GERS Downloadable Files
LM011 The GER 0-4-4 Tank Locomotives
Scans of a superb book by our late member Geoff Pember containing maps, photographs, scale drawings ..
£2.00
LM012 Westinghouse Equipment
Scans of an illustrated GER publication dated 1914. It covers the operation and maintenance of the c..
£1.20
LM013 Valve and Piston Events and Defects
Dated 1896. Issued by the GER Locomotive Department to enginemen. It illustrates the eight events an..
£0.70
LM014 ECR Instructions to Foremen in Charge of Running Engines 1854
These scans show the instructions issued to the Locomotive Superintendent at Cambridge, signed perso..
£0.40
LM015 The Colne Valley and Halstead Railway and its Locomotives
In 1911 the Locomotive Magazine ran a series of three articles under this title. The text has been r..
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LM016 Locomotive Diagrams Book
This appears to be an official LNER production dating from around 1934. It gives the official 'diagr..
£1.00
LM017 Drawings of component parts of a Claud Hamilton locomotive
This is chapter XXV of a book 'A Manual of Machine Drawing and Design' by Low and Bevis, published b..
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LM018 BR Classes 81 and 85-87
NEW MARCH 2013. Detailed preparation and disposal duties for classes 81, 85, 86/0, 86/3, 86/4 & ..
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LM019 BR Class 150 DMU
NEW MARCH 2013. Drivers' fault-finding book for BR classes 150/1 and 150/2 DMU trains. Issue 2, Nove..
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LM020 BR Class 150 DMU
NEW MARCH 2013. Drivers' working instructions book for BR classes 150/1 and 150/2 DMU trains. Includ..
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LM021 BR Class 150 DMU
NEW MARCH 2013. Drivers' static duties book (12 pages) for BR classes 150/1 and 150/2 DMU trains. In..
£0.60
LM022 BR Class 156 DMU
NEW MARCH 2013. A 72-page working instructions book for BR class 156 DMU trains. Includes illustrati..
£1.20
LM023 BR Class 156 DMU
NEW MARCH 2013. A 43-page driving instructions book for BR class 156 DMU trains. Includes illustrati..
£0.80
LM024 BR Class 158 DMU
NEW MARCH 2013. A 38-page driving instructions book for BR class 158 DMU trains, shown in the file t..
£0.80
LM025 Brush Type 2 Locomotives
NEW MARCH 2013. Drivers' fault finding chart for class 31 locomotives numbers D5500 to D5519, exclud..
£0.60
LM026 Oil-burning Claud
This is a file which shows a scan of a contemporary drawing of a 'Claud Hamilton' locomotive illustr..
£1.00
LM027 Service Manual for BR 79000 Series DMUs
NEW FEBRUARY 2015. A traction equipment service manual for BR 79000 series lightweight DMUs (excludi..
£1.50
LM028 Locomotives of the ECR
NEW OCTOBER 2015. This is a major new publication. The information in it is the result of extensive ..
£2.00
LM029 BR Class 86 Electric Locomotives
NEW NOVEMBER 2015. This was a supplement to the driver's manual to cover the new class A..
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LM030 Instructions for adding a second locomotive to a train
This is an undated card-covered booklet issued by British Railways with their reference BR.33062. It..
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LM031 Correspondence between Charles Ivanhoe and the Editors of the Railway Observer 1951-1954
NEW FEBRUARY 2016. The late Peter Proud donated some of his papers to our Collection. Among them is ..
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LM032 GER Wagon Index
NEW MARCH 2017. This is a document compiled by our wagons specialist, Brian McCarthy, which su..
£1.50
LM033 Exhaust Steam Injectors, undated c.1910
NEW APRIL 2017. This is a brochure describing Metcalfe's Exhaust Steam Injector (made at thei..
£0.80
LM034 DVTs and Push Pull Trains, BR 1990
NEW SEPTEMBER 2017. This is a BR train crew manual giving working instructions for push-pull t..
£0.80
LM035 Instructions for Class 90 Electric Locomotives 1988
NEW SEPTEMBER 2017. This is a BR train crew manual giving general information about the Class ..
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LM036 Instructions for Class 91 Electric Locomotives 1988
NEW SEPTEMBER 2017. This is a BR train crew manual giving general information about the Class ..
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LM037 Some GER Wagons
NEW SEPTEMBER 2017. This file consists of extracts from the Locomotive Magazine between 1900 a..
£1.20
LM038 Some GER carriages and passenger train stock
NEW OCTOBER 2017. This file consists of extracts from the Locomotive Magazine between 1900 and..
£1.50
LM039 GER Extracts from Clark's 'The Steam Engine' 1895
NEW DECEMBER 2017. This file consists of GER-related extracts from the book A Treatise on the ..
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LM040 BR Class 56 Driver's Static Duties
NEW FEBRUARY 2018. Drivers' static duties book BR33056/56 (20 pages) for BR class 56 locomotives. In..
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LM041 Cambridge District passenger locomotives - their condition in May 1947
NEW MARCH 2018. The Cambridge District of the LNER compiled a monthly report on the condition of eac..
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LM042 Cambridge District passenger locomotives - their renumbering during 1946 and 1947
NEW MARCH 2018. The Cambridge District of the LNER compiled a monthly report on the condition of eac..
£0.80
LM043 BR Class 08 Diesel-Electric Shunters - Driver's Instructions
NEW MARCH 2018. Drivers' instructions B.R.33003/252 (22 pages plus four fold-out fault sheets) for B..
£0.70
LM044 Locomotives of the LNER 1947
NEW MARCH 2018. The LNER issued this 68-page booklet in 1947. It describes their engine policies at ..
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LM045 BR DMU Fault Finding 1966
NEW MARCH 2018. This is a sixteen-page booklet entitled 'Fault Finding Chart for Diesel Mechanical R..
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LM046 Good Firing Techniques, BR 1956
NEW MAY 2018. This is a pocket-sized 32-page booklet entitled 'Good Firemanship'. It has card covers..
£0.80
LM047 Oil-burning Locomotives, 1940s
NEW JULY 2018. In the period between the end of World War Two and nationalisation, all four railways..
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LM048 The Stone-Vapor Steam Generator
NEW JULY 2018. Carriages were once heated by steam, which presented a problem when diesel loco..
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LM049 Diagrams of LNER Steam Cranes c.1940s
NEW AUGUST 2018. This file provides diagrams for five LNER steam cranes. They are 961001, a 5-..
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LM050 The Walschaert Valve Gear, c.1920s.
NEW APRIL 2019. Nearly everyone has heard of the Walschaert valve gear, but hardly anyone know..
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LM051 The GER Little Sharpies
NEW APRIL 2019. This file contains material from the 1943 volume of the magazine Railways. The main..
£1.00
LM052 Steam Rail Cars and Sentinel Locomotives, LNER 1933.
NEW JUNE 2019. The main part of this file is a hardback pocket-sized book produced by the LNER and p..
£2.00
LM053: Wagons for exceptional loads, LNER 1929.
NEW AUGUST 2020. This is an article from the July 1929 edition of the magazine The Railway Engineer...
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LM054: Original Brush Type 4 Operating Manual, 1967.
NEW DECEMBER 2020. The Brush Type 4's became the long-lived Class 47's. When purchasing one of the o..
£1.20
LM055: The Workings of a 'Claud Hamilton' Locomotive from a 1907 Engineering Book.
NEW JANUARY 2021. This consists of extracts from the book 'Steam and Other Engines' by J Duncan, pub..
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LM056: Locomotives of the M&GN Joint Railway 1877-1936.
NEW JANUARY 2021. During the course of 1950, the magazine Railway Pictorial and Locomotive Revi..
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LM057: GER Appropriations Book, 1879.
NEW JUNE 2021, amended July 2021. The GER adopted a system for numbering their Works orders which wa..
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LM058: Classification of Special Wagons, BR 1956.
NEW DECEMBER 2021. This is a 48-page card-covered book issued by the British Transport Commission on..
£0.80
LM059: Ian Allen ABC of LNER Locomotives, Renumbering Edition 1947.
NEW DECEMBER 2021. This is the first time we have been able to offer full details of the major 1947 ..
£1.00
LM060: Holden's 0-6-0T Jubilee Tank Engines, with some Notes on their Work.
NEW JANUARY 2022. During 1945 the magazine 'Railways' produced a series of four articles entitled "T..
£1.00