The Reinohl Collection

 

What is the Reinohl Collection?

This is a collection gathered over a lifetime by Herbert John Reinohl (1889-1988) and younger brother Albert Frederick Reinohl (1894-1977). From their childhood in London through to the 1950s the brothers filled albums with tickets and other items related to road transport operations and buses in particular.

The collection includes information about horse-drawn transport that operated before the Reinohl brothers were born and continues into the 20th century. Their detailed notes and retrospective colour drawings are an invaluable research resource for the early development of London bus and tram services.

Tickets form the main part of the collection but Herbert and Albert also collected illustrations, press cuttings, journal articles and other ephemera from the UK and around the world. The collection took on a more global outlook when Herbert Reinohl emigrated to San Diego, USA in 1921.

The Reinohls were well known in the ticket-collecting world and in the 1930s they acquired other early ticket collections to add to their own. They built a relationship with London Transport, who gave the brothers samples of new bus and tram tickets. Articles by Herbert Reinohl were also published in London Transport’s staff magazine Pennyfare.

The collection was transferred to the Institute of Transport in 1954, where Herbert Reinohl continued to maintain it until the 1970s. The albums were then moved to London Transport Museum when it opened in Covent Garden in 1980. In the early 1990s the Friends of London Transport Museum funded the complete remounting of the original album sheets into archival sleeves, bound into 180 albums. They remain in the care of the Museum Library and are now stored at the Museum Depot in Acton.
 

What can I find on the Library catalogue?

Albums that are catalogued and searchable Abbreviations used in this list
1	1829 London's First Omnibus to 1968 Woodruff's Omnibuses
2	Unknown Proprietors to James Powell
3	London & Suburban Omnibus Company to LGOC Route 14A
4	LGOC & Associate Companies Route 15 to LGOC & Thomas Tilling Ltd. Route 33A
5	LGOC & Thomas Tilling Ltd. Routes 34 to 54
6	LGOC & Star Omnibus Company Route 55 to Atlas & Waterloo Association Route 69
7	Atlas & Waterloo Association Routes 71 to 107
8	Atlas & Waterloo Association Route108 to Thomas Tilling and Star Omnibus Company Route P
9	Thomas Tilling & Star Omnibus Company Route R to National Steam Car Company Route 162
10	London & District Omnibus Company (1879) to Union Jack Route 5 and Brake Bus Routes
11	Radcliffe-Ward Electric Bus 1897 to Allen's Bus Company, Farningham
12	A1 Omnibus Company to Cambrian Landray
13	Cardinal Omnibus Service to Essex Omnibus Company Ltd.
14	Chocolate Express Omnibus Company Ltd. to MTT Transport Company
15	Nelson Omnibus Company Ltd. to Claremont Omnibus Service
16	Charles Churchman (Reliance) to Victoria Road Car Company
17	West London Charabanc Company to Wiggs and Sons Ltd. (Grey Coaches Ltd.)
18	LGOC Service 1 - 4A
19	LGOC Service 5 - 8A
20	LGOC Service 9 - 10B
21	LGOC Service 11 - 12A
22	LGOC Service 13 - 16A
23	LGOC Service 17 - 20
24	LGOC Service 21 - 23
25	LGOC Service 23A - 25T
26	LGOC Service 26 - 29C
65	London's horse tramways, G.F.Train - p.1-10 only have been catalogued. Remainder of album described in list below.
Albums that are uncatalogued and not available to search online
27	LGOC Service 30 - 34B
28	LGOC Service 35 - 37B
29	LGOC Service 38 - 41
30	LGOC Service 42 - 47
31	LGOC Service 48 - 53
32	LGOC Service 53A - 59
33	LGOC Service 59A - 65 and Pay as you Board clippings
34	LGOC Service 66 - 71
35	LGOC Service 72 - 76
36	LGOC Service 76A - 80
37	LGOC Service 80A - 86
38	LGOC Service 86A - 92
39	LGOC Service 93 - 99
40	LGOC Service 100 - 106
41	LGOC Service 107 - 113
42	LGOC Service 114 - 124
43	LGOC Service 125 - 135
44	LGOC Service 136 - 144
45	LGOC Service 145 - 158
46	LGOC Service 159 - 177
47	LGOC Service 178 - 201
48	LGOC Service 202 - 228
49	LGOC Service 229 - 260
50	LGOC Service 261 - 311
51	LGOC Service 312 - 369
52	LGOC Service 370 - 431
53	LGOC Service 432 - 500
54	LGOC Service 501 - 605
55	LGOC Service 606 - 627
56	LGOC Service 628 - 669
57	LGOC Service 677 - 699, G1 - G40, Numbered stage tickets, 801 - 851, Miscellaneous cuttings
58	Cuttings - the Company Garages, Motors etc. Buses.
59	Cuttings – the Reinohl Collection, fares and tickets, the staff
60	Green Line Routes A - G
61	Green Line Routes H - S
62	Green Line Routes T - CF, Acme Pullman. 701 - 703
63	Green Line Routes 704 - 717
64	Green Line Routes 718 - 727, Miscellaneous Cuttings, LT Route 300, LGOC Routes in General Strike, Inter Station Buses, Special Services, Coach and Bus Tours, Festival of Britain Routes Tours to USA and Europe
65	London's Horse Tramways. G.F.Train (p.1-10 have been catalogued and are searchable), Surrey Side Street Rail Company, North Metropolitan Tramways Company, London Street Tramways Company, North London Tramways Company, Highgate & Hampstead Cable Tramways Ltd., Highgate Hill Tramways Ltd., North London Suburban Tramway Company
66	Lea Bridge, Leyton & Walthamstow Tramways Company, Harrow Road & Paddington Tramways Company, Metropolitan Street Tramways Company, London Tramways Company Ltd., London Southern Tramways Company, Southwark & Deptford Tramways Company, Woolwich & South East London Tramways Company Ltd., London, Deptford and Greenwich Tramways Company, Lewisham & Greenwich Tramways Company, South Eastern Metropolitan Tramways Company, London United Tramways, West Metropolitan Tramways Company Ltd., South London Tramways Company.
67	Metropolitan Electric Tramways, South Metropolitan Electric Tramways, SMET/Croydon Corporation Trams (joint services)
68	Croydon Tramways Company, Norwood Tramways Company, Croydon Corporation Tramways, Croydon and LCC joint routes, Leyton UDC Tramways, East Ham Corporation Tramways, East Ham Miniature Railway, West Ham Corporation Tramways, Ilford Council Tramways, Barking Council Tramways, Walthamstow Corporation Tramways, Bexley Council Tramways, Erith Council Tramways
69	London County Council Tramways early services in north and south London, LCC Tramways Buses
70	London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams Service 1 to 19 (odd numbered routes)
71	London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams Service 21 to 33 (odd numbered routes)
72	London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams Service 35 to 55 (odd numbered routes)
73	London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams Service 57 to 97 (odd numbered routes). London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams All Night Service (North London)
74	London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams Service 2 to 8 (even numbered routes)
75	London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams Service 10 to 24 (even numbered routes)
76	London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams Service 26 to 36 (even numbered routes). London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams All Night Service (South London)
77	London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams Service 38 to 54 (even numbered routes)
78	London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams Service 56 to 72 (even numbered routes)
79	London County Council Tramways and London Transport Trams Service 74 to 98 (even numbered routes). North and South London Universal Tram Tickets, Miscellaneous Cuttings (trams), LCC River Services
80	Tower Hill Subway, Metropolitan Railway, District Railway, East London Railway, Whitechapel and Bow Railway, City & South London Railway, Central London Railway, Great Northern and City Railway, Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, London Electric Railway (Piccadilly Line, Bakerloo Line), Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway, Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, Underground Railway Bus Services, Mr. W.W. Grantham's Ticket Collection
81	Central London Railway, Bakerloo Line, Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway, London Electric Railways, LPTB Trains
82	London Transport Railways.
83	London Transport Railways - Tickets, General Cuttings A - F, Minor Railways A - F, Great Central Railway
84	Railways - Great Eastern Railway to Longmoor Military Railway (including Government Warrants etc.)
85	Railways - London & North Western Railway to North Staffordshire Railway.
86	Railways - Great Western Railway
87	Railways - London, Midland and Scottish Railway
88	Railways - LMSR Steamships, Motor Bus Services, Northern Counties Committee - Ireland, London & North Eastern Railway
89	Railways - London & North Eastern Railway, the Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway, Steamships, Motor Bus Services
90	Railways - O -W including Southern Railway and Waterloo and City Railway
91	Railways - Southern Railway, Joint Railway Steamers
92	Stage Coach Services, Provincial - A
92A	Provincial - B - BI
93	Provincial - Birkenhead, Birmingham, BMMOC (Midland Red)
94	Provincial - BLA - BOR
95	Provincial - BOU - BUC
96	Provincial - Bristol & BUC - CAP
97	Proviincial - CAR - COL
98	Provincial - COLE - DAR
99	Proviincial - DAR - EASTB
100	Provincial - East Kent, East Surrey (including London opns), East Yorkshire
100A	Provincial - Eastern Counties, Folkestone
101	Provincial - FOOTT - Guernsey
102	Provincial - H - HOP
103	Provincial - HEA - IPS
104	Provincial - IR - LAN
105	Provincial - LA - LE
106	Provincial - LI - MAG
107	Provincial - Maidstone & District - MAY
108	Provincial - ME - NEW (excluding National)
109	Provincial - National Omnibus company (including London opns, ENOC, SNOC,WNOC & Royal Blue Coaches)
110	Provincial - NEW - NOT and Midland General
111	Provincial - NOT - PIL
112	Provincial - PIN - PRE
113	Provincial - PRE - RHO
114	Provincial - RMS - RUD
114A	Provincial - RUS - SIN
115	Provincial - SHEF - SOUTH STAFFS
116	Provincial - Southdown, Southend, Southport, South Wales - South Yorkshire
117	Provincial - SOU - TAU
118	Provincial - TH - UN
119	Provincial - UN - WALL
120	Provincial - WAL - WES
121	Provincial - WESTW - YEL
121A	Provincial - YEO - Z, Scotland A - C
122	Scotland - DA - Glasgow
123	Scotland - Glasgow - Scottish Co-op
124	Scotland - Scotting General - Z, Ireland - A - Curragh
125	Ireland - Belfast - Dublin and various operators E - W
125A	Ireland - GNR - Z
126	Water and Air Transport
127	Colonial - Fiji (Suva), Jamaica, Bermuda, Trinidad, Barbados, British Guiana, Egype, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, East Africa, Lagos, Colonial - Malta, Rhodesia, Sudan, Tanganyika, Uganda
128	Colonial - Persian Gulf, Burma, Ceylon, Cyprus, Iran, Thailand, Iraq, Malay, Siam, North Borneo, Palestine, Hejaz.
129	Australia - A - M
130	Australia - N - W
131	Australia - W - Z, New Zealand
132	Canada - A - P
133	Canada - Q - W, Railways
134	India
135	South Africa
136	USA - A - Baltimore
137	USA - Baltimore - Bristol
138	USA - Boston and Albany - Cheyenne
139	USA - CHI - CHN
140	USA - CIN - DEL
141	USA - DEN - EIG
142	USA - EIG - HAR
143	USA - Greyhound - HAR Inter County
144	USA -Iinter Mountain - LA
145	USA - LE - MIL
146	USA - MIN - N.Y.C.
147	USA - N.Y.C. - OLY
148	USA - OM - PHILA
149	USA - PHILA - ROCHESTER
150	USA - ROCHESTER - SANTA B.
151	USA - Santa Fe - Spreitz
152	USA - Springfield - Tyler
153	USA - UN - WA
154	USA - W - Z, Phillipines, Los Angeles A - LAMC
155	USA - Los Angeles
156	USA - Los Angeles, LA Railway, Pacific Electric Railway, Metropolitan Coach Lines
157	USA - Pacific Electric Railway, Disneyland Monorail, San Diego
158	USA - San Diego
159	Foreign - China, Japan
160	Foreign - Argentina
161	Foreign - South America
162	Foreign - A - Austria
163	Foreign - Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia
164	Foreign - D - E, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, France A - MEN
165	Foreign - France MER - W, Railways
166	Foreign - F - G, France Railways, North Africa, Air France, Syria, Tunis, Ethiopia, Greece, Germany A - AUG
167	Foreign - Germany BAD - B
168	Foreign - Germany C - ER
169	Foreign - Germany ES - H
170	Foreign - Germany I - M
171	Foreign - Germany N - S
172	Foreign - German State Railways
173	Foreign - Holland A, Amsterdam, Java, Sumatra, Indonesia
174	Foreign - H - I, Hungary, Italy
175	Foreign - I - R, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Portugese East Africa, Portugese Lorenco Marques, Portugese Benguela, Foreign - Roumania, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg
176	Foreign - R - Y, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Yugoslavia
177	Foreign - S - T, Sweden, Switzerland, Tiflis, Turkey
178	Sundry Photos A - Z
179	Sundry Photos Scotland, Colonial Airways, Foreign B - M
180	Sundry Photos Foreign G - Z

Searching within the Reinohl collection

1. Open our saved search which will display all available Reinohl records.
    
2. Click on the ‘Amend search’ button to the left of the results list.
    
3. Add any additional search words into the ‘All fields’ search box. Due to the nature of the Reinohl collection and its records, this works better than searching within more specific fields.
    
4. Click on ‘Search’

Searching the Reinohl collection by album number

1. Go to Advanced search
    
2. At the bottom of the page click on the drop-down list under ‘Additional fields’ and choose Album number. You should now see an Album number search box above the Additional fields list.
    
3. Type the number of the album you would like in the ‘Album number’ search box. Album numbers are only used in the Reinohl collection, so this will only find Reinohl records.
    
4. Add any additional search words into the ‘All fields’ search box. Due to the nature of the Reinohl collection and its records, this works better than searching within more specific fields.
    
5. Click on ‘Search’.

How to access the Reinohl collection