List 8 - The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society

R.C.T.S. PHOTOGRAPHS – ORDERING INFORMATION
The Society has a collection of images dating from pre-war up to the present day. The
images, which are mainly the work of late members, are arranged in in thirteen lists shown
below. The full set of lists covers upwards of 30,000 images. They are :
LISTS
List 1A Steam locomotives (BR & Miscellaneous Companies)
List 1B Steam locomotives (GWR & Constituent Companies)
List 1C Steam locomotives (LMS & Constituent Companies)
List 1D Steam locomotives (LNER & Constituent Companies)
List 1E Steam locomotives (SR & Constituent Companies)
List 2 Diesel locomotives, DMUs & Gas Turbine Locomotives
List 3 Electric locomotives, EMUs & Trolleybuses
List 4 Coaching stock
List 5 Rolling stock (other than coaches)
List 6 Buildings & Infrastructure
List 7 Signals and signalling equipment
List 8 Overseas railways
List 9 Miscellaneous subjects
Lists may be downloaded from the web site but may also be ordered from
photoarchive@rcts.org.uk. Lists can be supplied by any of the following methods :
1. By email attachment as zip files (a charge of 50p will be made, but please note
that recipients
will require the appropriate software to extract the lists)
2. By email attachment as a self-extracting zip (.exe) files (plus 50p delivery)
3. On CD (a charge of £3.50 inc P&P will be made for delivery by CD)
PRICING AND ORDERING INFORMATION
Refer to the website (http://www.rcts.org.uk/features/archive/) for current prices and
information.
NOTES ON THE LISTS
1. All photos are ¾ front views unless otherwise stated.
2. Colour photographs are identified by a ‘(C)’ after the reference number.
3. Vertical format prints are identified by a ‘VF’ after the reference number.
4. Vertical format colour prints are identified by a ‘CVF’ after the reference number.
5. A quality grading code is being gradually introduced to assist you in choosing your
requirements. The codes are:
VG Very good – good lighting and all details clearly visible
G Good – similar to VG but not quite optimum conditions
FG Fairly good – some parts, i.e. under-frames etc may be in shadow or details
unclear
F Fair – Subjects where buffers, chimneys or tenders etc have been cut off but
otherwise are of reasonable quality
P Poor – Prints of interesting or unusual subjects of a quality, which would not
normally be included in the catalogue.
*(R) Indicates loco is in rebuilt form.
COPYRIGHT AND CONDITIONS OF SUPPLY
1. All photographic prints are supplied in good faith that either the copyright is owned by the
RCTS or that it has not proved possible to identify or attribute copyright.
2. Prints are supplied on condition that they may be used only for private study and
research.