Railway transport
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
Acts of Parliament on railway development, 1833 - 1845
Acts of Parliament relating to the formation and expansion of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, the Midland Counties Railway Company, the Great Western Railway Company and the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, with two Acts relating to the formation of railways in general.
Circular on changing gauge, 1846
A circular sent by a shareholder to the other shareholders of the Great Western Railway on the need to change gauge while Government aid is available.
Correspondence of Railway Gauge Commission, 1845 - 1859
Correspondence between members of the Railway Gauge Commission and the general public concerning the commission. The papers include statistics of the railways, plans and measures of the engines, manuscript and printed recommendations of the Commission, and extracts from newspaper articles.
Correspondence of Railway Gauge Commission, 1845 - 1846
Correspondence between the Railway Gauge Commission and the railway companies, including manuscripts to supplement the interviews and miscellaneous papers on experiments between broad and narrow gauges and other subjects.
Correspondence on Abinger Magnetic Observatory, 1893 - 1937
Correspondence on approaching railways, 1881 - 1890
Correspondence on the Deal time ball, 1855 - 1858
Correspondence with J. Washington, J.C. Clark and C.V. Walker and others regarding the time ball at Deal. There is also a plan of the magnets of the Deal Time Ball and two maps of the South Eastern Railway and connecting railways in Europe.
Dialogues of the Gauges, 1846
A booklet titled 'Dialogues of the Gauges', containing four imaginary conversations between two railway tracks, one broad and one narrow. The author is unknown.
Double Gauge Railways, 1847
A book by R. Stephenson on 'Double Gauge Railways', with several diagrams.
Experimental trip of New Locomotive Engine, 1846
A promotional booklet for the Great Western Railway titled 'Experimental trip of the Great Western New Locomotive Passenger Engine, made on the 13th June 1846. Extracted from the 'Morning Herald' of June 15'.
Gauge Evidence, 1846
A volume concerning the gauge question titled 'Gauge Evidence. The History and Prospects of the Railway System, illustrated by the evidence given before the Gauge Commission. By Samuel Sidney'.
Gauge map
An undated map showing the effect of laying the narrow gauge in addition to the broad gauge between Oxford, Basingstoke and London.
Great Western Railway Directors' Report, 1846
'Report of the Directors of the Great Western Railway Company to the Proprietors' - a report to shareholders stating the position of the Great Western Railway in comparison with rival railways.
Interview minutes of Railway Gauge Commission, 1845
Minutes of interviews held by the Railway Gauge Commission, 6 August - 4 September 1845. The interviewees are R. Stephenson, J. Locke, J.E. McConnell, Col. G. Landmann, H. Pringle, M. Bruyeres, A. Martin, W. Cubitt, Captain J. Milligan Laws, T.J. Buckton and J. Gray.
Interview minutes of Railway Gauge Commission, 1845
Minutes of interviews held by the Railway Gauge Commission, 17-30 October 1845. The interviewees are D. Gooch, S. Clarke, C.A. Saunders, I.K. Brunel, W. Fernihough, W. Harding and B.W. Horne.
Interview minutes of Railway Gauge Commission, 1845
Minutes of interviews held by the Railway Gauge Commission 1 November - 18 December 1845. The interviewees are T. Whitaker, J. Sanders, I.K. Brunel, W. Bass, E. Wood, N. Wood, R. Down, G. Hudson, T. Jackson and Major General C.W. Pasley.
Interview minutes of Railway Gauge Commission, 1845
Printed minutes of the Railway Gauge Commission interviews corrected by the interviewees who appear in RGO 6/285-287. Other interviewees are C.B. Vignoles, J.U. Rastrick, E. Bury, J. Braithwaite, Captain W. O'Brien, T.C. Mills, G. Rodmer, Captain M. Huish, E. Jones, R. Creed, P. Clarke, J. Brown, R. Roberts, W.J. Chaplin, J. Hawkshaw, J. Ellis, J. Hayward, J.P. Budd, General Sir J.W. Gordon and Major Sir J.F. Burgoyne.
Interview minutes of Railway Gauge Commission, 1845
Proof sheets of the minutes of interviews held by the Railway Gauge Commission, including some duplicates. The latter portion has been revised by Sir F. Smith and others appear to have been corrected by the interviewees.
Interview minutes of Railway Gauge Commission, 1845
Printed minutes of interviews held by the Railway Gauge Commission, with an appendix.
Junction of the Broad and Narrow Gauges, 1846
A circular titled 'Junction of the Broad and Narrow Gauges', advertising a method of changing gauges without stoppage or inconvenience.
Letter from Joseph Locke, 1848
A booklet containing a letter from Joseph Locke to the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P., on the best way of avoiding the evils of mixed gauge railways and the break of gauge.
Letters on Railway Gauge Commission, 1845 - 1847
Letters received by the Secretary of the Railway Gauge Commission relating to the formation of the Commission, the return of completed circulars, and the date and time of appointments for interviews. There are letters from G. Stephenson, J. Saunders, I.K. Brunel, J. Nasmyth, W. Cubitt, R. Stephenson and others. There is also an extract from Bradshaw's 'Railway Gazette' and other newspapers.
Minutes of the Railway Gauge Commission, 1845 - 1846
Minutes of the Railway Gauge Commission, 18 July - 2 December 1845. At the back of the volume are copies of letters sent out by the Commissioners for the collection of materials and interviewees for its report.
Narrow Gauge speedier, 1846
A booklet titled 'Narrow Gauge speedier than Broad Gauge Railways, as well as cheaper. By H S Melville', regarding the advantages of the narrow gauge.
Observations on the Gauge Commission evidence, 1846
An official paper titled 'Supplemental Observations on the published evidence and appendix of the Gauge Commission'.