Gauge Collection

Rheidol Vale Railway
The Vale of Rheidol Railway, Aberystwyth, Wales, opened in 1902 to serve the local lead mines. Here is one of the engine sheds at Aberystwyth. The line was privatised 1989

Brunel & Broad Gauge
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL The ghost of Brunel laments the burial of the railway broad gauge he invented

WW2 production poster
World War Two poster issued by the British Admiralty, demonstrating full steam ahead on production, presumably of wartime equipment and munitions. A naval commander with ensign flying gives the order

Narrow Gauge Railway Station, Southwold, Halesworth, Waveney, Suffolk, England. Date: 1929

Main Street in Kurseong, Darjeeling district, India
Main Street in Kurseong, a hill station in the Darjeeling district, India, with a narrow gauge railway track running along it. Date: circa 1910

Castle Pill railway, near Milford Haven, South Wales
View of the Great Western Railway at Castle Pill (pill is a local name for a tidal inlet), near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Tywyn, Dolgoch Station, Wales - The TalyIlyn Railway
Tywyn (formerly Towyn), Dolgoch Station, Wales - The TalyIlyn Railway Date: circa 1910s

Advert, Moncrieffs Inks, Perth, Scotland
Advert for Moncrieffs Inks, Perth, Scotland. 1905

New Eastbourne Tram
One of the beautiful new double-decker trams, built to a gauge of only 15 inches, which run from Eastbourne along the Crumbles, Sussex, England

Gwr Broad Gauge Loco
Broad gauge locomotive of the Great Western Railway : if you are travelling cross-country, you must change trains at Gloucester from broad to narrow gauge

North Bay light Railway, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Date: circa 1930s

Forecasting Weather
Forecasting the weather at the Air Ministry, Kew, London - observing a balloon to gauge windspeed levels. Date: early 1930s

The Metropolitan Underground, works in progress
The building work in progress at Kings Cross, to host part of the Mertropolitan underground railway. The first section of the underground was completed in 1863

Rail / Break of Gauge
The break of gauge at Gloucester: the trans-shipment of goods from the broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages

Dolgoch - narrow gauge steam loco of the Talyllyn Railway
Dolgoch a narrow gauge 0-4-0 well tank steam locomotive built by Fletcher, Jennings & Co in 1866, still in active service to the Talyllyn Railway. Date: 1953

Narrow Gauge Railway - Calshot Express, Royal Air Force Station, Southampton, Hampshire, Britain. Date: 1931

The Narrow Gauge Railway between Hailworth and Southwold, Suffolk, England - Southwold Railway Station. The line operated between 1879 and 1929 Date: circa 1912

Highest Viaduct on the Kalka-Shimla Railway
The Highest Viaduct on the Kalka-Shimla Railway - a narrow gauge railway in North-West India travelling along a mostly mountainous route. Date: circa 1910s

Alpnach Station Pilatus Railway Switzerland Victorian period

Southwold Railway early 1900s

Southwold Railway

Beyer Peacock Railway Engine No 2 Derby

Vale of Rheidol Railway, Wales - early 1900s

Vale of Rheidol narrow gauge railway at Devils Bridge

Snowdon locomotive, Snowdon Mountain Railway, Victorian period

A Broad Gauge Train on the GWR in the Thames Valley, Victorian period

Dawlish broad gauge railway devon

Dawlish broad gauge railway

Dawlish converting broad gauge to standard railway track
Dawlish converting broad gauge to standard gauge railway track

Sans Pareil on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, early 1900s

Katie on the Eaton Hall Railway, Victorian period

Ffestiniog Railway Tan-y-Bwlch Station early 1900s

Groudle Glen Isle of Man Miniature Railway early 1900s

Groudle Glen Railway, Isle of Man, Victorian period

Locomotive Aylwin on the Snowdon Mountain Railway

Snowdon Mountain Railway Locomotive No. 7 Victorian period

Devils Bridge Railway Station, Vale of Rheidol, Wales

WW2 - Parachutist Making A Delayed Drop
A photograph of a British WW2 parachutist preparing to make a delayed drop, he observes his stopwatch to gauge the right moment to jump. Date: circa 1940s

Cunard Line, RMS Aquitania - brass pressure gauge
Cunard Line, RMS Aquitania - circular brass pressure gauge on a contemporary oak backing with plaque bearing the words Cunarder Aquitania 1914-1950'. Date: 1914-1950

Steam Railway small gauge goods train No. 823 Date: 20th century

Southport, Merseyside, England - The Miniature Railway. Date: circa late 1920s

19th c. photograph: Gotthard Rail tunnel, Switzerland
Gotthard Rail tunnel, Switzerland The Gotthard Tunnel (German: Gotthardtunnel, is a 15.kilometre-long railway tunnel and forms the summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland)

Electrometers, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London

Adverts, Pullars Dye Works, Moncrieffs Inks
Adverts for Pullars Dye Works, Perth, and Moncrieffs Inks, Perth, Scotland. 1905

Cailletets apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen
Louis Paul Cailletets apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen. Date: 1885

Early Motor Power - A Narrow Gauge Motor Trolley constructed by Daimler. 1887

A seated candidate for the French Air Service is subjected to a series of tests to gauge his respiration, hand and pulse, during the firing of a revolver

The two French VIPs as they travel on a converted narrow gauge military railway. Date: 1916

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