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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- Brunel University Library Special Collections – Transport History Collection Version 27 21.1.2018 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 Brunel University Library Special Collections – Transport History Collection Version 27 21.1.2018 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 Press cutting 10.6.1961 Museum 23/1/6 G.W.R. General Instructions in connection with Rail Motor 4 page instruction leaflet Cars 23/1/7 HANDBOOKS FOR RAILWAYMEN, ENGINEMEN, ETC; Railwayman’s Handbook War issue 144 By Aitken Revised Guide for Loco Enginemen & Firemen Not dated 34 Talbot Press Loco Failures & Remedies 1928 120 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. Brunel University Library Special Collections – Transport History Collection Version 27 21.1.2018 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. Brunel University Library Special Collections – Transport History Collection Version 27 21.1.2018 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 - Summary lists with some technical details GWR (?date) WR ?????? 1951 (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.
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