| Description | Drawings within this category are stored folded, and are from the Great Western Railway / Western Region Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineer Swindon ‘General’ Drawing Office. There were three separate Drawing Offices at Swindon i.e. Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon and General. The General Drawing Office was sub-divided into six sections i.e. Building, Machinery, Cranes, Electrical, Pumps and Survey.
Key to numbers in item descriptions:
1 Administration – Accidents, Legal, Railway Route Plans
2 Boilers – Stationary, Vehicle
3 Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels (excluding Severn Tunnel), Subways
4 Buildings, Structures, Services - Arrangements, Details, Layouts, Site & Town Plans
5 Coal Stages, Water Tanks, Water Columns/Cranes, Water Troughs, Water Fittings
6 Cranes – Fixed, Travelling, Steam, Swing Jibs, Runways, Lifting Apparatus
No. Subject Categories
7 Fences, Boundary Markers, Gates, Lamps
8 Fire Arrangements & Appliances
9 Harbours, Docks, Locks including Gates & Machinery, Canals, Rivers
10 Hoists, Lifts, Tips (not Sites), Jacks
11 Production Items - Jigs & Tools
12 Machinery – Arrangements, Details, Layouts
13 Mechanical Handling including Transport, Capstans, Winches, Conveyors & Elevators
14 Notices, Signs, Plaques, Models
15 Permanent Way
16 Plant & Equipment - Arrangements, Details, Layouts
17 Production Items - Locomotive & Rolling Stock Spring Gear, Inspection Sheets
18 Track Layouts & Sites (many indicating water, gas, electricity or fuel oil distribution)
19 Traversers
20 Turntables
21 War Items
22 Water Pumping Stations (including Severn Tunnel), Pumps, Bore Holes & Wells
23 Weighing Machines & Weighbridges |