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032-003382523 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [40] File

1. EAP626/1/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/7
Title:
Postcards
Scope & Content:
1 x 2 inch 6d postage stamp from the colonial period, depicting the Orugu Viaduct. 11 postcards of the railway produced by the Freetown photographers Lisk-Carew Brothers of Freetown. These show bridges and stations, and one street scene in Freetown with the railway tracks in the foreground. Donat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
13 TIFF images

2. EAP626/1/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/1
Title:
Code words to be used in telegrams on railway business
Scope & Content:
Printed book published by the Sierra Leone Railway titled 'Code words to be used in telegrams on railway business', issued on 16 September 1946 by the General Manager, W.H. Salkield. The book gives instructions on the use of telegrams on the railway, and lists the various single-word 'codes' use...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16-Sep-46
Extent:
31 TIFF images

3. EAP626/1/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/3
Title:
Tally Cards
Scope & Content:
Dates of original material: 1965; 1973. 2 printed 'tally cards' - forms which record the withdrawal of engine oil from the stores department. The forms record who withdrew the oil, how much, the date, and how much oil remained in the stores. These forms formed part of the wider stores accountin...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 1965-1973
Extent:
3 TIFF images

4. EAP626/1/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/5
Title:
Tickets
Scope & Content:
7 miscellaneous tickets for various journeys on the railway. The tickets are the rectangular cardboard 'Edmondson' type tickets that were used on Britain's railways. Those tickets on which a date can be discerned date from 1964. Donated to the SL NRM.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1964
Extent:
14 TIFF images

5. EAP626/1/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/2/4
Title:
Locomotive Department Stores Requests
Scope & Content:
Small printed forms submitted to the Locomotive Department to request supplies for diesel locomotive and workshop maintenance. Items requested are usually cleaning oil, cylinder oil and fuel oil. Some staff names can be discerned from the signatures. Custodial history: Found in the National Wor...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968-1974
Extent:
26 TIFF images

6. EAP626/1/1/2/63

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/63
Title:
Photographs of the railway
Scope & Content:
Four large undated photographs of the railway, showing a train on a bridge (Moa River Bridge), replacing sleepers, Garret locomotive no. 57 and a viaduct under construction. Provenance unknown - possibly passed to the National Archives following the closure of the railway.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

7. EAP626/1/1/2/62

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/62
Title:
Disposal of Railway Rails and Sleepers
Scope & Content:
Arrangements for shipping old rails and sleepers to Russell, Marshall & Co. of London.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
6 TIFF images

8. EAP626/1/1/2/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/21
Title:
Railway: Finance, 1927-1928
Scope & Content:
Mainly concerning re-appropriation of finances ('votes') to cover excess spending over estimates. Includes detailed tables of excess spending and narratives of reasons for the excess.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926-1935
Extent:
48 TIFF images

9. EAP626/1/1/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/8
Title:
Railway - Commodities Return
Scope & Content:
Detailed monthly statements of the types of goods and livestock carried on the railway from each station. Divided into public and government traffic.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-1931
Extent:
54 TIFF images

10. EAP626/1/1/2/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP626/1/1/2/14
Title:
Railway Instructor Guard (European)
Scope & Content:
Transfer of a European Guard from Nigerian Railways to train the guards on the Sierra Leone Railway who are all African. Appointment of J.T. Dunn, his subsequent departure and his opinion of the Sierra Leone guards.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
102 TIFF images

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