Catalogue description The A Milligan collection of steam locomotive photographs from around the world

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Details of The Milligan Collection
Reference: The Milligan Collection
Title: The A Milligan collection of steam locomotive photographs from around the world
Description:

Includes transparencies showing railways in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Turkey, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Spain and South Africa; colour transparencies of British railway subjects, including Western Region diesel engines and industrial locomotives photographed in London, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Wales; the collection comprises a large body of black and white prints which were taken at about the same time and similarly show overseas locomotives posed and in motion, mainly from Holland, France, Belgium and Ireland; there are also colour postcards of pre-grouping locomotives of the LBSCR, LSWR, Great Central, Great Northern and M& GNR.

 

There is a handwritten list giving details of country, company, locomotive type, number, name, location and date.
Date: c1959-1973
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Milligan, A, fl 1959-1973, railway photographer
Physical description: Approx 4,980 35mm colour slides; Approx 1,000 prints mounted on paper
Subjects:
  • Railway transport

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