Engineered to perfection: the GEC Traction Archives cataloguing project
I am the Project Archivist for the GEC Traction archive collection, based in Search Engine. The project began in February this year and finishes September 2016 and is funded by The National Archives...
View ArticleBogies, Bulbs and Babies: Enter-train-ing images from the GEC archive
This blog was written by Danika Willis and Ben Cudbertson, the project volunteers. The GEC Traction archive contains many quirky and unusual adverts. Here are just a few of our favourites, selected for...
View ArticleTrams, buses and TGVs – drawings from the GEC archives
I have been cataloguing the GEC Traction archive for the past 7 months. The archive is the most extensive archive collection held at the National Railway Museum and I have just finished cataloguing...
View Article“I saw it in the works magazine”– casting light on the English Electric...
This post is written by GEC Project Volunteer, Danika Willis. The GEC Traction archive is the most extensive archive collection held at the National Railway Museum. The GEC Traction archive cataloguing...
View ArticleEnd of an Electrical Engineering Era
This guest blog is written by Charlotte Dennard an associate archivist on the National Railway Museum’s Collections & Research team. Masai tribesmen inspect an English Electric-AEI Class 90...
View ArticleEngineered to perfection: the GEC Traction Archives cataloguing project
I am the Project Archivist for the GEC Traction archive collection, based in Search Engine. The project began in February this year and finishes September 2016 and is funded by The National Archives...
View ArticleBogies, Bulbs and Babies: Enter-train-ing images from the GEC archive
This blog was written by Danika Willis and Ben Cudbertson, the project volunteers. The GEC Traction archive contains many quirky and unusual adverts. Here are just a few of our favourites, selected for...
View ArticleTrams, buses and TGVs – drawings from the GEC archives
I have been cataloguing the GEC Traction archive for the past 7 months. The archive is the most extensive archive collection held at the National Railway Museum and I have just finished cataloguing...
View Article“I saw it in the works magazine”– casting light on the English Electric...
This post is written by GEC Project Volunteer, Danika Willis. The GEC Traction archive is the most extensive archive collection held at the National Railway Museum. The GEC Traction archive cataloguing...
View ArticleEnd of an Electrical Engineering Era
This guest blog is written by Charlotte Dennard an associate archivist on the National Railway Museum’s Collections & Research team. Masai tribesmen inspect an English Electric-AEI Class 90...
View ArticleEngineered to perfection: cataloguing the GEC Traction Archives
I am the Project Archivist for the GEC Traction archive collection, based in Search Engine here at the National Railway Museum. The project began in February this year and finishes September 2016 and...
View ArticleBogies, Bulbs and Babies: Enter-train-ing images from the GEC archive
The GEC Traction archive contains many quirky and unusual adverts. Project volunteers Danika Willis and Ben Cudbertson pick their favourites, selected for the humour, vivid colours and graphics....
View ArticleTrams, buses and TGVs – drawings from the GEC archives
For the past seven months I have been cataloguing the GEC Traction archive – the most extensive collection held at the National Railway Museum. Included in the collection are thousands of drawings,...
View Article“I saw it in the works magazine”– casting light on the English Electric...
The GEC Traction archive is the most extensive archive collection held at the National Railway Museum. The GEC Traction archive cataloguing project is funded by the National Archives Cataloguing Grant...
View ArticleEnd of an Electrical Engineering Era
Charlotte Dennard, Associate Archivist on the National Railway Museum’s Collections and Research team, explores the GEC Traction archive. Masai tribesmen inspect an English Electric-AEI Class 90...
View ArticleDrawing Office Romance: an Engineering Love Story
Let me introduce you to a couple of special guests that recently visited the museum; Eric and Marjory Littler. They share a rather unique connection to the museum’s collections. Eric and Marjory...
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