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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.

26/1/12 Spare

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.

26/2/2 Spare

26/2/3 Spare

26/2/4 Spare

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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1923

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