Series
British Railways: Chief Civil Engineer's Department: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: AN 129
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AN 129
This series contains files of the Chief Civil Engineer's Department relating mainly to submissions made to the British Railways Investment Committee, concerning electrification schemes, new buildings and stations. It also contains papers dealing...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AN 129
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Railways: Chief Civil Engineer's Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Chief Civil Engineer's Department relating mainly to submissions made to the British Railways Investment Committee, concerning electrification schemes, new buildings and stations. It also contains papers dealing with new track repair, high speed track and routes, plant and machinery, testing equipment, materials and container terminals.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Files are arranged in numerical order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Railways, Chief Civil Engineers Department, 1947-1980
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 216 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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To deal with civil engineering matters, a Chief Officer Engineering (Works) was appointed as head of department to oversee civil engineering throughout British Railways (BR). On BR, civil engineering includes construction, repair and maintenance of railway track and buildings.
Under the 1952 Transport Act the Railway Executive was abolished. In the revised BTC organisation a Chief Officer (Civil Engineering) was created with effect from 1953. The title was subsequently restyled Chief Civil Engineer in 1955 and became Director Civil Engineering in 1980.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2321/
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British Railways: Chief Civil Engineer's Department: Correspondence and Papers