StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Weardale Railways

Edmundson ticket press, this and the card tickets were invented in the 1840s by Thomas Edmundson when he worked as a stationmaster at what is now Brampton, on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. Used to date stamp / validate the small pasteboard / cardboard tickets. These were pre-printed & numbered for popular journeys and kept in a special rack in the booking office. The numbers sold & cash reconciliation would be carried out on a daily and weekly basis ...

These booklets were products of the MIC ["Mutual Improvement Classes"] that almost all railway companies encouraged their staff to operate. MICs are a means to train the upcoming / new staff in the details of their jobs. Especially important with tasks that didn't occur every day, or even every month - such as running trains with pilotmen ...