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Item No. 33235
Commercial postcard (unused) produced by Locomotive Publishing Co. of the interior of Child’s Hill Running Shed with at least eight engines stabled around the turntable.
Item No. 16609
Cook's British Tours. Midland Railway coupon No 1427 for a third class single journey between Birmingham and Leicester.
Item No. 88-D1036
Screw Coupling E, for Suburban Stock Drg.No.2870
Item No. 08182
Luggage Label Type: M105/1
Form No: P. F. 70. Print Ref: R 2-50,000-11/06.
Destination: BEDFORD
Item No. 67548
COPY POSTCARD / PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE JOHN ALSOP COLLECTION
MR - Eardisley, Hereford. - Closed 1962 - From above - Photo: C. L. Mowat - 13/08/1932 - LGRP 11831
John Alsop collection A 12023
Item No. 28523
Midland Railway book of Permanent Way Diagrams of Points and Crossings 1881. 10 pages of coloured drawings giving details of various track configurations.
Item No. 92667
Leeds Holbeck Fitting Shop interior, May 1907. A broadside view of 4-4-0 Belpaire No. 821 under repair. It was on stands, its wheels having been dropped out.
Item No. 66526
Avonmouth - platform level view of the station showing much of the station, and track layout including the run round loop, with passenger train in the station
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