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The Eric collection of railway prints
Catalogue reference: The Mason Collection
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This record is about the The Eric collection of railway prints dating from c1880-1960.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- The Mason Collection
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Eric collection of railway prints
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1880-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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The collection is composed of albums of prints showing a wide variety of locomotive classes, Horwich Works, station and line views, tunnels, locomotive sheds and railway mishaps from the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway; also accompanying notebooks kept by Mason on subjects such as locomotives, re-signalling in Southport in 1919 and Manchester in 1929, electrification and press cuttings on the L& YR from the Railway Magazine; further albums of photographs and postcards feature a wide range of railway companies, from pre-grouping days onwards.
A schedule of the albums is available, detailing the subjects covered. The prints come from a wide variety of sources, including negatives held by the NRM, such as the LGRP, LPC and Horwich Works collections but in most instances there are no negatives.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Search Engine (National Railway Museum)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Mason, Eric, (1894-1970), Assistant District Motive Power Superintendent, Stoke-on-Trent and author, pseudonym Rivington.</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- Seventy-three albums containing approx 15,000 prints
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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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Mason published an acclaimed work on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway as well as another book under the pseudonym of 'Rivington'. He was a member of the Stephenson Locomotive Society.
The NRM acquired the Mason Collection in 1979.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a275854e-6fbb-49ac-bafd-81d1f9ffef8c/
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The Eric collection of railway prints