Catalogue description R G Jarvis collection of lantern slides used to illustrate his lectures on locomotive design.

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Details of The Jarvis Collection
Reference: The Jarvis Collection
Title: R G Jarvis collection of lantern slides used to illustrate his lectures on locomotive design.
Description:

It features copies of official photographs, with scenes of engines under construction, including detailed views of the Southern Railway's Merchant Navy class and LMS locomotives. There are also charts and graphs, and images showing both diesel and steam locomotives in operation in the United States.

 

Lantern slides can be consulted by special request. Some of the negatives may appear in the Brighton Works collection (also held by the NRM).
Date: c1945-1960
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Jarvis, R G, fl 1945-1960, British Railways draughtsman, of Brighton
Physical description: Approx 465 slides
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
  • Transport engineering
Administrative / biographical background:

R G Jarvis was a draughtsman at British Railways' Brighton Works who supervised the production of drawings for the British Railways 9F 2-10-0 and the rebuilds of the Southern Pacifics.

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