INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY RECORD The Quarterly Journal of the INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY SOCIETY COMBINED INDEX SECOND EDITION Volumes 1 to 16 1962 – 2007 RECORD No.1 to No.189 Assembled & Edited by Vic Bradley On behalf of the Combo Index Production Team for the benefit of all readers of this magazine. CORRECTIONS, GLITCHES, ERRORS and OMISSIONS are kept to a minimum but may still inevitably occur in a work of this nature. If you spot anything that you think needs attention, PLEASE DO SEND details of this to us ideally by email addressed to v.bradley[at]virgin.net www.irsociety.co.uk IRRNDX20.doc updated 22-Mar-2008 INTRODUCTION and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This “Combo Index” has been assembled by combining the contents of the sixteen separate indexes originally created, for each individual volume, over a period of some 45 years by a number of different people each using different technologies. Only in recent times have computers been used for indexing but, even for these, the computer files could not be traced with the exception of those for volumes 14 to 16. It has therefore been necessary to create digital versions of 13 original indexes using “Optical Character Recognition” (OCR), which has not proved easy due to the relatively poor print, and extremely small text (font) size, of some of the indexes in particular. Thus the OCR results have required extensive proof-reading. Very fortunately, a team of volunteers to assist in the project appeared out of the E-mail Group Internet Chat Site which is hosted by the IRS, and a special thankyou is certainly due to Richard Bowen, David Kitching, Martin Murray, Ken Scanes and John Scotford who each handled OCR and proofing of several indexes, to complete digital recovery of the individual published index texts for Volumes 1 to 13. Michael O’Connor, who indexed Volumes 14, 15 and 16, kindly provided copies of his disc files in respect of these three volumes. Assembly of the individual indexes into a single combo format was mostly undertaken by John Scotford, who additionally resolved a large number of different renditions of what proved to be identical items, in order that the “Combo” could be a more true combination result than at first appeared to be possible. Final presentation arrangement, and publication, has been handled by Vic Bradley, who also had the pleasurable task of co-ordinating the work of the willing team of volunteers. THIS COMBO INDEX is available free of charge as an “Acrobat PDF” file download from the IRS website. Alternatively, for those who have computers but are unable to download, the PDF is available on floppy disc for a nominal price of about £1. Once loaded onto the hard-drive of a computer the index can be viewed, and speedily digitally “searched” for any single word or phrase, using the free program “Acrobat Reader” (version 5 or later), and can - if desired - be printed from that program onto A4 paper and then bound in any form you wish. Floppy discs purchased can be duplicated by the purchaser without restriction, for distribution to others. To purchase a disc copy send name, UK address and four (unused) second-class GB stamps to Vic Bradley. 17 Stretton Farm Road, Church Stretton, Shropshire, SY6 6DX. For those without computers, an A4 printed and ring-bound version is available. An order form for this can be obtained from Andrew Smith, 96 Ravenhurst Road, Birmingham, B17 9DP THE INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY RECORD Glossy, card-covered, medium format (230x165mm), extensively illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings, appears four times per annum building up to volumes of 12 issues over three years, recent volumes containing an average of around 500 pages. The content consists almost entirely of carefully researched material considered worthy of being placed on permanent record (hence its title), rather than current news of possibly just passing interest (for which the IRS produces a separate bi-monthly bulletin). Thus, early issues are just as useful as those published more recently. The magazine is issued free to IRS full-members, and is available for purchase by non-members, either as individual issues or by annual subscription. Enquiries re a RECORD subscription, re the purchase of available back-issues, and re the purchase of photocopies of out-of-print issues, should all be addressed to Mr S.C.Robinson, at 47 Waverley Gardens, London NW10 7EE, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope for reply. PLEASE NOTE : Some out-of-print RECORD articles or issues are available free on the IRS web site; just follow the link to “Archives” for details of current availability. THE INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY RECORD INTRODUCTION Volumes 1 to 16 1962–2007 COMBO INDEX SECOND EDITION page 2 CONTENTS This Combo Index is sectionalised in the same style as that used by the individual volume indexes. Section 2 lists articles by their title. Section 5 is the actual main section where, hopefully, any reference to virtually any UK item can be found, including Firms, Locations etc that are mentioned in Sections 2 and 6 (and referenced therein to Section 8). INDEX SECTIONS INDEX PAGE 1 Introduction 2 Key to Volumes, Magazines and their page numbers 4 and 127-128 2 Articles and Features 6 3 Overseas Countries 20 4 Locomotive Builders 25 5 Locomotive Owners, Locations Railways, and Other References 41 6 Line Drawings 112 7 Reviews 116 8 Corrigenda 120 Combo Index Editorial Notes Basically, and fortunately, all 16 individual volume indexes have followed an identical sectionalised format so, in theory, once we had a digital version of each index, we only had to gather up the 16 copies of “Section 3” (or whatever), tack them together to form a single Section 3 file 16 volumes long, then let the computer sort all the entries into a new alphabetical list. And in fact, after some tweaking, that worked OK. In order that the page numbers given in the index remained meaningful, the volume they refer to has to be indicated in some way. The logical way would be to give the “Vol No.” but this introduces potential confusion between volume numbers and page numerals. Thus a single letter code (avoiding letter I – looks like one 1, and letter O – could look like a zero) has been used for each volume, and this appears as a BOLD prefix to page numbers throughout the indexing. A volume “key” appears at the top of each page. A breakdown of the volumes themselves appears on pages 4 and 5, and is repeated at the end as a “tear out” page – this breakdown clarifies the system, and enables any indexed page number to be traced to its individual magazine, for the benefit of those who have their RECORDs loose rather than bound. CORRIGENDA. Most individual indexes have included a list of corrections to the text of previous magazines. In this Combo, we have produced a Combo list of Corrigenda and added a symbol “(x)” to the affected item’s page number included in the Combo Index. This will hopefully draw to users’ attention that, if looking up an (x) marked page, the Corrigenda listing (Section 8) should also be checked. DUPLICATE ENTRIES may survive, for who is to know if “J.Hartley” (in, say, volume 9) and “John Hartley” (in, say, volume 14) are the same, or a different, person ? Some have been looked up, and the Combo has had new information added in brackets to many entries, to clarify their meaning. Highlighted items are either entirely fresh entries, or significant new corrections, or editorial comments. We urge index-users to please draw any other anomalies to our attention, for future Combo improvement and updating. See message on the front cover. Vic Bradley THE INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY RECORD INTRODUCTION Volumes 1 to 16 1962–2007 COMBO INDEX SECOND EDITION page 3 Pagination of Magazines and Key to Combo Indexes In the subsequent Combo Index Tables, item page numbers are pre-fixed with a bold letter which denotes the Volume of the magazine that that page number relates to. Letters have been used, rather than Volume numbers, to avoid possible confusion that could arise if page numbers were prefixed by a numeral. The following table identifies the Volume Index Letters, and also identifies which individual issue, of the magazine, that any page number relates to. Volume 1 Indexcode A Volume 4 Indexcode D Volume 7 Indexcode G IRR Pages IRR Pages IRR Pages 1 1–20 35 1–28 70 1–28 2 21–44 36 29–60 71 29–56 3/4 45–84 37 61–92 72 57–88 5/6 85–132 38 93–120 73 89–120 7 133–160 39 121–148 74 121–152 8 161–188 40 149–176 75 153–188 9 189–220 41 177–204 76 189–216 10 221–248 42 205–232 77 217–252 11 249–276 43 233–264 78 253–288 12 277–312 44 265–300 79 289–324 45 301–336 80 325–360 46 337–372 81 361–392 Volume 2 Indexcode B Volume 5 Indexcode E Volume 8 Indexcode H IRR Pages IRR Pages IRR Pages 13 1–36 47 1–32 82 1–48 14 37–80 48 33–64 83 49–88 15 81–120 49 65–96 84 89–128 16 121–168 50 97–128 85 129–168 17 169–200 51 129–160 86 169–208 18 201–236 52 161–192 87 209–244 19 237–268 53 193–236 88 245–280 20 269–304 54 237–272 89 281–320 21 305–336 55 273–304 90 321–356 22 337–365 56 305–332 91 357–388 57 333–364 92 389–420 58 365–396 93 421–460 Volume 3 Indexcode C Volume 6 Indexcode F Volume 9 Indexcode J IRR Pages IRR Pages IRR Pages 23 1–32 59 1 – 36 94 1–36 24 33–64 60 37–64 95 37–72 25 65–96 61 65–96 96 73–108 26 97–128 62 97–128 97 109–148 27 129–156 63 129–160 98 149–188 28 157–188 64 161–188 99 189–216 29 189–224 65 189–220 100 217–276 30 225–260 66 221–248 101 277–308 31 261–284 67 249–292 102 309–340 32 285–316 68 293–324 103 341–372 33 317–348 69 325–408 104 373–400 34 349–384 105 401–436 THE INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY RECORD INTRODUCTION Volumes