Catalogue description The Turnbull collection of Great Eastern Railway and East India Railway photographs

This record is held by Search Engine (National Railway Museum)

Details of The Turnbull Collection
Reference: The Turnbull Collection
Title: The Turnbull collection of Great Eastern Railway and East India Railway photographs
Description:

Four albums and prints featuring the GER, East India Railway, general Indian scenes and the armoured train Turnbull was in charge of during the Second World War.

 

The albums are available to view on request, but there are no lists or original negatives.
Date: c1920-1945
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Turnbull, L D J, fl 1920-1945, civil engineer
Physical description: 175 prints in four albums
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

L D J Turnbull qualified as a civil engineer and then worked for the Great Eastern Railway, before leaving to take up a post with the East India Railway where during the Second World War he was in charge of an armoured train. The NRM acquired this collection in 1980.

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