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Businesses (75)
- Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) Manchester, Lancashire;Preston, Lancashire
- British Rail Engineering Ltd
- British Rail: Eastern region Lincolnshire;Suffolk;Norfolk;Suffolk;Lincolnshire;Norfolk
- British Rail: London Midland Region London
- British Rail: Scientific Services Derby, Derbyshire
- British Rail: Southern Region
- British Rail: Western Region London;Cornwall;Cheshire;Devon;Wiltshire;Worcestershire
- British Railways (Eastern Region)
- British Railways (Southern Region)
- British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd London;Crewe, Cheshire;Wales
- British Railways Board: Research Division Derby, Derbyshire
- British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd, manufacturers of electrical machinery and equipment London
- British Transport Hotels Ltd
- British Wheelset Ltd Manchester, Lancashire
- Cambrian Railway Wales
- Cambrian Railways Co Oswestry, Shropshire
- Charles Roberts & Co Ltd, railway wagon builders Horbury, Yorkshire
- Clyde Locomotive Co Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Dubs & Co, locomotive manufacturers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- East Kent Light Railway Kent;Kent
- Edward Bury & Co, locomotive builder
- English Electric Co Ltd, electrical, mechanical and hydraulic engineers and aircraft manufacturers London;Preston, Lancashire
- Fletcher, Jennings & Co, locomotive builders Whitehaven, Cumberland
- GEC Alsthom London
- General Electric Company plc, manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment London
- Grand Junction Railway Co
- Great Northern Railway Co London
- Great Western Railway Co London
- Hudswell Clarke & Co Ltd, locomotive builders Leeds, Yorkshire
- Hunslet Engine Co Ltd, locomotive builders Leeds, Yorkshire
- Kennedy Henderson Ltd, locomotive engineers Yorkshire and the Humber
- Kerr, Stuart & Co Ltd, locomotive builders and manufacturers of railway plant London;Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Kitson & Co Ltd, locomotive builders Leeds, Yorkshire
- Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co Manchester, Lancashire;Horwich, Lancashire
- Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
- Leeds, Dewsbury & Manchester Railway
- London & Birmingham Railway Co Birmingham, Warwickshire
- London & Greenwich Railway Co London
- London & North Eastern Railway Co London
- London & North Eastern Railway Company: North Eastern Area
- London & North Western Railway Co London
- London & South Western Railway Co London
- London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Co London
- London, Midland & Scottish Railway Co London
- London, Tilbury & Southend Railway Co London
- Manning, Wardle & Co Ltd, locomotive builders Leeds, Yorkshire
- Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd, manufacturers of electrical goods and equipment London;Manchester, Lancashire
- Midland Railway Co Derby, Derbyshire
- Nasmyth, Wilson & Co Ltd, ironfounders, locomotive, hydraulic and general engineers Eccles, Lancashire
- Neilson, Reid & Co Ltd, locomotive builders Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Never-Stop Railway (Wembley) Ltd London
- Never-Stop Transit Ltd Southend-on-Sea, Essex
- North British Locomotive Co Ltd, locomotive manufacturers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- North British Railway Co Edinburgh, Midlothian
- North Eastern Railway Co York, Yorkshire
- North London Railway Co London
- North Midland Railway Co
- Peckett & Sons Ltd, locomotive engineers Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Price & Reeves, civil engineering contractors
- Pullman Car Company London
- R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, ship and engine builders, locomotive engineers Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland;Hebburn, Durham
- Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, locomotive manufacturers and shipbuilders Darlington, Durham;Hebburn, Durham
- Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd, locomotive manufacturers Darlington, Durham
- RT Group plc
- Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, agricultural and general engineers, engine builders and boilermakers Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- Sharp, Stewart & Co Ltd, locomotive builders Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne & Manchester Railway
- South Devon Railway Co Devon;Devon
- Southern Railway Company London
- Stockton & Darlington Railway Co Darlington, Durham
- Tees Navigation Co Stockton-on-Tees, Durham
- Vulcan Foundry Ltd, locomotive builders Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire
- WG Bagnall Ltd, locomotive engineers Stafford, Staffordshire
- Wilkes & Ashmore, industrial designers Horsham, Sussex
- William Lunn, railway surveyor
Organisations (17)
- Barrow-in-Furness port Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire
- Britain’s Railway All Change Oral History Project (BRAC)
- British Railways Engineers' Ex-Servicemen's Association
- British Transport Commission
- Campaign for Better Transport
- Crown Agents
- Locomotive Manufacturers Association
- London and North Eastern Railway Builders Football Club
- National Railway Museum
- North Eastern Railway Station Masters and Agents Association
- Railfuture Ltd. Clevedon, Somerset
- Railtrack Private Shareholders Action Group
- Railway and Canal Historical Society
- Railway Mission, Bedford Bedford, Bedfordshire;England;Scotland;Wales
- Railway Mission, Doncaster Doncaster, Yorkshire
- The Euston Squares
- Woking Railway Orphanage Woking, Surrey
Persons (51)
- Addison, John, (1820-1903), engineer Maryport, Cumberland
- Alexander, John Lyon, (1821-1884), architect and railway surveyor
- Broughall, John Alan, (1900-1974), electrical and railway engineer, Assistant Chief Electrical Engineer to British Transport Commission London;Stafford, Staffordshire
- Bulleid, Oliver Vaughan Snell, (1882-1970), railway engineer
- Bushnell, Kathleen, (1920-2005), booking office clerk, Southern Railway at Coulsdon North
- Chapelon, Andre, (fl1969-1978), locomotive engineer
- Clark, Edwin, (1814-1894), Engineer
- Click, John Gaywood, (1926-1989), railway engineer
- Cobb, Michael, (1916- 2010), Colonel, railway cartographer and historian
- Coleman, Ray, (fl1975-1976), railway engineer
- Dixon Abbott, John, (fl 1910-1950), engineer
- Dodd, John, (1852-1899), station master
- Gates, James, (fl 1903-1932), railway police officer
- Gooch, Sir Daniel, (1816-1889), 1st Baronet Engineer
- Grasemann, Cuthbert, (1890-1962), public relations officer and amateur artist London
- Grew, Nathaniel, (1829-1897), engineer
- Hackworth, Timothy, (1786-1850), Railway Engineer
- Hardwick, Philip, (1792-1870), architect
- Hastings, Brian James, (1934-2015), rail enthusiast and for publicity officer for Flying Scotsman Enterprises Ltd Lincolnshire;Lincolnshire
- Hawes, Alan, (fl1912-1995), railway engineer
- Head, Jeremiah, (1835-1899), Roberrt Stephenson and employee at Co., locomotive manufacturing company, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Holbrey, William, (fl1926-1927), locomotive driver
- Johnson, Robert, (c1829-1891), railway engineer
- Johnson, Samuel Waite, (fl1873-1888), locomotive engineer
- Joy, David, (1825-1903), Consulting Engineer Naval Architect
- Kaukas, Bernard, (1922-2014), MBE, architect, British Rail Director of Environment
- Kersey, Peter Kenneth, (fl1947-1980), senior railway inspector
- Kitchin, Ezra, (fl 1936), signalman
- Kitching, Alfred, (1808-1882), locomotive builder
- Maunsell, Richard Edward Lloyd, (c1869-1944), railway engineer
- Morris, Ej, (c 1900-1960), Director Pullman Car Co
- Neele, George Potter, (1825-1921), Railway Superintendent
- Neilson, Harry, (fl 1925-1950), clerk of proceedings for Railway Queen events
- Neumann, George, (1817-1898), Civil Engineer
- Pease, Henry, (1807-1881), Quaker, railway promoter and MP
- Purvis, Tom, (1880-1957), Artist
- Raisbeck, Leonard, (1773-1845), railway promoter, lawyer and landowner
- Rastrick, John Urpeth, (1780-1856), civil engineer
- Redman, Ronald Nelson, (1931-2013), author
- Rennie, Sir John, (1794-1874), Knight civil engineer
- Riddles, Robert Arthur, (1892-1983), locomotive engineer Crewe, Cheshire;Horwich, Lancashire;Derby, Derbyshire;Euston, London;France;Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Spencer, R.H., (fl 1982 -2010), railway worker
- Stephenson, George, (1781-1848), Railway Engineer Wylam, Northumberland
- Stephenson, Robert, (1803-1859), civil engineer
- Thomas, William Herbert Glyn, (1916-1992), travel agent
- Thwaite, James Allen, (1902-1996), railway worker
- Usher, Harry, (d 1927), railway manager
- White, Paul, (fl 1970-1979), railway campaigner
- Wood, Nicholas, (1795-1865), Railway and Mining Engineer
- Worthington, Samuel Barton, (1820-1915), railway civil engineer
- Worthington, William Barton, (1854-1939), railway civil engineer
Diaries (44)
- Baker, Thomas Oliver, (1873-1953), railwayman Derby, Derbyshire
- Baxter, Frank, Railway Engineer London
- Beaver, Professor
- Bird, H, (fl 1860-1870), railway engineer
- Burgoyne, Robert, (fl 1938-1991), engine driver, Sheffield Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Carroll, A.J., (fl1940-1983), railway superintendent Dewsbury, Yorkshire
- Clarke, Harold W, (fl 1920-1965), permanent way inspector
- Cox, E S, Locomotive Engineer
- Crispin, S J, (fl 1929-1985), railway enthusiast
- Dean, William, Locomotive Superintendent Swindon, Wiltshire
- Dendy Marshall, CF, (1872-1945), railway historian
- Dewhurst, P C, Railwayman With The Midland Railway
- Dudley, Mr, (fl 1889-1891), stationmaster Bradford, Yorkshire
- Evans, Frederick, (fl 1846-1858), employee of Sir William Burdett's Patent Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny;County Wexford;Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire
- Evezard, Edward D'Arcy, (fl 1948-1975), photographer
- Farr, Michael, (fl1970-1999), railway historian
- Flather, Henry, (fl 1866-1870), photographer London
- Frame, James, (fl 1885-1890), draughtsman Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Griffiths, Colin, (fl 1988-1992), British Rail train guard and driver Dover, Kent;Ramsgate, Kent
- Handford, Peter, (1919-2007), location sound recordist Four Elms, Kent
- Harrison, Cyril, (fl 1914-1919), medical orderley and conscientious objector France
- Harvey, D W, Railway Shedmaster Norwich, Norfolk
- Holcroft, Harold, (fl 1918-1960), Railway Engineer
- Hopkins, C P, General Manager, Br Southern Rgion
- Hughes, Hugh C, (fl 1943-1998), railway historian India
- Hughes, J O P, (fl 1948-1975), electrical engineering designer London
- Inkle, Alan, (fl1985-1997), British Rail employee
- Kingsford, P W, Railway Clerk At Paddington Station London
- Lovett, Dennis, (fl 1959-1988)
- Mackie, GDH, (fl 1960-1978), railway enthusiast
- Neele, G P, London & North Western Railway
- Potter, Charles, (fl 1950-1959), British Railways (Eastern Region) Public Relations and Publicity Officer London
- Reeves, GC, (fl 1905-1931), London & South Western Railway Stores Department
- Royston, James, (fl 1924-1970), railway and divisional traffic manager, British Railways, London Midland Region London
- Sinton, R, Engine Driver Arbroath, Angus
- Smith, Philip, (fl 1976-1980), railway engineer Derby, Derbyshire
- Springgay, Sidney, (fl 1940-c1969), ship's purser
- Starvis, William, (fl 1949-1962), engine driver Camden, Middlesex
- Turner, Thomas, (fl 1948-1962), engine driver
- Unnamed male, (fl 1843-1844), director of Stockton & Darlington Railway Stockton-on-Tees, Durham
- Watson, John, (fl1840-1846), Railwayman
- Welborn, Kevin, (fl 1975-1990), railway enthusiast
- Williams, Charles, (fl 1890-1952), railway historian
- Williams, Thomas, (fl 1915-1921), engine cleaner Birkenhead, Cheshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (18)
- NRA 44859 John Addison, engineer: diary
- NRA 42851 Doncaster Locomotive Works
- NRA 44846 Alfred Kitching, locomotive builder: diary link to online catalogue
- NRA 43725 Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co: design drawings
- NRA 41094 Locomotive Manufacturers Association
- NRA 44241 Nasmyth, Wilson & Co Ltd, locomotive builders, Patricroft link to online catalogue
- NRA 32928 National Railway Museum: misc accessions
- NRA 42128 George Potter Neele, superintendent of the line, London & North Western Railway: diaries and papers
- NRA 36641 George Neumann, civil engineer: drawings and papers
- NRA 28465 North British Locomotive Co Ltd, Glasgow
- NRA 40901 North Eastern Railway Station Masters and Agents Association link to online catalogue
- NRA 44847 Henry Pease, Stockton and Darlington Railway: corresp
- NRA 44845 George Stephenson, Railway Engineer: papers
- NRA 44848 Robert Stephenson, civil engineer: papers
- NRA 42127 Robert Stephenson & Co, locomotive mfrs, Darlington
- NRA 28464 Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, locomotive builders, Darlington: microfilm
- NRA 44209 Wilkes & Ashmore, industrial designers, Horsham: papers relating to the British Railway Board link to online catalogue
- NRA 44201 Samuel Barton Worthington and William Barton Worthington, railway engineers: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
Accessions
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