David Jenkinson
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David Jenkinson (6 August 1934 – 27 April 2004) was a railway modeller and historian, who had a particular interest in the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and was president of the LMS Society.
BiographyEdit
Jenkinson was born in Leeds and educated at Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, which in 1951 took him to a field trip to the Settle-Carlisle Railway line (S&C), which would start a lengthy relationship with that line. He went to London University where he met his future wife Sheila, with whom he had four children (Christopher, Hilary, Timothy and Nicola).
After graduating Jenkinson joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1956, from which he retired in 1972 having achieved the rank of Squadron Leader.<ref name="steamindex">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During this time he built his 4 mm scale EM gauge models Marthwaite<ref>Jenkinson, David, "Marthwaite" Railway Modeller, June 1964</ref> and Garsdale Road<ref>Jenkinson, David, "Garsdale Road" Railway Modeller, April 1970</ref> (see Garsdale) representing a station on the S&C set during the 1930s period when it was run by the LMS.
In 1963, with Bob Essery and others he founded the LMS Society.<ref>LMS Society website Template:Webarchive.</ref> Alone and with Essery he authored many books, the most important was their book on LMS Coaches, which was groundbreaking in its treatment of a non-locomotive subject.
Soon after the Science Museum was asked to take on the historic railway collections, David, having retired from the RAF, applied for and was appointed as an education officer with the Science Museum at South Kensington, where he worked with John Van Riemsdijk on the layout of the new building in York.<ref name="steamindex" /> He subsequently became Head of Education and Research at the resulting National Railway Museum (NRM), where he was responsible for refurbishment to running condition of major locomotives and vehicles, so that national tours would promote the museum. He left the NRM in 1988,<ref>Blakemore, Michael, 'David Jenkinson, 1934-2004' (editorial): BackTrack, vol. 18, no. 6, June 2004, page 323</ref> after management changes.
He put some of the time thus freed into his writing career and was editor of BackTrack from 1989 to 1994, in succession to the magazine's founder, Nigel Trevena, of Atlantic Transport Publishers. Jenkinson set up Pendragon Publishing in 1991 as a separate entity within Atlantic and retained it when he split with them in 1995. In partnership with Michael Blakemore, Pendragon bought BackTrack from Atlantic in 2003.<ref>Blakemore, Michael, '"Silently closing the bedroom door, Leaving the note that he hoped would say more…"' (editorial): BackTrack, vol. 17, no. 12, December 2003, page 663</ref>
In the year he left the RAF he started his layout Little Long Drag, which incorporated Garsdale Road and a lengthy run in a custom-built shed.<ref>Jenkinson, David, "Little Long Drag 1 - Planning for Permanence" Railway Modeller, May 1973</ref> Later he switched to 7 mm scale modelling, building Kendal, Kendal II and Kendal Branch the latter based on an imaginary ex-Midland Railway line in the early Grouping era (c.1928-30).
Much of his railway modelling stock was sold at auction by Christie's in 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
PublicationsEdit
- Extract from LMS Society bibliography
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- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1967) Locomotive Liveries of the LMS Ian Allan Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & N Campling (ed) (1969) Historic Carriage Drawings B Ian Allan Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1969) The LMS Coach Ian Allan Template:ISBN
- V R Anderson, R J Essery & D Jenkinson (1971) Portrait of the LMS Peco Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1973) Rails in the Fells Peco Template:ISBN . Second revised edition, 1980, Template:ISBN.
- D Jenkinson & J Bellwood (1976) Gresley & Stanier D Jenkinson & J Bellwood Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1977) LMS Coaches 1923 - 57 Oxford Publishing Company Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1980) The Power of the Duchesses Oxford Publishing Company Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1981) LMS Locomotives Vol 1 General Review Oxford Publishing Company Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & G Townend (1981) Palaces on wheels HMSO Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1982) Profile of the Duchesses Oxford Publishing Company Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1982) The Power of The Royal Scots Oxford Publishing Company Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1984) Midland Carriages (1877 0nwards) Template:ISBN Oxford Publishing Company
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1984) Midland Locomotives from 1883 Vol 1 General Survey Wild Swan Publications Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1985) LMS Locomotives Vol 2 Pre group Western & Central Div Oxford Publishing Company Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1985) Modelling Historic Railways Patrick Stevens Ltd Template:ISBN
- R J Essery & D Jenkinson (1986) LMS Locomotives Vol 3 Absorbed Pre-Group Classes, Northern Division Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1987) LMS Locomotives Vol 4 Pre group Midland Silver Link Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1988) Eric Treacy's LMS Oxford Publishing Company Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1988) Midland Locomotives from 1883 Vol 2 Passenger Tender Wild Swan Publications Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1988) Midland Locomotives from 1883 Vol 3 Tank Engines Wild Swan Publications Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1988) The London & Birmingham Capital Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1989) LMS Locomotives Vol 5 Post group standards Silver Link Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1989) Midland Locomotives from 1883 Vol 4 Goods Tender Wild Swan Publications Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1991) LMS Standard Coaching Stock Vol 1 General Intro & NPCS Oxford Publishing Company Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1993) Bedtime Backtrack Atlantic Transport Publishers Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1994) LMS Locomotives Vol 3 Pre group Northern Div Silver Link Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (1994) LMS Standard Coaching Stock Vol 2 Gen Service Gangwayed vehicles Oxford Publishing Company Template:ISBN
- J Edgington, J Smart & D Jenkinson (1994) The Big Four in Colour 1935 -50 Atlantic Transport Publishers Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1995) LNWR Carriages Pendragon Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1996) Carriage Modelling Made easy Wild Swan Publications Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & B C Lane (1996) British Railcars 1900-1950 Atlantic Transport Publishers Template:ISBN
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- D Jenkinson & A Earnshaw (1997) Last Years of the Big Four Atlantic Transport Publishers Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1998) Historic Carriage Drawings Vol 2 Pendragon Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (1999) The Big Four in Colour Pendragon Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson (2000) Historical Railway Modelling Pendragon Template:ISBN
- D Jenkinson & R J Essery (2000) LMS Standard Coaching Stock Vol 3 Non Corridor & Special purpose Oxford Publishing Company Template:ISBN