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032-002919817 Subject Railway Locomotives

1. Photo 1311

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311
Title:
The Khyber Railway [with photographs by Randolph Bezzant Holmes]
Scope & Content:
Printed book, with original photographs by Randolph Bezzant Holmes pasted in, with accompanying letterpress descriptions. The work contains views on the line of the Khyber Railway. This photographic commission is probably the one referred to in three letters in the Holmes Papers, Mss Eur F265/1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
Soft-covered printed book measuring 260mm x 330mm, with 13 pasted-in prints (plus one loose unrelated print)

2. Photo 1311(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(1)
Title:
The Khyber Railway. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
Head-on view of locomotive No. 2230 emerging from a gorge on the Khyber Railway
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

3. Photo 1311(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(11)
Title:
Tangi Bridge [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing a locomotive with goods carriages crossing the masonry bridge, with a tunnel at the far side
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

4. Photo 1311(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(3)
Title:
Kafir Tangi Tunnel [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing locomotive No. 2230 approaching the tunnel
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

5. Photo 1311(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(8)
Title:
Ali Masjid Gorge [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing a locomotive approaching a tunnel, with the road through the pass below With accompanying letterpress description: The main fort and camp lie on the further side of Ghatzai ridge which stands immediately above the station. Immediately on leaving Landi Kotal station the line falls a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

6. Photo 1311(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(6)
Title:
Near Medanak Reversing Station [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View looking onto the line and tunnel With accompanying letterpress description: The train then plunges into the series of tunnels which carry the track through a narrow limestone gorge and only fleeting views are obtained as the train passes in and out of the tunnels. The line finally emerges ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print

7. Photo 1311(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1311(4)
Title:
Near Fort Maude [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing a train crossing a bridge on the Khyber Railway With accompanying letterpress description: The second reversing station is soon reached at Changai, whose station building was visible on the sky line from below. Starting again from Changai, the railway runs in a wide loop round the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 photographic print