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1. EAP626/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1
Title:
Tracking the Past: the Railway Archives of Sierra Leone
Scope & Content:
Project by the National Railway Museum (part of the Science Museum Group) to digitally photograph and preserve the remaining railway operating documents and ephemera at the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum, and a series of administrative files at the Sierra Leone National Archives, which were...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
3499 TIFF images

2. EAP626/1/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/1
Title:
CSO L files - Open Policy Files (files relating to railways)
Scope & Content:
Only files relating directly to railways were photographed from this series. All files were transferred from the Colonial Secretary's Office to the independent Government of Sierra Leone, and lodged in the National Archives.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934-1935
Extent:
24 TIFF images

3. EAP626/1/1/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/1/1
Title:
Use of Railway air services by officers proceeding on leave
Scope & Content:
File of notes and letter from Elder Dempster Line describing arrangements for officers to use railway company air services in the UK on their return, June 1934. This files does not appear to have a later '2/4/9'-style number.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
6 TIFF images

4. EAP626/1/1/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/1/2
Title:
Revision of Salaries and Conditions of Service of European Officers - Notice to Officers on agreement in non-pensionable posts
Scope & Content:
Includes salary of Assistant Traffic Superintendents, Railway Department. Contents date from 1935, and the file appears to have been re-numbered L/18/35, possibly as the information from 1935 replaced earlier salary details from 1933. Includes a printed copy of an extraordinary edition of The Si...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
18 TIFF images

5. EAP626/1/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2
Title:
CSO R files - Open Policy Files on the Railway and Communication Services (files relating directly to railways)
Scope & Content:
Only files relating directly to railways were photographed from this series. All files were transferred from the Colonial Secretary's Office to the independent Government of Sierra Leone, and lodged in the National Archives.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
3231 TIFF images

6. EAP626/1/1/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/1
Title:
Railway: Court Messengers travelling by Goods Train - irregularity of
Scope & Content:
Issue of Court Messengers travelling up country on goods rather than passenger trains, and the General Manager of the Railway's objection to the practice.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
11 TIFF images

7. EAP626/1/1/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/2
Title:
Railway: Construction of a certain type of coach offering improved accommodation
Scope & Content:
Construction of two composite first and second class carriages for officers, and delays due to problems with the supply of teak.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
9 TIFF images

8. EAP626/1/1/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/3
Title:
Closing of Mountain Railway
Scope & Content:
Placing of a public notice in The Gazette about the closing of the Mountain Railway.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
6 TIFF images

9. EAP626/1/1/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/4
Title:
Motor Bus Service: Returns of Revenue
Scope & Content:
Passenger numbers and revenue of the bus service operating by the railway, and notes on its profitability.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-1931
Extent:
109 TIFF images

10. EAP626/1/1/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/5
Title:
Railway Additional Office Accommodation in Freetown
Scope & Content:
Cost of new offices for the Chief Mechanical Engineer, and delays due to heavy rains.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
18 TIFF images

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