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Card typed 'Festiniog Railway , 1' 11½'' [one foot, eleven and a half inches (gauge)]'...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/628/31

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This record is about the Card typed 'Festiniog Railway , 1' 11½'' [one foot, eleven and a half inches (gauge)]'... dating from [1930 - 1945] in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ZSPC 11/628/31
Date
[1930 - 1945]
Description

Card typed 'Festiniog Railway , 1' 11½'' [one foot, eleven and a half inches (gauge)]' and numbered '1' on reverse, mounting four cuttings and one transcript:

1) [From 'The Railway Magazine' c.1945], 'On the Corris and Festiniog Railways', notes on state of locomotives and track.

2) From unnamed journal [c.1930], 'Festiniog Railway Locomotive Shops', paragraph on locomotives built and re-built at Boston Lodge works.

3) From unnamed newspaper [c.October 1936], Festiniog Railway centenary.

4) From 'Locomotive Magazine' December 1930, paragraph on locomotives under repair, laid aside, and in traffic on Festiniog Railway in August.

5) Typed transcript extract from 'Locomotive Magazine' 15 January 1932, listing names of Festiniog Railway Managing Director, Locomotive Superintendent and Secretary.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Non record material
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16897988/

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ZSPC 11

W E Hayward Collection

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