Anthony Coulls

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Anthony Coulls is a British museum curator and historian. He is the Senior Curator of Rail Transport and Technology at the National Railway Museum,[1] the author of several books on railway and industrial history, and is active in the steam heritage movement.

History[]

Between 2001 and 2008, Coulls was the Curator of Energy at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.[2] In 2009 he was appointed the Senior Curator of Railway Vehicles at the National Railway Museum,[3] and is now the Senior Curator of Rail Transport and Technology there,[4] where he oversees the curation policy for the national collection of railway locomotives.[5] He is an active railway preservationist, as Chairman of the Friends of Thorpe Light Railway,[6] an advisor to the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum,[7] and a mentor - and former trustee - of the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Trust.[8] He is an expert on the Lowca Engineering Works of Tulk and Ley and Fletcher, Jennings & Co..[9]

In 2003, Coulls took on loan a 15-ton road roller, built in 1894 by Aveling and Porter,[10] from Beamish Museum, [11] which he subsequently restored to working order. He is a past general secretary of the Road Rollers Association[12] and from 2015 to 2019 was Chairman of the National Traction Engine Trust.[13]

Works[]

  • Coulls, Anthony (15 April 2018). Narrow Gauge Locomotives. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445675565.
  • Coulls, Anthony (15 July 2018). Road Rollers. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445675800.
  • Coulls, Anthony (15 March 2019). Stationary Steam Engines. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445691077.
  • Coulls, Anthony (15 July 2019). The Slate Industry. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445691053.
  • Coulls, Anthony (15 July 2017). Traction Engines. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445668864.
  • Coulls, Anthony (July 2016). The Lowca Legacy. Holne Publishing.
  • Coulls, Anthony (1 February 2012). Spirit of Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon. Spirit of Britain. Halsgrove. ISBN 9780857100641.
  • Coulls, Anthony (July 2016). Sierra Leone Railway Adventure : The Remarkable Story of the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum. Holne Publishing. ISBN 9780956331779.

References[]

  1. ^ Tighe, Chris (25 March 2018). "UK National Railway Museum embarks on £50m redevelopment". Financial Times.
  2. ^ "Manchester Museum of Science and Industry". Manchester Evening News. 17 February 2007.
  3. ^ "City of Truro steam locomotive withdrawn – has it steamed for the last time?". Railc.o.uk. 6 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Anthony Coulls". Amberley Publishing.
  5. ^ Williams, Michael (7 May 2015). The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain's Railways. Random House. p. 200.
  6. ^ Wibberley, David (19 April 2019). "It's full steam ahead as railway open days return". Teesdale Mercury.
  7. ^ Coulls, Anthony (10 April 2018). "From York to Sierra Leone - a tale of two railway museums". National Railway Museum.
  8. ^ "The Museum Trust". The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum.
  9. ^ Shildon Town Crier (26 June 2017). "Lowca Legacy at Locomotion". South West Durham News.
  10. ^ Christon, Stacey-Lee (12 November 2017). "Shildon family appeals for help to get vintage steam roller back on the road". The Northern Echo.
  11. ^ February 25, Paul Jarman /; News, 2013 / Leave a comment / (2013-02-25). "Ask a man who knows…". Beamish Transport Online. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  12. ^ "Association Business". Rolling. Road Rollers Association (161). February 2015.
  13. ^ "New Chairman for the NTET". National Traction Engine Trust. 7 January 2019.
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