Catalogue description The Spooner photographic collection of railways in southern England

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Details of The Spooner Collection
Reference: The Spooner Collection
Title: The Spooner photographic collection of railways in southern England
Description:

This collection covers railways in southern England, mainly the London area, and includes steam locomotives built for the Big Four, together with Standard engines, in British Railways service. The majority of these photographs show passing passenger and freight trains, but static locomotives also feature, together with diesels. A handwritten list of negatives is available giving details of engine number, date, and occasionally location. There are reference prints in the albums, although for the majority of images there are no negatives.
Date: c1955-1968
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Spooner, Gordon, fl 1920-1968, railway photographer
Physical description: Approx 880 negatives; Approx 1,925 prints in twenty-nine albums
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

Gordon Spooner began photographing railways in the 1920s, but devoted most time to his hobby in the 1950s and 1960s, when he travelled the country recording the final days of steam.

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