Catalogue

Ken Hoole Study Centre Catalogue - arranged alphabetically [excel spreadsheet, 1.28mb]

Ken Hoole Study Centre Catalogue - arranged by record number [excel spreadsheet, 1.28mb]

The collection is a unique resource devoted to the railways of North East England, including:

  • 246 albums of photographs covering locomotives, rolling stock, stations, workshops and signalling. 
  • 204 scrapbooks of newspaper and magazine cuttings
  • Official Board of Trade reports on railway accidents from 1872 to 1987
  • Passenger and working timetables from the period 1861 to 1987
  • 24 maps and over 200 plans of railway sections
  • Railway company publications, books magazines and Acts of Parliament

The following documents were updated on 20th April 2010 unless otherwise stated:

The John Mallon Collection consists of photographs taken at numerous locations on the North Eastern Railway in the 1950s and 1960s (updated on 19th October 2011)

John Mallon collection [excel spreadsheet, 835kb]

The John Mallon Document Collection contains material relating to the North Eastern Railway and the railways of North East England (updated on 19th October 2011).

John Mallon document collection [excel spreadsheet, 271kb]

The Station Master information was compiled using the N.E.R., L.N.E.R. and B.R. Magazines.

Station Masters [excel spreadsheet, 1.3mb]

The Enginemen and Firemen Registers are part of the John Mallon Collection. The registers are organised by area.

One catalogue is organised by name and the other by area. Please note this is not a complete list of all the information held in the Enginemen and Firemen Registers.

Enginemen and Firemen - by Name [excel spreadsheet, 570kb] (updated on 22nd July 2010)

Enginemen and Firemen - by Registers [excel spreadsheet, 535kb]

The North Eastern Railway Pension Society was established in 1907 and the Study Centre holds index cards for N.E.R. staff who joined the society. Please note this is not a complete list of all the information held in pension records.

North Eastern Railway Servants' Pension Society [excel spreadsheet, 5.4mb] (updated on 19th October 2011)