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Porter (Petherick)London characters: in these days of hatboxes, parasols, dressing cases and all, the STATION PORTER takes them from cab to train and puts them in the luggage rack for you. Date: circa 1870
WWI / BRITISH WOMENBritish women soldiers do some carpentry. Date: 1917
WWI / BRITISH WOMEN TRAINEnglish women soldiers exercise near Rouen, France. Date: 1917
Advertisement - Railway StationA large number of posters at Charing Cross Station Date: 1874
BATTLE AMIENS 1870Battle of Amiens during the Franco-Prussian War: the Prussians 44th regiment attacks a rail embankment at Villers Bretonneux Date: 23 December 1870
ARTILLERY ELEPHANTS 1857Elephants are used to haul artillery, forming a siege train, during the Indian Mutiny Date: 1857
GIRL WITH TOY TRAIN SETA little girl playing with a train set which she got for Christmas. Date: circa 1940
BAYONET DRILL / WW1 / 1918Highlanders practising bayonet drill, World War One. Date: 1918
GERMAN INVASION DEVICESFrance : the German Armys invasion is so rapid because they make good use of high- tech military equipment, such as rail-mounted gun carriers Date: June 1940
EVACUEES AT CATFORDChildren enter Catford station, southeast London, prior to boarding the train which will take them to where they will be safe from German bombs Date: summer 1940
FRENCH ARTILLERY TRAINArtillery train in the process of moving the guns Date: circa 1807
ALLEGORY OF MECHANICSLA MECANIQUE allegorical design depicting the angel of mechanics, fire in one hand, a locomotive in the other, against a background of machinery Date: circa 1890
MACHINES ALLEGORISEDLA MECANIQUE allegorical design depicting the angel of mechanics, fire in one hand, a locomotive in the other, against a background of machinery Date: circa 1890
KAILAN COAL MINES 1930SChinese miners pushing trolleys of coal on rails at the (British) Kailan coal mines, China. Date: 1930s
VICTORIA / LOUISP / GOSPORTQueen Victoria entertains Louis Philippe at Osborne: scene at Gosport station Date: 1844
Second class passengers going home for Christmas 1859Crowed Second class passengers on their way home for Christmas. Date: 1859
POSTER MT SAINT-MICHELWhy dont you take the train of the Chemins de Fer de lEtat to MOnt Saint-Michel ? Date: 1923
3 GIRLS ON SWINGS C19Three girls take turns on a makeshift swing made from a length of rope fastened to a railing. A little child, whose toy horse has broken, sobs. Date: late 19th century
KANAWHA, MICHIGAN RLYKANAWHA AND MICHIGAN RAILWAY COMPANY share certificate Date: 1890
FAMOUS DOG SNATCHBURYRescued by an engine-driver named Shelvey from a group of louts at Euston Station, Snatchbury takes to railway travel and accompanies his rescuer on his journies Date: 1875
BRUNELS BROAD GAUGEThe ghost of Brunel laments the burial of the railway broad gauge he invented
ODESSA-BALTA LINE BRIDGE 1866ODESSA-BALTA RAILWAY The rail link is opened between these two towns, a distance of 180 km. The first train thunders across a wooden bridge Date: 1866
NY SUBWAY PASSENGERS 2Passengers (2 of 2) Date: 1937
NY SUBWAY PASSENGERS 1Passengers (1 of 2) Date: 1937
LINCOLN / SPRINGFIELDABRAHAM LINCOLN His home in Springfield, Illinois Date: 1809 - 1865
London - Embankment - 1867A section of the Thames Embankment, showing; 1. subway, 2. low level sewer, 3. Metropolitan and District Railway and 4. Pneumatic Railway. Date: 1867
COMMUNITY / CHARITY / HOBOESAmerican Hoboes Riding the Rods. Date: 1882
Lime Street, Liverpool station 1907At Lime Street station, horse-drawn carriages await passengers across the platform from the train. Date: 1907
ENGLAND / NEWCASTLE 1848The railway arch over Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, connecting the York and Berwick railway. It was opened by George Hudson, M.P. on 29 August 1848. Date: 1848
Victorian women and child 1869Women and little girl wearing polonaise with train & sleeves, picking fruit and putting them in a basket. Date: September 1869
Excursion TrainEXCURSION TRAIN Date: circa 1860
YORK STATIONPassengers await the arrival of their train Date: 1909
Women at Theatre 1814Crape gown, demi-train, shawl of cashmire, amber jewellery; hair a la Grecque with gold comb. Round dress, long lace sleeves, gold jewellery, black lace shawl; hair: Romano-Greek. Date: 1814
Orient Express HaltedSnow halts the train on the Hungary-Romania border; the passengers leave the train and huddle round improvised fires Date: January 1932
DENIS PAPIN & KETTLE DENIS PAPIN & KETTLEDENIS PAPIN French pioneer of the steam engine, who formulated his theories in just the way Watt did, by watching a kettle steaming in the hearth Date: 1647? - 1712
Travellers Phrase BookAn American couple on their honeymoon bring out the phrase book hoping to understand what the European railway official is trying to tell them... Date: circa 1909
COAL / RHONDDA FETEFete in celebration of Winning the Coal on the Rhondda branch of the Taff Vale Railway Date: 1851
Funicular, Montmartre, Paris, FranceThe Funicular railway at Montmartre which carries sightseers and worshippers up the Butte Montmartre to the church of Sacre Coeur. Date: circa 1905
Edwardian Blushing BrideA nervous looking Edwardian bride complete with veil and bouquet stands upon a Turkish carpet in order to be photographed, her long train draped over her arm. Date: circa 1905
PERSIAN GYMNASTSPersian athletes exercise to the accompaniment of music Date: circa 1835
INDUSTRY / MACHINES / STEAMGwynnes steam pumping engine Date: Late 19th Century
Great Exhibition, cotton machines 1851A perspective view, looking West, of Messrs. Hibbert and Platts cotton machines and Messrs. Hick and Sons high- pressure steam-engine and driving gear. Date: 1851
Cotton machines at the Great Exhibition 1851A perspective view, looking East, of Messrs. Hibbert and Platts cotton machines amd Messrs. Hick and Sons high- pressure steam-engine and driving gear. Date: 1851
Boring machine used in the Hoosac tunnel 1869Workers using a primitive boring machine to make the tunnel, lying between Switzerland and Italy, being thirty-six miles long and about twenty-five feet broad
Thames Viaduct RailwayThe Thames viaduct railway plan, designed by James Samuel and John M Heppel Date: 1864
Railway strike in Scotland 1891The strikers attack Motherwell Station, Glasgow. Date: January 1891
Bateman and Revys railway tube project 1869Bateman and Revys railway tube project. The bell pierces the tunnel. Date: 1869
QUARRY TRAM, PORTLANDPORTLAND Large stones transported by rail on trolleys winched from the quarry Date: circa 1850