Catalogue description The Thomas Preston collection of railway photographs taken in Yorkshire and Durham

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Details of The Preston Collection
Reference: The Preston Collection
Title: The Thomas Preston collection of railway photographs taken in Yorkshire and Durham
Description:

This small collection of 6½ x 4½ ins glass and film negatives features North Eastern locomotives with goods and passenger trains, together with Lancashire & Yorkshire and Great Northern engines.

 

There is a list giving details of railway company, engine type and location.
Date: c1912-1914
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Preston, Thomas, fl 1905-1914, Personal Clerk to the General Superintendent, North Eastern Railway
Physical description: 25 negatives
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

Thomas Preston began working for the North Eastern Railway in about 1905, resigning when he was Personal Clerk to the General Superintendent in 1911. He subsequently published articles in the 'Railway Magazine' on the North Eastern and on signalling.

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