Catalogue description The A B Macleod collection of railway photographs

This record is held by Search Engine (National Railway Museum)

Details of The Macleod Collection
Reference: The Macleod Collection
Title: The A B Macleod collection of railway photographs
Description:

The MacLeod collection covers a wide range of railways in Britain. There is a great concentration of negatives showing the Caledonian Railway and other Scottish railway companies, whilst the Isle of Wight, LMS, Great Western, Great Central, North Eastern, Midland, and Great Eastern are all represented, as are the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, Metropolitan Railway, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, narrow gauge and light railways and Irish railways. The collection also comprises a body of archive material comprising F Moore colour prints, drawings, plans and gradient profiles extracted from magazines such as 'Engineering', 'Railway Engineer', 'Railway Gazette', together with some official company drawings. There is also some film material, held at the National Film & Television Archive, with copies retained by the NRM.

 

The prints cover c1860-1965

 

The negative collection of Macleod's own photographs covers 1920-1965
Date: c1860-1965
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Macleod, Alistair B, 1900-1990, railway enthusiast
Physical description: 1,800 film negatives; 1,200 prints
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Unpublished finding aids:

List available, ordered by railway company, covering approx 1,375 of MacLeod's own photographs. Some reference prints produced from MacLeod's negatives. The archive of historic prints is not numbered or listed, nor are there negatives, but these are broadly grouped by subject.

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