Gauge Collection (page 2)

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

A striking view of the River Rheidol and the outskirts of the town of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales. By the river can be seen the Vale of Rheidol narrow gauge railway Date: 1960s

Romney, Hythe, Dymchurch Railway - New Romney - Duke of York
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway - at New Romney, Kent - Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI) driving the first passenger service over the two-mile track on 5th August, 1926

Loco Lord of the Isles
Great Western Railway locomotive Lord of the Isles, built on the broad gauge favoured by Brunel, so unable to run on other lines. Date: 1850

FURNACE OF STEAM ENGINE
The furnace, boilers and temperature gauge of a fully operating steam engine Date: early 19th century

TOOLS / GAUGES ETC / 1889
Various types of saw, gauge and screwdriver. Also included is a spirit level. Date: 1889

BRUNELS BROAD GAUGE
The ghost of Brunel laments the burial of the railway broad gauge he invented

Railway Station - (Ffestiniog Narrow Gauge Railway), Tan-Y-Bwlch, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales. Date: 1911

Ravenglass Station, Ravenglass & Eskdale Narrow Gauge Railway, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, Britain. Date: 1950s

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
A New British-American Baby Loco! The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Miniature Railway, the ambitious fifteen gauge passenger railway that stills runs to this day across Romney Marsh. Date: 1932

Argus - Falcon class 2-4-0 of the LSWR
Argus of the London & South Western Railway (LSWR) - a Standard Gauge 2-4-0 Locomotive (works number 21 - one of 17 built at the Nine Elms Works between 1863-67)

Switchback railway, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USA
Switchback railway, near Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USA. A gravity narrow gauge railroad at the Summit Hill coalmines, used by the company to transport coal in trucks to the village across

Deep sea diver in diving bell, off The Lizard, Cornwall
Deep sea diver in a diving bell, preparing to descend to examine oil drilling equipment below the oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Advert for Lancaster & Sons bellows cameras 1890
Advertisement for 19th century bellows cameras, pocket combination aneroid barometers, selection of scientific equipment compound microscope, achromatic microscope

Ballycastle Station and Narrow- Gauge Railway - a view of Ballycastle station with steam train Countess of Antrim and people at the front side of the train. On the platform a boy looks

RAIN GAUGE
Checking a rain gauge machine at Kew, near London, England. Date: early 1930s

Lord of the Isles steam train, 1851
The Great Western Railway Broad Gauge Locomotive Lord of the Isles, 1851. Date: 1851

Sierra Leone - Freetown - Cotton Tree Railway Station - The 3:30pm Bungalow Train Date: circa 1905

Khartoum Tramway - Sudan
The Khartoum Tramway - Sudan Date: circa 1904

Steep hillside with railway track Sydhaus Oerne, Pacific
Steep hillside with narrow gauge railway track and side-tipping skip wagons, Sydhaus Oerne, South Sea Islands, Pacific Ocean. Date: 1914

Commemorating 100 years of the Danish Railways Date: 1947

Elevated rail road, Houghton st, New York
The New York elevated rail road company was founded in 1872, building a standard gauge rail road under the control of Jay Gould

Narrow gauge railway with men and skip wagon
Narrow gauge railway with men, tipper skip wagon loaded with rocks, and quarry buildings. Date: circa 1920

Man working on miniature steam engine
Man in his sitting room, working on a miniature steam engine. Date: circa 1930s

Steam Locomotive Samson on the Turntable, Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Narrow Gauge Railway, Kent, England. Date: 1950s

Narrow Gauge Railway, Eskdale, Holmbrook, England
Narrow Gauge Railway, Eskdale, Holmbrook, near Sellafield/Grasmere, Cumbria, England. Double Header - Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. Date: 1920s

Narrow Gauge Mountain Railway Train, Snowdon (near Summit), Llanberis, Caernarfonshire, Wales. Date: 1920s

Narrow Gauge Mountain Railway Train, Snowdon, Llanberis, Wal
Narrow Gauge Mountain Railway Train, Snowdon, Llanberis, Caernarfonshire, Wales. Date: 1920s

Ffestiniog Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotive Mountaineer, Dduallt Mountain, Dolgellau, near Snowdonia, Merionethshire, Wales. Date: 1960s

Narrow Gauge Railway Locomotive & Carriages, Rye, Sussex
Narrow Gauge Railway Locomotive & Carriages, Rye, near Winchelsea, Sussex, England. Rye & Camber Railway Date: 1928

Boy With Hornby Gauge 0 Clockwork Train Set, England. Date: 1920s

Ravenglass & Eskdale Narrow Gauge Railway
Narrow Gauge Railway, Ravenglass & Eskdale Narrow Gauge Railway, near Gosforth, Cumbria, England. Date: 1910s

Dual Gauge Railway & Platelayers, Burnham, Evercreech, Somer
Dual Gauge Railway & Platelayers, Burnham / Evercreech, Somerset, England. Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Date: 1900s

Switzerland - Lake of Lucerne, View from the Rigi
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Lake of Lucerne from Mount Rigi, Queen of the Mountains. In the foreground appears to be a train track, that of the Rigi-Bahnen

Shand Mason Horsed Steamer, Bishopsgate, London
A Shand Mason Horsed Steamer at Bishopsgate, London. Date: 1906

Railway construction in France, Western Front, WW1
Broad gauge railway construction on the Western Front in France during World War One. Progress was made at a rate of one mile per day. Date: circa 1916

Railway construction, Western Front, France, WW1
Broad gauge railway construction by British soldiers on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are seen here building an embankment. Date: circa 1916

Corner of a large tiled kitchen, showing a gas cooker (right) and a large stove with doors for the coal (in a scuttle at the side), and a flue. There are pots and pans on a tall stand (left)

Hilger Interference Gauge Testing Engineers
The Hilger Interference Gauge Testing Outfit for Engineers intended for use when photographs of interference phenomena were required. Date: 1925

River Rheidol
A striking view of the River Rheidol and the outskirts of the town of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales. By the river can be seen the Vale of Rheidol narrow gauge railway Date: 1960s

Japan - Light Railway at Atami. The line closed in 1923 as a result of the Great Kanto earthquake. Date: circa 1910s

Whitworth gauge

Cross-braced bogie for metre gauge wagons, c.1979 Date: circa 1979

Metre gauge cross-braced bogie, British Rail

London (NFS) firefighter in breathing apparatus, WW2
Side view of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing the re-breather bag, mouthpiece, control valves and cooler

Blitz in London -- emergency water mains for firefighting
Blitz in London -- frequently water mains were damaged or destroyed by enemy bombing. Emergency water mains were laid, over ground, to which fire hoses could be connected

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

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