Catalogue description J G Click collection of photographs of the Southern Railway, Bulleid locomotives and Rugby Test Plant

Also includes images of railways in Ireland and preserved lines in the UK.

A list is available of negatives, divided by railway company, locomotive class, name/number and location. The negatives are also listed in numerical order.

Click, John Gaywood, 1926-1989, railway engineer

• Railway transport
• Transport engineering

John Gaywood Click went to work for the Southern Railway in 1943 as a Premium Apprentice. On completion of his apprenticeship he joined the company's Drawing Office, and then worked as a Technical Assistant at the Rugby Locomotive Testing Station, before being seconded to the Irish Transport Company in 1956 as personal assistant to O V Bulleid. He worked in Dublin for two years on the creation of the 'Turf Burner', an experimental double bogie steam locomotive that was intended to burn peat as fuel. His work was halted by the onset of the diesel in Ireland and he returned briefly to Rugby in 1958 where he continued his experimental work in other areas.

During the 1960s Click took up the post of Assistant Works Manager at Eastleigh Locomotive Works, where he laid the foundations for the repair of diesel locomotives and associated equipment. He resigned in 1965 and continued his design work with a British-based American company, before taking up teaching. He maintained his links with the railway community, however, by speaking at society meetings, and providing advice to owners of preserved Bulleid engines.

There is also a body of archive material and albums once owned by Click in the 'Misc' series.