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NPR - National Corporation: Railways - 19th century-21st century

1 - Staff and employment records - 1846-1983

2 - Operational records - 1877-1964

4 - Corporate records

5 - Internal administration - 1841-1986

1 - Memoranda and circulars - 1890-1941

2 - Subject and reference files - 1841-1986

1 - Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Bill - 1859

2 - Hoylake Railway Bill - 1863

3 - London & North Western Railway and Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway amalgamation - 1921

4 - GNR Louth and Mablethorpe railway plan - 19th century

5 - Manchester & Birmingham Railway. Macclesfield Branch contract - 1844

6 - Manchester & Birmingham Railway. Manchester Stn contract - 1841

7 - Petitions by opponents to proposed West Cheshire Railway (See also NPR 6993/A/9) - 1861-1862

8 - Birkenhead Docks Plan - 1857

9 - Plans of proposed West Cheshire Railway (See also NPR 6993/A/7) - 1861

11 - Papers regarding building of Seymour Street new offices - 'Euston House' - 1927-1936

12 - Papers regarding Wolverton Science and Art Institute - 1920s-1951

13 - Papers regarding Inverness Workshops - 1924-1946

14 - Papers regarding Manchester Liverpool Road Goods Depot - 1936

15 - West London and West London Extension Railways - 1863-1909

16 - London Midland & Scottish Railway canals bye laws - 1938

17 - London Midland & Scottish Railway’s chief office for Scotland: Organisation of department and co-operation within other departments - c 1932-1946

18 - Crewe Works electricity supply organisation - 1929-1946

19 - Grove Park Estate, Watford - 1939-1946

20 - London & North Western and Great Western Joint Railway - mixed trains - 1892-1893

21 - London Midland & Scottish and Great Western Joint Railway single line working - 1934

22 - Track circuit failures due to sanding - 1932-1949

23 - Automatic Train Control - 1913-1927

24 - Stowager-Hudd automatic train control - 1927-1947

25 - Policy for rolling stock ordering - 1928-1945

26 - Sir Josiah Stamp’s miscellaneous file - 1926

27 - Garratt Locomotives - 1935-1954

28 - London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0 locomotives - 1926-1936

29 - Wirral Railway half-yearly reports - 1892-1899

30 - Report on railway and dock arrangements in Merseyside area - Post 1945

31 - Holyhead and Kingston Mail Service and contract - 1920s-1950s

32 - Severn & Wye Joint Railway - 1890s

33 - Mr Bennie’s Invention - 1939-1944

34 - Excise Duty on Heavy Petroleum Oil - 1933-1936

35 - Railway Savings Banks - c 1870-1940

36 - Railway Pension Funds - c 1912-1951

37 - De Trafford Light Railway - c 1928-1934

38 - Railway Companies’ Association - c 1898-1944

39 - Diesel Railcars - 1954

40 - Breakdown Equipment - 1969

41 - Marshalling Yards Rationalisation - 1964-1967

42 - Electrification of lines planned for proposed new Cheshire towns - c 1946-1955

43 - Regional electrification committee - 1970-1974

44 - West Coast electrification - 1971

45 - West Coast Main Line capacity - 1966

46 - Weaver Junction to Glasgow electrification and re-signalling - 1966-1974

47 - Euston main line electrification - 1959

48 - Euston main line electrification - 1959-1960

49 - Electrification planning committee - 1964-1968

50 - Modernisation progress - 1955-1957

51 - West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive - 1981-1986

52 - West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive - 1981-1986

53 - Bedford/St Pancras Line - 1973-1974

54 - Euston Station reconstruction - 1961-1963

55 - Review draft report- Euston–Manchester direct services - 1967-1968

56 - Birmingham – Euston Pullman service proposals - 1964-1968

57 - Euston – Wolverhampton, use of "The Executive" Set - 1966-1969

58 - London Midland and Scottish Railway Goods Conference minutes - 1923-1934

59 - London Midland and Scottish Railway Transport Committee - 1928-1931

60 - Unremunerative railway services - 1957-1984

61 - Football special trains and vandalism - 1970-1975

62 - Papers regarding development of an Advanced Passenger Train - 1972-1977

63 - North Western Servants' Benevolent Fund, collecting dogs - 1913-1934

64 - Correspondence regarding donations received through collecting boxes in various model trains and ferry services - 1906-1932

65 - Insurance, provident and pension societies - 1911-1924

3 - Report to British Transport Commission re: accident to Emerald Isle express at Chester - Dec 1959

4 - 'Reshaping of British Railways. Summary of position at 31st December 1966. Passenger Services: London Midland Region' - 1966

6 - Premises and property records - 1853-1969

7 - Accounting and financial records - 1854-1925

8 - Legal - 1838-1969

9 - Plans

10 - Ephemera - 1899-1904