Gauge Collection (page 3)

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

Changchun - Russian and Japanese trains
Manchuria - Russian and Japanese trains in the Station at Changchun, the first station of the Japanese South Manchuria Railway

Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn, Switzerland
The Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn (LSE) - a narrow gauge rack railway in Switzerland connecting Lucerne by Stans with a resort near Engelberg. A view toward the Titlis Mountain in the Urner Alps

Swiss Rack Railway at Rigi Kulm, Switzerland. The line ascends Mount Rigi from Arth-Goldau and Vitznau and is operated by the Rigi-Bahnen

Gauges used to manufacture Vickers-Maxim gun
Gauges used to manufacture the Vickers-Maxim gun, a heavy machine gun which was used from the late 1880s through to the 1940s in many wars by many countries. Date: 20th century

The last steam engine at Carnforth
Tradesmen at Carnforth standing in front of their engine. Left to right: boiler washer, Norman Wilson; firedropper, Norman Cottier; bar lad, Tommy Longstaffe; driver, Joe Harrison; and steamraiser

Locomotive engine, 6 foot 6 inch driving wheel, plan, side elevation and cross sections 15 May 1849 Date: 1849

Locomotive engine, 6 foot 6 inch driving wheels, cross sections 3 April 1849 Date: 1849

Locomotive engine, section

Locomotive engine, 9 foot driving wheel, horizontal and cross sections 1 June 1849 Date: 1849

Locomotive engine, 6 foot 9 inch driving wheel, cross section

Locomotive engine, 5 foot 9 inch driving wheel, plan, side elevation, half elevations and sections

Locomotive tank engine, 4 foot 9 inch driving wheel

Stephensons Great A locomotive coaching engine, side elevation Date: 1846

Broad gauge locomotive built by Fenton, Murray and Jackson, Leeds, side elevation Date: 1897

Baby Gauge Railway at widow Borax mine, Ryan
Baby Gauge Railway at widow Borax mine at Ryan, Death Valley, California

Rhiwbryfdir Slate Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales
View of Rhiwbryfdir Slate Quarry, near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales, showing the slate store, a crane

Lowering a tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
Lowering a tram full of slate onto the rails at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. From here the slate will be transported to the dressing sheds

Tramway, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of part of the tramway at the top of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales, with rope haulage and brake equipment

End of broad gauge, 1892
Brunels Great Western Railway pioneered the broad gauge from 1838 until 1892 when the final break with broad gauge took place. Here, the engineers are shown converting the tracks to dual gauge

Adjusting a valve in a submarine
A sailor adjusts a valve in the engine room of a British submarine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Narrow Gauge Swiss Railway -1905
A narrow gauge railway in Switzerland - the Brunigbahn Railway

Luggage being moved onto a narrow train
Passengers and luggage being moved from broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages

At work on the line at Saltash
Coversion from broad to narrow gauge on the Great Western Railway. Players and Surfacemen at work in the early morning on the line at Saltash

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

Changing trains at Gloucester
The break of gauge from wide to narrow gauge at Gloucester means that cross-country passengers and their baggage have to change trains

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