The collection includes letters, reports, specifications and plans as well as Locomotive photographs. The contents of the collection may be summarised as follows:
J.O.P Hughes
The material relates to Hughes’ work on the development of the Gas Turbine Locomotive whilst employed by the English Electric Co. All items appear to be directly related to Hughes’ work on the Gas Turbine Locomotive, in the form of correspondence, papers and reports written by Hughes, photographs and chart and drawings. These chart from the preliminary design of the Locomotive, to its eventual decline due to economic reasons.