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The Stephen Summerson Collection

A brief catalogue of the collection available at the Midland Railway Study Centre.

Stephen Summerson, who tragically died in 2007, is a past President of the Midland Railway Society and a noted authority on Midland Railway locomotives. His lifetime collection of photographs, notes, and ephemera have passed to the Midland Railway Society and are available to researchers in the Midland Railway Study Centre.

Though the contents of the 60 binders, 17 notebooks and 15,000 photographs are yet to be catalogued in detail, this outline of their contents gives an overview of the collection.

Item Number Location: Description:
77-11500 533.1 Folder: Derby Works Erecting Shop Record. New and rebuilt engines 1904-1933
77-11501 533.1 Folder: Johnson’s Classifications. Letter Classification. Power Classification. Leading Particulars. Boiler Diagrams. Engine Diagrams 1919. Engine Diagrams 1905
77-11502 533.1 Folder: Drawing Schedules. Sketch Registers. Drawing Office Registers K series 1874 - 1931.
77-11503 533.1 Folder: Copy Engine History Cards.
77-11504 533.1 Folder: Handwritten extracts from Engine History Cards.
77-11505 533.1 Folder: Handwritten extracts from Tender History Cards.
77-11506 533.1 Folder: Derby Loco Works List. 121 type-written pages extracted by Vic Forster with covering correspondence. 1947 -1962. Railway Observer extracts 1963.
77-11507 533.1 Folder: MR, LMS & BR detail and livery changes. MR, LMS & BR renumbering. East London Notes.
77-11508 533.1 Folder: Derby Orders which concern Loco Drawing Office 1874-1939 (written out c.1910 and annotated by Brian Radford).. D.F.Tee’s list of date variations 1875-1888.
77-11509 533.1 Folder: Job Numbers 4871 - 5183. Photocopies of LMS correspondence c.1930 - 1947.
77-11510 533.1 Folder: Job Numbers 5201 - 5770. Photocopies of LMS /BR correspondence c.1940 - 1962.
77-11511 533.1 Folder: Miscellaneous References: 1908 register supplemental data. NRM photos and lists. Dewhurst index. British Library and PRO information. Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire dates.
77-11512 533.1 Folder: Coal/oil burning, History of continuous brakes, including Newark Brake Trials 1875 (from Railway Gazette). Motor Train Instructions (original LMS pamphlet). Tests on the Likey Incline. Accident reports 1857 - 1880. Copy article from The Locomotive regarding Battery electric Locomotives for MR and NSR No. 1550 and BEL2.
77-11513 533.1 Folder: MR Historical records. Working Timetable extracts. MR Board and Loco Committee extracts 1844-1866 (per D.F.Tee). MR Locomotive lists (photocopies) 1849 & 1860. Costs of engine repairs. Circulars received at Sheffield. Derby Orders 1880-1888 (Johnson’s notebook).
77-11514 533.1 Folder: Steam Railcars, Harpenden - Hemel Hempstead. Swansea Vale stock. LTSR Notes.
77-11515 533.1 Folder: Derby Boiler Numbers 1873-1933. Crewe boiler register for MR type boilers.
77-11516 533.1 Folder: Boilers to M&GN and S&D Joint lines. Second hand boilers to LMS 0-4-4T. LMS distinctive numbers for tenders 1928. Tender numbers - Rowledge.
77-11517 533.1 Folder: Tender diagrams. Tenders built 1873 - 1922. Tender changes 1920-1922 (F.H.Clarke). Deeley tenders to LMS Compounds.
77-11518 533.1 Folder: Articles and extracts relating to MR Sheds and shed codes. Kimboulton Register of Trains (photocopy) 24th December 1869 to 7th February 1871, includes engine number and driver name.
77-11519 533.2 Folder: Handwritten extract from Derby Works List by Class. Inc. covering correspondence from Vic Forster.
77-11520 533.2 Folder: Loco News 1919-1923. Railway News 1928. Railway Observer extracts 1930 -1932. Notes for Railway Observer. Western, Central & Northern Division Allocations 1932. LMS Engines built at Derby Works. Miscellaneous covering correspondence. Photocopy of LMS Special Train Notice in respect of Royal Train (“GROVE”) St. Pancras to Oakham, 3rd March 1943 and to Chilwell the following day.
77-11521 533.2 Folder: MR Reports and Experiments 1 & 2.
77-11522 533.2 Folder: MR Reports and Experiments 3.
77-11523 533.2 Folder: Photocopy Classification of Engines. Report on Coal Consumption Tests 1910 - 1919.
77-11524 533.2 Folder: Correspondence and Notes relating to 0-4-4T and 0-4-0T locomotives.
77-11525 533.2 Folder: Correspondence and Notes relating to No.1708 and 1F Class and 1900 Class.
77-11526 533.2 Folder: General Correspondence on railway related matters.
77-11527 533.2 Folder: General Correspondence on railway related matters.
77-11528 533.2 Folder: M&GN Circle & correspondence.
77-11529 533.2 Folder: Correspondence with Messrs. Daventry, Rowledge & Tee on railway related subjects.
77-11530 533.2 Folder: Correspondence with Messrs. True, Ware and Webb on railway related subjects.
77-11531 533.2 Folder: Correspondence with Vic Forster on railway related subjects.
77-11532 533.2 Folder: Lists of photographic collections and catalogues - supplied by Vic Forster.
77-11533 533.2 Folder: MR Allocation Lists 1864, 1880, 1892, 1899-1902, 1902 - 1905.
77-11534 533.2 Folder: MR Allocation List 1908.
77-11535 533.2 Folder: MR Allocation Lists 1908, 1909, 1914-1917, 1921. Dewhurst index. Dewhurst Engine Classification. Dewhurst tender list c.1905.
77-11536 533.2 Folder: Photocopies of LMS loco allocation changes memos 1929-1934.
77-11537 533.2 Folder: Photocopies of LMS loco allocation changes memos 1935-1938.
77-11538 533.2 Folder: Photocopies of LMS loco allocation changes memos 1939-1942.
77-11539 533.2 Folder: RCTS Locos of the LMS. Allocations of Nos.2300 - 2424 from Engine History Cards. LMS Engine Sheds correspondence.
77-11540 533.2 Folder: Ephemera. Goods wagon labels, coach window labels, LNER letterheads, BR Personal Track Safety Handbook 1968.
77-11541 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Committee Minutes - Engines. handwritten extracts
77-11542 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Committee Minutes - General. handwritten extracts
77-11543 533.3 Folder: Miscellaneous Board Minutes. Extracts relating to brakes. LMS Locomotive committee Minutes. All handwritten extracts.
77-11544 533.3 Folder: MR Miscellaneous Dates. London Extension. Leicester - Hitchin. MR Loco Transfers 1946-1966. American 2-6-0s. MR at Hereford. MR company genealogy. Kew Index.
77-11545 533.3 Folder: The Midland Review, Typewritten newsletter reporting ex-MR loco workings. October 1957 - June 1959.
77-11546 533.3 Folder: Derby Works Order Book. Handwritten extracts 1889 - 1943.
77-11547 533.3 Folder: LNWR and GNR Branches. Handwritten chronologies and short histories of selected branch lines of these companies.
77-11548 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. 147 - 562. Johnson 2-4-0s. 1312 & 1327 Classes. 4-4-0s rebuilt to Class 2.
77-11549 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. 600 - 1199. Spinners. Belpaires. 999 Class and Compounds. 4-4-0T 204 Class.
77-11550 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. 1200 - 1430. 690 & 780 Classes, Johnson 0-4-4T.
77-11551 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. 1500 - 1619. 0-4-0T. 0-6-0T. 880 Class 0-6-0T.
77-11552 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. 1620 - 2290. 1102 Class 0-6-0T. 1377 Class 0-6-0T. 1121 Class 0-6-0T. 2441 Class 0-6-0T. 2000 Class 06-4T. American Baldwin 2-6-0. American Schenectady 2-6-0. 2290 0-10-0 Lickey Banker.
77-11553 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. 2900 - 3189. 1142 & 1357 Classes. 1698 & 1798 Classes.
77-11554 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. 3190 3834. 0-6-0 1798 Class. 0-6-0 2736 Class. 0-6-0 245 Class.
77-11555 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. 3835 - 4026. 0-6-0 4F.
77-11556 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. 0-6-0 700 Class.
77-11557 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. Kirtley Straight Framed 0-6-0. Later Kirtley 0-6-0s.
77-11558 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. Kirtley 2-4-0s. 300 Class, 70 Class, 170 Class, 156 Class , 890 Class, 1070 Class.
77-11559 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. Kirtley 2-2-2s.
77-11560 533.3 Folder: MR Locomotive Histories. Absorbed Locomotives.
77-11561 533.4 Box1 Notebook titled Midland Railway 1907 Renumbering Scheme. From a register compiled by W.H.Whitworth which finished at 4F 3916 of 1920.
77-11562 533.4 Box1 Notebook containing locomotive class histories.
77-11563 533.4 Box1 Loose bound notebook titled ‘Dunstable School, S Summerson, Fourth Form, 28.2.44’, containing miscellaneous notes. LMS Shed Codes. Railway Observer extracts 1932 - 1949.
77-11564 533.4 Box1 Notebook containing Stephen Summerson’s locomotive observations by location 1941 - 1942. Inserted are: Letter from BTC Public Relations Officer dated 7th February 1956 addressed to Stephen answering a question relating to ex-LNWR locomotive No.1324 Falaba. Pocket timetable for Watford to St. Albans diesel train service 11th June to 16th September 1956.
77-11565 533.4 Box1 Notebook containing Stephen Summerson’s locomotive observations by location 1955 - 1957. Detailed narrative of the railway operations he saw around the country.
77-11566 533.4 Box1 Notebook containing Stephen Summerson’s locomotive observations by location 1958 - 1959. Detailed narrative of the railway operations he saw around the country. Contains several press cuttings relating to railway matters in the Bedford & Luton area.
77-11567 533.4 Box1 Notebook containing detailed timings and narrative of train journeys undertaken between 1950 and 1959 on the southern end of the Midland Mainline.
77-11568 533.4 Box1 Small notebook containing locomotive observations by Stephen Summerson 1960 - 1962
77-11569 533.4 Box1 Small notebook containing locomotive observations by Stephen Summerson 1962 - 1963.
77-11570 533.4 Box1 Small notebook containing locomotive observations by Stephen Summerson 1964- 1966.
77-11571 533.4 Box1 The L.M.S.R. Locomotive Reference Book, published by The British Locomotive Society and updated to 20th July 1946. Heavily annotated and amended by Stephen Summerson to include scrapping dates.
77-11572 533.4 Box2 Notebook containing Stephen Summerson’s observations by locomotive. Ex LMS Locomotives.
77-11573 533.4 Box2 Notebook containing Stephen Summerson’s observations by locomotive. Ex LMS Locomotives.
77-11574 533.4 Box2 Notebook containing Stephen Summerson’s observations by locomotive. Ex SR Locomotives.
77-11575 533.4 Box2 Notebook containing Stephen Summerson’s observations by locomotive. Ex LNER Locomotives.
77-11576 533.4 Box3 Notebook containing Stephen Summerson’s observations by locomotive. Ex GWR Locomotives.
77-11577 533.4 Box3 Notebook containing Stephen Summerson’s observations by locomotive. BR Standards.
77-11578 533.4 Box4 A3 photocopies of the 1903 Locomotive Diagram Book
77-11579 533.4 Box5 A3 photocopies of RAIL491/913, locomotive register. Supplied by Bob Essery in 1999 with covering letter.
77-11580 533.4 Box6 Photocopies of Locomotive catalogue cards. A4 copies with photographs, and A3 copies with details hand-written at a later date. With covering correspondence.
77-11581 533.4 Box6 Photocopies of hand drawn MT6 extracts of the signalling arrangements for the 1889 - 1895 widening of the main line between Sharnbrook and Leagrave. Covering correspondence and notes from Geoff Goslin.
77-11582 533.4 Box7 Copy material for Midland Railway Locomotives Volumes 1 to 4. Official material and diagrams. Manuscripts and drafts of articles.
77-11583 533.4 Box8 Collection of papers relating to photographic archives. Handwritten extracts from the Locomotive Club of Great Britain catalogue. Computer printout of the Butterley Photographic Archiver catalogue.
77-11584 530.2 Rolled photocopied A2 plan of the General Superintendent’s Motor Car - a converted steam railmotor. Drawing D475. Covering correspondence from Mark Higginson.
77-11585 533.3 Manuscript titled: List of the renumbering of the Midland Railway Locomotives in the year 1907, and of the Double Framed Goods Locomotives sold to Italy in the year 1906, and of the Mid Ry. main Loco shed and their numbers. Compiled by G. James in 1910. Inserted: Miscellaneous notes, typed and handwritten. Envelope containing LMS Shed Codes 1935, 1936 & 1937. Section drawing of Turbo Loco, and BR Standard Locomotive dimensions.
77-11586 533.3 Album of 16 photographs and preamble text relating to the repatriation of Midland Railway locomotive 2717, captured by the Germans at Cambrai in November 1917. Details the modifications made during its time in use by the Germans.
77-11587 533.3 A3 photocopies of RAIL491/913, locomotive register.
77-11588 532.2 Card index drawer of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 1 to 281
77-11589 532.2 Card index drawer of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 207 to 271 SAT 4-4-0
77-11590 532.2 Card index drawer of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 332 to 529
77-11591 532.2 Card index drawer of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 530 to 748
77-11592 532.2 Card index drawer of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 750 to 1205
77-11593 532.2 Card index drawer of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 1206 to 1430
77-11594 532.2 Card index drawer of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 1500 to 1799
77-11595 532.2 Card index drawer of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 2800 to 3129
77-11596 533.3 Card index drawer of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 3130 to 3765 Class 2
77-11597 533.3 Card index drawer of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 3190 to 3763
77-11598 533.3 Box of Midland Railway locomotive photographs: 3765 to 4026
77-11599 533.3 Card index drawer of locomotive photographs: Standards Duplicates
77-11600 533.3 Card index drawer of photographs: Places. Sheds. LNWR Various. M&GN. S&DJ
77-11601 533.3 Card index drawer of locomotive photographs: LMS
77-11602 533.3 Card index drawer of photographs: From 1800 4-4-2
77-11603 533.3 Card index drawer of photographs: LTS to 2799
77-11604 533.3 Shoe box of photographs taken by Stephen Summerson
77-11605 533.3 Shoe box of photographs titled LMS.
77-11606 532.2 Box of large format photographs labelled: Miscellaneous. Stephen Summerson photographs. 46601.
77-11607 532.2 Box of large format photographs labelled: Midland Railway, includes quantity of Derby Officials from the NRM. Mainly locomotive subjects.
77-11608 533.4 Box9 Folder of photographs mainly relating to the Butterley Site - Tin Tabernacle Chapel re-erected ex-Westhouses. Enclosed is a 1912 side-strip diagram of the Ambergate to Manchester line. Covering correspondence suggests all originate from John Eggleshaw..
77-11609 533.4 Box9 Envelope containing quantity of large format photographs labelled 0-4-0T photos from Railway Bylines Jan/Feb 2005.
77-11610 533.4 Box9 Envelope containing eight A4 computer printed photographs from the J.B.Radford collection, mainly of boiler explosions.
77-11611 533.4 Box9 Envelope of photographs of various locomotive subjects (as well as the Midland Pullman set) apparently originating from D.Ibbotson.
77-11612 533.4 Box9 Single large format print of a Gordon Coltas shot of No. 3726 on the turntable at Warwick MPD in November 1938 supplied by Locofotos.

 

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