British Rail: Western Region

This page summarises records created by this Business

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1836-2012
Places:	Cheshire Cornwall Devon London Wiltshire Worcestershire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Transport and communications > Railways
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C116638 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B18103 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1836-1990: plans and drawings (18,000) rel to Swindon Works and infrastructure of GWR and successor bodies	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2515	See Annual Return 2005
2	1840-1980: deeds, agreements, corresp and staff records	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2515	See Annual Return 2002
3	1920-1986: letter books, ticket issue and stock books, accounts, log books, train registers, plans and staff records for Devon and Cornwall railways	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	D 5345	See Annual Return 1995
4	1925-1969: agreements with corresp and plans rel to the erection of aerial on British Rail property and installing relay cables	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8997
5	1938-1939: accident register	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2515	See Annual Return 2014
6	1947-64: records	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	NPR	NRA 33489 British Rail
7	1948: catalogue of concrete articles manufactured at Taunton Depot containing outline drawings and details of concrete items incl coal bins and fireplaces	Search Engine (National Railway Museum)	2008-7135	See Annual Return 2008
8	c1958-60: Margam Marshalling Yard signalling drawings and papers	Search Engine (National Railway Museum)	1992-7321	See Brief Summary of Archive Collections in the National Railway Museum (1996)
9	c1960-1979: Train Planning Office: documents and files rel to high speed running, named trains and closed branch lines	Search Engine (National Railway Museum)	2015-7051
10	1960-1980: Swindon Works; staff record cards B, L-W	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2515	See Annual Return 2011
11	1963: Pirton Sidings train register	Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service	BA14018	See Annual Return 2007
12	1969-1974: Talywain signal box registers	Gwent Archives	D 4181	NRA 14003 Gwent RO misc
13	1877-2012: chain surveys, permanent way journals	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2515	See Annual Return 2015