Model train and section of track, c.1950s – 1980s

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/20/12

Scope and Contents

The sheet accompanying the engine and single coal wagon states that this is an Airfix ‘00/HO scale rolling stock model British Railways 2.6.0. (Mogul)’. The single piece of track is stuck to a wooden board. The locomotives were designed in Doncaster and introduced in December 1952.

Dates

Creation: c.1950s – 1980s

Extent

4 object(s) : Wood, metal, plastic and paper

Additional Description

Related Materials

Postcards related to trains and railways are catalogued as NRI2/7/24.

The following books owned by Joseph Needham associated with railways are held in the Needham Research Institute:

‘A Catechism of the Steam-Engine’ by John Bourne (Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1863). With bookplates for Joseph Needham M.B. (Assistant Professor of Anatomy, University of Aberdeen, with a coat of arms and moto Nunc aut nunquam, translated Now or never) and ‘Ex Libris Joseph et Dorothy Needham’. Reference: 342y BOU (RBR)

‘The Ways of Our Railways’ by Charles H. Grinling (Ward, Lock and Co. Ltd., 1910). Inscribed ‘To Noël Terence Needham, Bournemouth 10th Jan. 1911 from “Mum”’. Reference: 361.07 GRI (RBR)

‘All About Railways: A Book for Boys’ by F.S. Hartnell (Cassell and Company Ltd., no date of publication). Inscribed ‘N.J.T.M. Needham Xmas 1912 from Dear Mother’. Reference: 361.07 HAR (RBR)

‘The Railway Centenary: A Retrospect’ by Randall Davies (London and North Eastern Railway Company, 1925). With a bookplate ‘Ex Libris Joseph et Dorothy Needham’. Reference: 361.001 DAV (RBR)

‘La Peine des Hommes: Le Rail’ by Pierre Hamp (Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1923). With Joseph Needham’s signature on the front cover. Fragile. In French. Reference: 361.072 HAM (RBR)

‘Schmalspurig durch Österreich’ by Walter Krobot, Josef Slezak and Hans Sternhart (Wien: Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, 1961). Includes 3 receipts (1 for the book and 2 for train tickets) dated 1961 and 1965. The inside cover has Joseph Needham’s signature with ‘Dürnstein N.De. 1965’ and a page of town names and train times with ‘+GD 12 Aug. 65’ in Joseph Needham’s handwriting. Reference: 361.073 KRO (RBR).