Catalogue description The Sherwood collection of railway photographs

Comprises 35mm to 6 x 4 ins film negatives, featuring steam locomotives and passing trains, mostly photographed after the creation of British Railways in 1948. Some of the earliest photographs in the collection feature the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in the mid-1930s whilst the Southern section also features engines from the old LBSCR, SE& CR and LSWR. Sherwood also photographed stations on the Isle of Wight in the 1950s. The LMS portion features locomotives of the Caledonian, LNWR, Midland and Lancashire & Yorkshire Railways at locations such as Warrington, Leamington Spa, Manchester Victoria, Derby, Nottingham, Chester and Blackpool in the 1940s and 1950s. The LNER section shows engines of the defunct Great Central, Great Eastern, North Eastern Railways at Nottingham Victoria station and Liverpool Street stations. There are also images of Western Region locomotives, in Swindon, the West Country and Wales in the 1950s and 1960s.

Sherwood, R L, fl 1934-1960