Catalogue description The Williams collection of British Railways photographs

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Details of The Williams Collection
Reference: The Williams Collection
Title: The Williams collection of British Railways photographs
Description:

It is composed of 35mm and medium format black and white negatives, generally of high technical quality, featuring passing trains set in the context of the surrounding landscape.

 

Concentrating initially on Western Region trains on the main Birmingham to Bristol line, Williams' interest expanded to the whole of the British Railways network in the 1950s. Favouring the Midland and West Country, he photographed every class of GWR steam engine still in service, together with the British Railways Standard designs and new diesels.

 

Williams' own handwritten registers list each negative in numerical sequence, with brief details of the engine number, date and location. There is also a list ordered by engine number, and reference binders are available for consultation in the Reading Room:

 

The NRM acquired the collection in 1981.
Date: 1948-1979
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Williams, Tom E, d 1980, railway photographer, of Stratford-upon-Avon
Physical description: 11,585 negatives
Subjects:
  • Railway transport

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