/1/14 Spare
26/1/15 Spare
26/1/16 Spare
26/1/17 Spare
26/1/18 St. Columb Road Volume 1912-
1916
2 Notes from a volume of notices held at this station.
26/1/19 Spare
26/1/20 L.M.R. Reduction in Freight Terminals 1963-
1965
? Printed lists of depots closed, with dates.
26/2 FROM RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE PUBLICATIONS
26/2/1 R.C.H. Leaflets 1923-
1937
1923-
1937
9
10
Opening of stations
Closing of stations.
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26/2/5 R.C.H. Distance Diagrams 1862-
1913
10 Alterations.
26/2/6 R.C.H. Distance Diagrams 1866- 12 L.N.W.R. dates 1866-70, 1875-82, 1883-99 & 1901-23
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26/2/7 R.C.H. Distance Diagrams 1866-
1922
12 G.W.R. dates 1866, 1871-75, 1881-1906 & 1908-22
26/2/8 R.C.H. Distance Diagrams 1864-
1922
7 Midland 1864-1922
R.C.H. Distance Diagrams 1867-
1899
Compile list of J. R. Whittle. See under 14/576
26/3 FROM ‘COMPILED’ SOURCES
26/3/1 Burnell’s Bible - 12 Extracted notes from the historical volume compiled by Burnell
of the G.W.R.
26/4 FROM ‘NON RAILWAY’ SOURCES
26/4/1 Bradshaw
1865-
1933
1914-
1923
-
12
- Volume of notes on new stations, lines opened, changes of
name & stations closed.
- Notes as above
26/4/2 Railway Gazette
C. R. Clinker
1926-
1936
1936-
1944
9
3
- Printed tables on Withdrawal of Passenger Services and Lines
closed with notes, heavily annotated by C. R. Clinker.
- List of Passenger Services Withdrawn in the British Isles
1.1.1936 to 31.12.1944.
26/4/3 Hereford Journal 1789-
1860
Extracts relating to tramways, canals and railways.
26/4/4 Worcestershire Record office 1792-
2889
Printed list of Deposited Plans
26/4/5 Bibliographers Manual of Gloucestershire Literature 4 Hand written list
26/4/6
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