Catalogue description Miscellaneous Series of railway photograph albums

[Misc/01] Construction of the King Edward Bridge by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company for the North Eastern Railway in Newcastle, early and intermediate stages of building, 1905; [Misc/02] Construction of the King Edward Bridge by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company for the North Eastern Railway in Newcastle, later stages of building and load testing, 1905; [Misc/03] Great Northern Railway's Doncaster Carriage & Wagon Workshops. Includes group photographs of staff and views of men and women at work, c1916; [Misc/04] Bomb damage on LNER lines during the Second World War, including views of Monkwearmouth, Hull, Sunderland, Whitby, Middlesbrough, Darlington, 1940 - 1941; [Misc/05] Bomb damage on LNER lines during the Second World War, including Blyth, Hull, Scarborough, Tyneside, 1940 - 1941; [Misc/06] Construction of the Stooperdale Locomotive Works, Darlington for the North Eastern Railway, 1908 - 1909; [Misc/07] Record of articles manufactured at Horwich Works by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway for the Government during the First World War, including ammunition, road vehicle bodies, ambulance trains. Volume 1 dated 1915; [Misc/08] Record of articles manufactured at Horwich Works by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway for the Government during the First World War, including ammunition, road vehicle bodies, ambulance trains. Volume 2 dated 1916; [Misc/09] Photographs recording the regulation of holiday railway traffic to Blackpool, Whitsuntide, 1919. Includes views of posters, notices and stations; [Misc/010] Portraits, signed, of Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway officials, 1895; [Misc/011] Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway official photographs of special trains chartered for the Lancashire & Cheshire Miners' Federation demonstration at Blackpool, 21 June 1919, including views of political meeting and show of hands; [Misc/012] Photograph album of H T Buckle, featuring early locomotives of the Great Eastern; Midland; Great Northern; GWR (broad and standard gauge); LNWR; Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway; North Eastern; LBSCR; North Staffordshire and Southern Railway, c1850 - 1950. Early images probably by R E Bleasdale; [Misc/013] J G Robinson's album of construction of Dukinfield Carriage & Wagon Works, near Manchester, for the Great Central Railway, 1909; [Misc/014] Album of J G Click featuring Great Northern; Midland; LBSCR; North British; Glasgow & South Western; Caledonian; Great Eastern; Maryport & Carlisle; Mersey Railway. Some early images by R E Bleasdale; [Misc/015] Photographs of the fire at the LMS's Lawley Street Warehouse, Birmingham, 26 May 1937, and its aftermath; [975/58] Station Hotel at Newcastle, c1900; [Misc/016] Construction of Great Eastern 0-6-0 tender engine No 930 at Stratford Works, in a world record breaking time of 9½ hours, 1891; [Misc/017] Portraits of Taff Vale Railway officials, 1912; [Misc/018] Construction in 1914 of a 54-ton North Eastern Railway trolley wagon mounted with a siege gun, at the beginning of the First World War. Includes photographs of the workers who built it; [Misc/019] Locomotives of the London, Chatham & Dover Railway and the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, small number of Southern Railway views. Complete with historical notes. c1848 - 1930; [Misc/020] Opening of the King George V graving dock in Southampton by King George V, 26 July 1933; [Misc/021] Opening of the King George V graving dock in Southampton by King George V, 26 July 1933. Shows royal yacht 'Victoria and Albert' entering dock and views of RMS 'Majestic'; [Misc/022] Construction of a 1500 volt DC electric locomotive for the North Eastern Railway's Newport to Shildon line, 1913 - 1914. Includes drawings; [Misc/023] Steam locomotives of the Caledonian; LBSCR; Great Central; GWR; Lancashire & Yorkshire and Midland Railways, c1900 - 1920; [Misc/024] Midland Railway's Wellingborough engine shed in the 1890s, showing locomotives being serviced, group views of staff; [Misc/025] Construction of North Eastern Railway steel-bodied kitchen car in 1914. Official NER photographs; [Misc/026] North Eastern Railway's Darlington Works, showing workshop scenes, staff, vehicles under construction, official photographs, c1910; [Misc/027] North Eastern Railway's Gateshead Works, showing workshop scenes, staff, vehicles under construction, official photographs, c1910; [Misc/028] North Eastern Railway's Shildon Works, showing workshop scenes, staff, vehicles under construction, official photographs, c1910; [Misc/029] North Eastern Railway's York Carriage & Wagon Works, showing workshop scenes, staff, vehicles under construction, official photographs, c1910; [Misc/030] Continental Ambulance Train No 34 built for service in the First World War at the Midland Railway's Derby Carriage & Wagon Works in 1917. Includes drawings; [Misc/031] Ambulance train for service with the American Expeditionary Force, built at the Midland Railway's Derby Carriage & Wagon Works in 1917. Includes drawings; [Misc/032] Bomb damage on the GWR Wolverhampton Division during the Second World War. Features incidents ranging from Banbury to Birkenhead. 1940 - 1941; [Misc/033] Filming of 'Victoria the Great' at Bricket Wood in 1937, using Liverpool & Manchester Railway locomotive 'Lion'; [Misc/034] Southern Railway during the Second World War, including scenes of war damage, Home Guard training, women at work, ARP precautions, cinema coach, Southern Railway's Spitfire; [Misc/035] Buildings in British Railway's North Eastern Region, especially York and Darlington works, with views of the erecting shops, NER Headquarters, c1899 - 1905; [Misc/036] LMS steam locomotive 'Coronation Scot' on tour of the USA, 1939; [Misc/037] Immingham Docks under construction, 1912. Album of the Humber Graving Dock & Engineering Co, dated 1947; [Misc/038] LNER's Queens Dock at Hull in 1929. Detailed views of the dock walls and gates; [Misc/039] Opening of North Eastern Railway's King George Dock at Hull by King George V and Queen Mary, 1914; [Misc/040] South Eastern & Chatham Railway and Southern Railway locomotives; [Misc/041] Photographs recording a Pullman car rail tour of England and Scotland in August 1876, mainly scenic views; [Misc/042] Album of photographs donated to the LMS by Westinghouse Brake Co and Saxby Signalling Co Ltd showing the installation of new signalling at Manchester Victoria and Exchange stations; [Misc/043] Official photographs of Lancashire & Yorkshire, North Eastern, East Coast Joint Stock carriages, rail motors and road vehicles, c1900 to 1920; [Misc/044] Unveiling of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway's War Memorial at Dover Marine station 28 October 1922; [Misc/045]; Caledonian Railway's Wemyss Bay line widening scheme, c1902; [Misc/046] Items manufactured by the North Eastern Railway's Gateshead Works during the First World War, 1916; [Misc/047] Axholme Light Railway, album compiled by M Woodhouse; [Misc/048] Severn Tunnel pumping station at Sudbrook, 1957; [Misc/049] View from the top of the chimney at Horwich Works, 7 July 1896; [Misc/050] No album with this number; [Misc/051] Construction of the GWR's South Western and Bristol line, 1898 - 1899; [Misc/052] Ambulance trains, mobile headquarters and munitions manufactured by railway works during the World War; [Misc/053] LNWR; North Eastern; Midland; Great Northern; Great Central; GWR, locomotives and trains, c1920; [Misc/054] Construction of the LNER 1500 volt DC freight locomotive 'Tommy' for the Manchester, Sheffield & Wath electrification, 1940; [Misc/055] O V Bulleid's album of official Southern Railway photographs from Eastleigh Works, showing components such as cylinders, Boxpox wheels and boilers; [Misc/056] LNER hotels in England and Scotland, c1935. Exterior and interior views; [Misc/057] Construction of British Railways Western Region Class 14 0-6-0DH D9500 650 hp diesel-hydraulic locomotive at Swindon Works in 1964; [Misc/058] Portraits, signed, of the chief officials of the North Eastern Railway, 1904; [Misc/059] British Railways London Midland Region overhead equipment construction vehicle used in electrification work, including drawings, 1949; [Misc/060] Princess Christian hospital train built during the First World War, 1915; [Misc/062] Construction of a trailer car for the Mersey Railway, 1908; [Misc/063] Stephenson Centenary album, 1881. Includes views of Wylam, Stephenson's birthplace, West Moor Colliery, Puffing Billy, rocket, memorial to Stephenson in Trinity Church, Chesterfield; [Misc/064] Seventy years of locomotive construction on the Great Northern and LNER, 1866 to 1936. [Misc/065] No 1 and No 2 ambulance trains built by the Great Central Railway during the First World War, 1914. [Misc/066] Locomotives trapped by a snowstorm in the Manchester area, January 1940; [Misc/101] Pullman cars, posed official photographs, c1945 - 1960; [Misc/102] Immingham Dock; [Misc/103] North Eastern Railway locomotives, carriages, wagons and road vehicles. Official photographs, c1900 - 1920; [Misc/105] North Eastern Railway official photographs of female munitions workers, accidents, c1910 - 1920; [Misc/106] Construction and trials of LNER W1 class experimental high-pressure four cylinder 4-6-2-2 compound engine No 10000. [Misc/107] British Transport Commission Eastern Area album of train services, electrification, rolling stock, stations, welfare services, boat trains, engineering works, permanent way work, road vehicles, c1958; [Misc/108] North Eastern Railway officials on staff outings, including Barnard Castle; [Misc/109] LNER bridges in the North-East; [Misc/110] Accidents on the North Eastern Railway and Great Northern Railway, c1907 - 1911; [Misc/111] Stockton & Darlington Railway fiftieth anniversary, catalogue of engines exhibited, complete with photographs and locomotive histories, 1875; [Misc/112] Midland Railway carriages, official photographs, c1890 - 1910; [Misc/113(A)] Midland Railway horseboxes, trucks and milk vans, official photographs, c1890 - 1910; [Misc/113(B)] Midland Railway wagon stock, official photographs, c1890 - 1910; [Misc/114] Midland Railway carriage stock, official photographs; c1890 - 1910; [Misc/116] Midland Railway wagon stock, official photographs, c1890 - 1910; [Misc/117] Stockton & Darlington Railway centenary celebrations in 1925, official LNER photographs; [Misc/118] North Eastern Railway and predecessor company locomotives, 1825 - 1889, photographs by R E Bleasdale; [Misc/119] North Eastern Railway and North Eastern Joint Stock coaches and wagons. York Carriage & Wagon Works, c1890 - 1910; [Misc/120] LNER road vehicles officials, c1925 - 1935; [Misc/121] Glasgow & South Western Railway locomotives and rolling stock, official posed views; [Misc/122] Caledonian Railway locomotives, official posed views, 1837 to 1916; [Misc/123] Great North of Scotland locomotives and rolling stock; [Misc/124] Official carriage prints of scenic locations served by the North Eastern Railway; [Misc/125] Official carriage prints of scenic locations served by the North Eastern Railway; [Misc/126] Portraits of Chief Engineers of the GWR and British Railways Western Region, 1833 - 1962; [Misc/127] Group views of the GWR and British Railways Engineers Department, c1850 - 1960; [Misc/128] Midland Railway's Mansfield & Southwell line under construction in 1870.

• Railway transport
• Transport engineering
• First World War, 1914-1918
• Second World War, 1939-1945
• State security

The photograph albums have been acquired from a variety of sources and cover a wide range of subjects. Some of the photographs are from official sources now held in the Museum's photographic collections, but generally there are no original negatives. The albums may be viewed in the Reading Room.