Offer for sale of surplus railway rolling stock by Manager - Nigerian Railways
Scope & Content:
Offer of surplus wagon stock from the Bauchi Light Railway, Nigeria - not required by the Sierra Leone Railway. Includes blueprint general arrangement drawings of the various wagons.
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.
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...
Cline Town Works / National Workshops Gate Pass Books
Scope & Content:
Books of stubs recording articles removed from the former Cline Town Locomotive Works. The stubs give the date, the person removing the material, what was removed, occasionally which part of the works the items were taken from, and sometimes where they were taken to. The books are only partiall...