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27 July 2010

Signalling Record Society

Index To The Archives

The indexes to the Archives are in process of being made available on this web site. The files are in Adobe Acrobat® (PDF) format and their availability can be determined from the entries in the Listing column below. If the entry is coloured then it is a link to the detail index, click on the link to view. No colouring - not yet available in PDF format on the web site!

Please note that material for one region of the country may actually be found in an archive box ascribed to a different region. In particular, Birmingham S&T were involved in schemes in all BR Regions!

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Archive Box Contents

Box	Contents	Listing
41-43	Accident reports
44	Accident reports 1960-90
51	Appendices: LMS, LMS/GWJt	RN8
52	Appendices: BR(LM) 1960	RN8
53-54	Appendices: BR(LM) 1969-1985	RN8
55	Appendices: GW, BR General	RN8
56	Appendices: BR(S), BR(SC)	RN8
57	Appendices: BR(W) 1960	RN8
58	Appendices: BR(W) 1969	RN8
59	Appendices: LNE, BR(E) 1960	RN8
60	Appendices: BR(E) 1969-1972	RN8
61	Appendices: BR(NE)	RN8
62	Appendices: BR loose-leaf (1990s)	RN8
63-64	Miscellaneous Instruction Books	Yes
65-70	ER Signalling Notices 1968-96	Yes
71	Betts files	Yes
72	Miscellaneous Instructions ex Porchester Road
73	GWR & BR(W) Signalling Notices	Yes
74	LMSR, LNER, BR(LM) & BR(Sc) Signalling Notices
75	LT Signalling Notices	Yes
76	LNER, BR(E) & BR(NE) Signalling Notices	Yes
77, 77A	SR & BR(S) Signalling Notices
101-132	Cullum Collection - SECR lines	Catalogue
133-149	Cullum Collection - LBSCR lines	Catalogue
150-187	Cullum Collection - LSWR lines	Catalogue
188-194	Carr Collection - LSWR lines	Catalogue
195-205	Cullum Collection - miscellaneous	Yes
206-207	Wagstaff Bequest - folders	Yes
208	Cullum collection - miscellaneous
209	Hillier collection, Southern Region items	209
210	SR / BR(S) Collections	210
211	Pryer Collection - SR diagrams etc	211
212-213	Kadwell Collection, Southern items	212-213
214-215	Elms Collection - SR diagrams	214-215
216-218	Cullum collection - miscellaneous
219	Talbot Collection - SR diagrams	219
220	BR(S) microfilm diagrams
301-304	Batts Collection - GWR lines	301 302 303 304
305	Various BR(W) diagrams	box 305
306-308	Carr Collections - GWR lines transferred to BR(S)	Yes
309	BR(W) Standard Drawings
310	GWR London Division Classification of SBs
311	GWR & BR(W) Signal Dept Mechanical Drawings Index
312-313	John Morris Collection - BR(W) Diagrams
314-315	John Morris Collection - BR(W) Miscellaneous Papers
316	(not in use)
317	Richards Collection - BR(W) Notices etc
318	Correspondence Files - Swindon & Frome S&T
319	Cardani collection - London area	Yes
320	Cardani collection - Reading/Gloucester areas	Yes
321	Cardani collection - Bristol/Plymouth/Birmingham areas	Yes
322	Cardani collection - South Wales area	Yes
323	Cardani collection - Technical Instructions	Yes
324-325	GWR / BR(W) Collections	324 325
326	Maiden Collection - WR diagrams	326
327	Collins Collection - WR diagrams	327
328	Hallett Collection, Western items	328
329-330	Alan Horner Collection, Western items	329-330
331	Alan Jarvis Collection, South Wales items	331
332-333	South Devon & Cornwall dog charts	332 333
334	Westbury area signalling plans	334
335-338	GWR / BR(W) rolled diagrams	335 336 337 338
501-502	Batts Collection - LMS & Joint lines	box 501-502
503-505	Booth Collection - LMS lines	Yes
506-508	LNW/LMS S&T Record Sketches
509	Cheshire - South Lancashire area drawings	509
510	LMS & BR(LM) Technical Papers
511	BR(LM) Power Box Guides - ex Birmingham S&T	511
512-518 528-544	BR(LM) S&T Plans - ex Birmingham S&T	512 513 514 515 516 517 518 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545
519	BR(LM) S&T Plans - GW lines - ex Birmingham S&T	519
520	Watts Collection - BR(LM) & BR(E)	520
521	Brenholz Collection
522	Swift notebooks	Yes
523	Cardani Collection - LMR south	Yes
524	Cardani Collection - LMR north	Yes
525-526	LMS / BR(LM) Collections	525 526
527	Collins Collection - LMR diagrams	527
551-568	BR(LM) S&T Correspondence Files	Yes
701-706	BR(E) Correspondence re closure of lines	Yes
707	Signalling Plans - LTS lines	707
708	Batts Collection - LNE lines	Yes
709-712	S&T Plans & Signalbox Diagrams - GN & GE lines	Yes
713	S&T Plans & Signalbox Diagrams - BR(E)	713
714	S&T Plans & Signalbox Diagrams - BR(E)	714
715-717	S&T Plans & Signalbox Diagrams - BR(E)
718	BR(E) Power Box Records
719-720	LNE / BR(E) Collections	719 720
721	Collins Collection - ER diagrams	721
722-723	East Anglia Signalmen's Instructions	722-723
724	GE Lines (London area) diagrams	724
725-726	Alan Foulner collection - SB diagrams etc	725 726
727-728	Alan Foulner collection - NER track diagrams
729	BR(E) S&T Plans - ex Birmingham S&T	729
901	HSE level crossing files - LMR	901-912
902-903	HSE level crossing files - ER	901-912
904	HSE level crossing files - ER, WR, SR, NER	901-912
905-910	HSE level crossing files - ScR	901-912
911	HSE level crossing files - ScR, light railways	901-912
912	HSE level crossing files - private railways	901-912
913	BR(Sc) / LT / Other Collections	913
914-915	Guest Collection - notebooks, all regions	914-915
916	Collins Collection - ScR diagrams	916
917	Signalling notes - Australia & Ireland
918	Dublin CTC manuals
1001-1003	Westinghouse catalogues & brochures
1004	MV-GRS, AEI-GRS & GEC-GRS catalogues & brochures
1005	SGE catalogues & brochures
1006	STC catalogues & brochures
1007-1008	IRSE documentation
1009-1010	Contractors' publicity material - overseas
L1-L5	BR(W) Signalbox Diagrams - on loan
C1	LMS / BR(LM) Collections	Drawer C1
C3	GW / BR(W) Collections	Drawer C3
C4	LNE / BR(E) Collections	Drawer C4
C4	BR(Sc) / LT / Other Collections	Drawer C4
C5	SR / BR(S) Collections	Drawer C5
C7	Crewe mechanical diagrams	Shelf C7
C9	Batts Collection - GWR lines	Shelf C9 Wr
C9	Batts Collection - LMS lines	Shelf C9 LMR
C9	Batts Collection - LNE lines	Shelf C9 ERr
C9	Batts Collection - contractors	Shelf C9 Contr
C9	Batts Collection - miscellaneous	Shelf C9 Misc
C11	Westbury area Diagrams	Shelf C11

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Document Type Categories

Within the listings documents are coded so as to give an indication of what they will contain. These codes are set out here.

ARCH	Architectural drawing.
CIRC	Circuit diagram.
DET	Detection table - electrical and/or mechanical.
ELEC	Electrical control table.
LAYOUT	Layout diagram - plan showing track layout (not to scale) without signalling detail.
LEVER	Lever locking table - equivalent for an all-electric frame.
MAP	Map.
MECH	Mechanical locking - tables and/or chart.
MISC	Anything not covered in the other categories. Further explanation often included.
NUMB	Numbering plan - diagram showing numbers of functions, not to scale.
ROUTE	Route locking table.
SBD	Signalbox diagram - as displayed in the box, or an office copy of that.
SCALE	Scale plan of railway property.
SCHEME	Scheme diagram - plan showing (actual or proposed) alterations, typically with new work in red.
SK	Sketch diagram - properly drafted diagram, to scale longitudinally, showing track layout and full signalling details.

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