Catalogue description The Hamilton Ellis collection of railway negatives

The collection covers locomotives and trains of the LNER, Southern, GWR and the LMS. British Railways, Irish, overseas and industrial railways are also represented whilst some of his oil paintings and drawings are held in the NRM's pictorial collections.

Hamilton Ellis, Cuthbert, b 1909, photographer, illustrator and writer

Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton, b 1909, photographer, illustrator and writer

• Railway transport

Lists available giving negative numbers and brief descriptions of images. Part of the lists covering the LMS, LNER, GWR and some industrial railways have been typed. The remainder are handwritten, and detail negatives from the LMS, LNER, GWR, SR, preserved lines, British Railways, Irish and overseas railways.

Hamilton Ellis became a keen photographer and journalist, beginning his career with The Railway Magazine, and Railway Gazette, before moving on to write for Modern Transport. In 1947, his book, The Trains We Loved, was published. It made his name and brought him a flood of commissions in the following decade. He embarked on a successful second career writing and illustrating books on both trains and ships, as well as selling paintings from his exhibitions. He also published comic railway books.