Engines Collection (#11)

Boulton Paul Balliol prototype VL935
Boulton Paul Balliol 3rd prototype VL935 at the 1948 Farnborough SBAC show, in company with Avro Athena prototype VW890. the four Balliol prototypes were to be powered by Armstrong-Siddeley Mamba

Convair 440 Metropolitan N29DR of Basler Flight Services (msn 146); engines : Pratt and Whitney R-2800-CB16 or CB17 Double Wasps; year built : 1955XA-KIM : delivered 8 April 1954

Hawker Siddeley HS-125-600B G-AZHS (msn 25258), retained by Hawker Siddeley Aviation and later re-engined with Garret TFE731 turbofan engines ( to -700 standard)

de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk. XV with the extended wing-span wings, pressurised cockpit, 70 series Merlin engines, nose AI Mk

Avro Tudor 7 G-AGRX at the 1947 Radlett SBAC show. The first production Tudor 2, modified on the production line to Tudor 7 standard, powered by Bristol Hercules 120 radial engines

Farnborough 92 - Tu-204 - CCCP-64006
Farnborough 92 - Tupolev Tu-204-120 - CCCP-64006 (MSN: 1450743164006) - powered by Rolls-Royce RB.211-535 engines. Date: 1992

Farnborough 92 - Yak-38M - Yellow 38
Farnborough 92 - Russian Naval Aviation (Aviatsiya Voenno-morskovo Flota Rossii) - Yakovlev Yak-38M - Yellow 38. Detail of the rear fuselage and lift/cruise engines port exhaust nozzle. Date: 1992

Airspeed Ferry - G-ABSI
Airspeed AS.4 Ferry prototype G-ABSI, as originally flown with upright outer engines. Date: 1930s

USAF GC-130A
United States Air Force Lockheed GC-130A-LM Hercules 53-3131 (MSN 182-3003) converted to NC-130A. To Sheppard AFB as GC-130A O-33131 ground trainer by 1978 (O for obsolete). No engines by Dec 2002

Three cylinder compound express engine, Ionic, London & North Western Railway Company. Date: circa 1904

Ramsbottoms Engine, Princess Royal, London & North Western Railway Company. Date: circa 1904

Train on the Berlin to Munich railway, Germany. Date: circa 1900

Train on the Lucerne to Milan railway, Switzerland / Italy
Train on the Lucerne to Milan railway, Switzerland/Italy. Date: circa 1900

Passenger on train, St Petersburg to Moscow route, Russia
Passenger in a train compartment on the St Petersburg to Moscow route, Russia. Date: circa 1900

Train on the Bucharest to Galicia railway, Romania. Date: circa 1900

Train on the Madrid to Seville railway, Spain. Date: circa 1900

Train on the Genoa to Nizza railway, Italian Riviera. Date: circa 1900

Train on the Genoa to Rome railway, Italy. Date: circa 1900

Train on the Amsterdam to Rotterdam railway, Netherlands. Date: circa 1900

Train on the Paris to Lyons railway, France. Date: circa 1900

Train on the Brussels to Ostend railway, Belgium. Date: circa 1900

Steam train in the Bangkok area, Siam (Thailand). Date: circa 1900

Steam train on Pekin to Tientsin route, China
Steam train on the Pekin (Peking, Beijing) to Tientsin (Tianjin) route, China. Date: circa 1900

Steam train on Bombay to Calcutta route, India
Steam train on the Bombay (Mumbai) to Calcutta route, India. Date: circa 1900

Steam train on Cairo to Alexandria route, Egypt
Steam train on the Cairo to Alexandria route, Egypt, North Africa. Date: circa 1900

Steam train on Algiers to Oran route, Algeria
Steam train on the Algiers to Oran route, Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1900

Steam train on Bloemfontein to Pretoria route, South Africa
Steam train on the Bloemfontein to Pretoria route, South Africa, showing a Boer ambush. Date: circa 1900

Passenger train on the Melbourne to Sydney route, Australia. Date: circa 1900

Constantinople (Istanbul) to Palestine railway service. Date: circa 1900

Passenger train serving Veracruz, Mexico, Central America. Date: circa 1900

New York to San Francisco, Central Pacific railroad
New York to San Francisco train, crossing a bridge on the Central Pacific railroad. Date: circa 1900

Passengers in a compartment, The Flying Scotsman. Date: circa 1900

Running for newly-erected engines at Pobjoy Airmotors Ltd
Preliminary running in stands for newly-erected engines at Pobjoy Airmotors Ltd

In one of the plants of the Wright Aeronautical Corpora?
In one of the plants of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 24 Cyclone 18 radial engines of 2, 400hp move down a progressive assembly line towards final test in March 1944. Date: 1944

Erection Bay and stands with engines in progressives stages of production

London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth
The iconic LFB (London Fire Brigade) Headquarters building - Lambeth, London. Date: circa 1930s

Special train engine and carriage of the Egyptian Khedive
The Khedives Special in driving. It was built by R. Stephenson & Sons in 1862 and is used by the Khedive of Egypt when he moves his Court between his summer palace of Montaza and Alexandria

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley medium bomber plane
Armstrong Whitworth AW38 Whitley British front line medium bomber plane with two 800hp Siddeley Tiger VIII engines, used during the Second World War. Date: 1937-1945

Flying Scotsman luggage label by H. L. Oakley
Luggage labels featuring the famous Flying Scotsman steam train, designed by the silhouette artist Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley. Date: 1924

LNER, W1 10000 Hush Hush"
LNER, W1 10000 " Hush Hush " - built 1929. Date: early 1930s

LNER, The Queen of Scots Pullman Express - Kings Cross
Kings Cross Station, London. LNER, " The Queen of Scots " Pullman Express awaiting departure Date: early 1930s

Turnout by fire crews and appliances outside their station

Firefighters in action at a fire, VDC House, Wembley
Firefighters rush to put out a fire at VDC House, South Way, Wembley. Showing a turntable ladder and hydraulic platform in operation

GLC-LFB Turntable ladder overturned on roadway
Lack of stability at speed and when manoeuvring very occasionally resulted in fire engines overturning, because of the relatively high centre of gravity (loading) of the turntable ladder

GLC-LFB Dennis emergency rescue tender
The word Rescue was added to the sides of the London Fire Brigades fleet of emergency tenders, and ETs became known as ERTs (Emergency rescue tenders)

LCC-LFB A motorised Dennis pump escape
The adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of stations required. A report produced in the 1920s recommended the closure of some 15 fire stations

LCC-LFB Bromptons Dennis pump at Lambeth HQ
Station A8 was Brompton fire station. Here its dual-purpose petrol Dennis pump is seen standing at Lambeth headquarters

Horse drawn steamer at Sutton fire station, Surrey
A horse drawn oil fuelled Merryweather steam pump at Sutton fire station, Surrey

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