From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company providing a diagram and description of the Wolverton type 'M.D' train lighting system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 60\3\ Scan179 | |
| Date | 17th October 1932 | |
| 1-2/32. X6092 E.R.O. 45937. LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY COMPANY. Telephone— DERBY 1100. Ext. _____ Telegrams— "PURVES, c/o BESLINE, DERBY." CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF ASSISTANT TO CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER FOR CARRIAGES AND WAGONS. enclos: DERBY, 17th October, 1932. OUR REFERENCE. B/O.{Mr Oldham} P4/18-2. YOUR REFERENCE, HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.1/KT. Dear Mr.West, I am obliged for your letter of the 13th instant, and send you herewith diagram and description of the Wolverton type "M.D" train lighting system, for your information, and I trust this is what you require. Yours faithfully, J Lumes H.E.West, Esq., Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. | ||