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"On Precise Lines - engineering drawing and railways from Boulton & Watt to BR" An Illustrated Lecture by Tim Procter, Access Team Project Leader at the National Railway Museum, York, UK . Saturday 15th October, 18.30h, Gibb Theatre. Free ticketed event - 75 places available. The lecture will look at engineering drawings and drawing office practices from the dawn of heavy engineering in the 18th century to the large-scale drawing offices of the Big Four and BR, and will feature illustrations of the drawings from the NRM's collections. The lecture will be supported by an exhibition in the Luggage Van in Station Hall, where original designs from the drawing shops of Stephenson, Hackworth, the Big Four and British Rail will be on display, including sketches taken at the Rainhill Trials and a design for a locomotive on skis. Historic drawing instruments will form part of the exhibition, and our experts from Collections will be on hand for information and discussion. Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th October 2005 The Luggage Van, Station Hall, 11.00 - 13.00h and 14.00 - 17.00h. For the lecture: parking available in the Main Visitor Car Park, entrance via the Car Park Entrance from 18.15h Tickets obtainable from: Helen Taylor, Education Team, N R M, Leeman Rd, York YO26 4XJ. Tel: 01904 685743. E-mail: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________