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The National Railway Museum (NRM) holds the largest body of technical archive material relating to the building and design of railway rolling stock in Britain.
Within this archive the surviving engineering drawings from the major railway company workshops are by far the most numerous type of document. Although inevitably incomplete, they are a unique resource unrivalled in Britain or overseas.
The museum is responsible for caring for and giving access to these archives and it is undertaking a long-term programme of conservation and cataloguing. There are hundreds of thousands of drawings to be worked on.
To help with this work the museum has recently built partnerships with experts in particular fields who can contribute their skills. As a result not only the Derby locomotive drawings, but also the Doncaster locomotive and Stratford works archives are nearing completion. Nonetheless, there are still other works archives to be dealt with. The museum is interested in hearing from others who have the skills and knowledge to assist this work.
All the original drawings reproduced in these volumes are from the London Midland and Scottish Railway section of the Derby locomotive works drawing office. Many of the photographs are also from the museum's extensive holdings both of official company archives and the work of individual photographers.
A selection of drawings is available through the museum's copy drawings service. If there is sufficient user demand, the museum will develop this service by adding further drawings. Photographs from the museum's collections can also be ordered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
Library and Archive Collections
The National Railway Museum
Leeman Road
YORK, Y026 4XJ
Tel : 01904 621261
e-mail nrm.library@nmsi.ac.uk
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