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Stoke Locomotive Drawings, Sketches and Microfilm Lists Description: The collection consists mainly of engineering drawings relating to locomotives, carriages and wagons maintained or built at the Stoke Works of the North Staffordshire Railway. There are other drawings from the output of the drawing office relating to machinery, civil engineering and the production of munitions during the First World War. System of arrangement: The original order of the collection has been difficult to ascertain due to the lack of any specific records of drawing office practice. However, during the course of listing the contents it has become clear that there are three distinct groups of drawings. The Locomotive Works and the Carriage & Wagon Works maintained their own separate numerical sequences for their drawings. This has been restored and the two main sets of drawings sorted into numerical order within these two divisions and listed according to this convention. In each case sequences of previously un- numbered drawings have been added. These have the additional prefix UN and have been allocated artificial numbers by the National Railway Museum in series from 50001 and 60001 respectively. There is a third group of mainly small drawings known as ‘sketches’ and with a single numerical sequence and a ‘SK’ prefix. These have also been separately sorted. Physical Characteristics: The vast majority of the drawings are wax linen copies in variable condition, with occasional paper copies and blueprints. Some have been subject to water damage in the past and several drawings have been damaged by oil stains and mould. In these latter instances copying will be virtually impossible and handling will be restricted. Administrative/Biographical History: The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) came into being in April 1845. The earliest locomotives were built by outside contractors, among them Sharpe Brothers & Co, Robert Stephenson & Co, Vulcan Foundry, Hudswell Clarke, Kitson’s and Neilson & Co. The NSR opened its own works at Stoke on Trent in 1864. They occupied a 12-acre site near the main line at Stoke Junction, between the canal and the company roundhouse. The location was cramped and difficult to access off the Leek branch line, becoming more difficult as the Works were expanded and developed. At first they were only able to complete repairs and heavy rebuilding. Facilities for new building were completed in 1868. By 1901 the locomotive works employed 450 men and the carriage and wagon works a further 400. Figures for 1914 were 483 and 391 respectively. The locomotive stock continued to include both contractor and local built stock, and this mixture is reflected in the surviving collection of engineering drawings from the Stoke Works Drawing Office. The North Staffordshire Railway also worked and maintained the Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway, a 2’6” narrow gauge line opened in 1904. Among the more unusual drawings produced at the Stoke Works are vehicles for this 9-mile line. In common with many railway works the Stoke drawing office was employed to produce drawings for machinery, buildings and other developments as demanded by the company. During the 1914-1918 war they also produced drawings for shells and fuses as part of the war effort, examples of which have survived into the collection. Responsibility for engineering and the works passed through several hands from 1848 to closure in 1927. The following table lists the names of the men in overall control, but there were separate and subordinate managers for the Locomotive Works and for the Carriage & Wagon Works. Key Personnel: 1848-1865 Engineer J C Forsyth 1865-1870 Engineer J Johnson 1865-1870 Engineer J Johnson 1870-1874 Locomotive Superintendent T W Dodds 1874-1875 Locomotive Superintendent R N Angus 1876-1882 Locomotive Superintendent C Clare 1882-1902 Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent L Longbottom 1902-1915 Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent J H Adams 1915-1923 Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent J A Hookham No new locomotives were built after 1923, when the North Staffordshire Railway was absorbed into the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). The last Works Manager (1919-1927) was H G Ivatt, who later became the CMEE of the LMS. The Works were officially closed in 1926, finally running down by 1927 when most of the employees transferred to Crewe Locomotive Works. As a consequence it is also possible to find drawings of locomotives originating with the North Staffordshire Railway and the Stoke Works among the Crewe Works collection. Some have also found their way into the Derby Works collection as a result of subsequent rationalisation by the LMS. Locomotive Drawings List Scale/ Additional Roll L or C Prefix Drawing No Suffix Tin No Title Date Other Information Detail L001 L 11 Revolving chuck for large metallic pack full signed JAH 10/3/09 L001 L 14 Trolley for swing jib see drawing No 5, signed JAH 27/3/05 Arrangement of countershafting for journal L001 L 17 signed JAH 27/5/05 grinding machine Arrangement of countershafting and L001 L 19 Bottoms' lathe, signed JAH 3/06/05 running hoist for journal grinding machine Complete List of NSR Engines and duplicate L001 L NS 21 1903? series L001 L 47 Piston Rod Grinder 3” 12-Feb-06 L001 L 48 Striking Gear for grinding machine H/s L001 L 54 1 1/2'' plug cock signed JAH 9/03/06 Lathe arrangement for turning piston rings L001 L 62 half size signed JAH 4/9/06 after being split signed JAH 23/4/06, shows Vulcan Class L L001 L 76 Engine lifting diagrams, works cranes 1/2''/1' being lifted Locomotive Drawings List Scale/ Additional Roll L or C Prefix Drawing No Suffix Tin No Title Date Other Information Detail L001 L 83 Alteration to expansion grinder half size signed JAH 16/5/06 Arrangement for driving axles while L001 L 117 Bottoms' Lathe, signed JAH 22/8/06 grinding journals L001 L 120 Tools for turning shop, cast iron 3''/1' Signed JAH 14/2/07 Signed JAH 24/8/12. Replacing paper L001 L 128 Journal burnishing tool full size tracing of 18/9/06 L001 L 138 Details of cylinder joint facing apparatus full size Arrangement of cylinder joint facing L001 L 141 full size see D138 apparatus and details of belt lifting gear Alteration of sand gear on right hand side of L001 L 144 signed JAH 30/7/04 No 6 engine L001 L 155 Lifting Hooks for front of engine 1.5” and f/s L001 L 156 Lifting Hooks for hind end of tender engines 1.5” and f/s Arrangement of brass lathes and L001 L 172 1/4''/1' signed JAH 30/7/04 framework for countershafting L001 L 178 Overhead runner for tyre drilling machine 3''/1' signed JAH 10/6/07 Positions of brass lathes drilling grinding L001 L 179 3/8” and screwing machines in new fitting shop L001 L 184 lifting hook for 12'' cylinder vertical hoist signed JAH 4/7/07 L001 L 212 17' radius crane, details of L001 L 212 17' radius crane for turning shop, detail signed JAH 4/7/09 17' radius jib crane, details of weigh iron L001 L 213 3''/1' signed JAH 13/7/09 work Shed breakdown crane, Proposed L001 L 218 alterations to slewing brake signed JAH 17/10/08, altered June 1915, L001 L 220 Air valve for pneumatic hoist full signed JAH Proposed alterations to 15 Ton accident L001 L 221 signed JAH 7/10/08 crane Locomotive Drawings List Scale/ Additional Roll L or C Prefix Drawing No Suffix Tin No Title Date Other Information Detail Details of alteration to 15 ton accident L001 L 222 3''/1' signed JAH 4/11/08 crane Details of alteration to 15 ton accident L001 L 225 1.5''/1' signed JAH 6/11/08 crane L001 L 226 Leveling bob for 15 ton accident crane full size signed JAH 12/02/08 L001 L 228 Crank pins for engine 'Frog' full size signed JAH 9/3/09 L001 L 229 Trolley for 17' radius jib cranes 3''/1' signed JAH 1/7/09 L002 L 231 Detail of burnishing tool for journals half size signed JAH 8/7/09 L002 L 232 Arrangement for burnishing journals 3''/1' signed JAH 7/7/09 15 Ton steam accident crane, radius and L002 L 247 1 signed JAH 28/4/09 safe load indicator New Milling Machine, pulley, bracket and L002 L 251 F/s 11-Jun-09 tube for balance weight chain L002 L 254 Trestle for Packing, Breakdown Crane 3" & f/s 01-Jul-09 Signed JAH Runner for Air Hoist over New Milling and L002 L 257 F/s 08-Oct-09 Planing Machine Runner and Runway for Air Hoist over New L002 L 259 3" 08-Oct-09 Milling and Planing Machine L002 L 261 Hanging blocks for Belpaire firebox 1.5” L002 L 288 Revolving Chuck F/s 17-Nov-04 Bracket for carrying the Countershaft of L002 L 289 1" 15-Jun-03 Signed JAH Herbert's No3 Turret Lathe Arrangement of Countershafting for L002 L 291 3" & 0.75" 27-Sep-04 Signed JAH Traversing Drill and Lapping Lathe L002 L 295 Bending Blocks for dome tops H/s Six Ton Pneumatic Crane, 17' radius, over L002 L 297 3" 26-Jan-10 drilling machine and boring mill, top bracket Six Ton Pneumatic Crane, 17' radius, over L002 L 298 drilling machine and boring mill, details of 3" & f/s 26-Jan-10 staying for top bracket Pneumatic Crane, 17' roads over wheel L002 L 299 1" 10-Jan-10 Signed JAH lathes, brackets for top centre Conversion of old lathe into boring L002 L 300 1.5" 28-Jan-10 Signed JAH machine, packing block for headstocks Conversion of old lathe into boring L002 L 301 3" & f/s 14-Feb-10 Signed JAH machine, details Locomotive Drawings List Scale/ Additional Roll L or C Prefix Drawing No Suffix Tin No Title Date Other Information Detail Wheel with roller bearing for runners of 17' L002 L 309 jib cranes and runner over wheel drill, F/s 26-Apr-10 Signed JAH present runners to be altered L002 L 322 Drum for Coal Stage Crane F/s 26-Sep-12