Rail Collection (page 17)

The interior of a car on the Cote d Azur Pullman Express decorated with panels of Rene Lalique glass. Date: 1930

French Railway News - more Couchettes put into service. 1951

Off to the Continent? - British Railways Cross-Channel Services Date: 1956

Crossing to France? Travel with British Railways. Date: 1953

Winter Sports - travel to Europe with British Railways 1954

Advertisement for the Golden Arrow - British Railways - This could be you - on the Champs Elysees... A glamorous couple relaxing in Paris having travelled via the Luxury service. Date: 1960

London to Paris by British Railways - Business or Pleasure. Date: 1952

Paris by Morning - British Railways advertisement 1951
Paris by Morning - Travel London to Paris by British Railways - Night Ferry - Golden Arrow. Date: 1951

I always go the Permanent Way to Paris - Business Travel with British Railways - advertisement. 1949

Going to France? - British Railways advertisement
Going to France? - Where Summer Lingers Longer - British Railways advertisement - Leave on the dot... Arrive on the spot! 1949

Dinner to celebrate opening of Lancaster-Carlisle Railway
The railway contractors dinner at the Crown and Mitre Inn, Carlisle, to celebrate the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in autumn/winter 1846

Underground railway petrol locomotive, London
Underground railway petrol-fuelled locomotive, London. Date: 1908

Section of underground railway tunnel, City Line, London
Section of the underground railway tunnel on the City Line, London, between City and Elephant & Castle stations. Now part of the Northern Line

Scene outside Mansion House underground station, London, showing the arrival of City workers in their top hats at 10am. Date: 1896

Interior of electric underground train, City Line, London
Interior of an electric underground train on the City Line, London. Now part of the Northern Line, the City Line originally ran from City (now Bank) to Stockwell, via Borough, Elephant & Castle

Map of underground and overground stations, South London
Map of underground and overground stations connecting the City to South London. The overground lines are the London & South Western Railway and the London Chatham & Dover Railway

Manufacturing hard steel rails for the railway. Date: 1880

Baker Street underground station, London
A train arrives at Baker Street underground station, London, on the Metropolitan Line: the high roof is needed because the first trains are pulled by steam locomotives. Date: 1881

Metropolitan underground steam locomotive, London
Metropolitan District steam locomotive, as used on the London underground in the late 19th century. Date: circa 1880s

Cartoons, The Guide to the Metropolitan Railway, London
Cartoons in Fun, 1866. The Guide to the Metropolitan Railway. A humorous commentary on the popularity of the new London underground railway, showing people travelling for business and pleasure

Dignitaries on Metropolitan underground railway, London
Dignitaries taking a ride on the first train of the Metropolitan underground railway, London. Date: 1863

Banquet at Metropolitan underground opening, London 1863
Banquet in Farringdon Street Station at the opening of the Metropolitan underground, London, on 9 January 1863. Date: 1863

Aldgate station, London underground 1876
The Metropolitan Line was extended eastwards : Aldgate Station is, for the time being, the terminus, showing the front. 1876

Locomotive engine factory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
George Stephensons locomotive engine factory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with men at work. Date: 1845

Railway cutting works in progress in the early days of rail expansion. Date: 1840s

Cartoon, A Suggestion, London Underground escalator
Cartoon, A Suggestion, a comment on the escalator (moving staircase) at Earls Court Station on the London Underground. Showing people sliding down the parcel chute in the middle

Cartoon, Clapham Junction Station, SW London
Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No.6, underground passage at Clapham Junction Station, SW London - a passenger can t remember which stairs to take

Underground railway electrification, London -- one of the new electric trains. Date: circa 1904

London Underground railway, High Street Kensington
London Underground railway, aerial view of platforms, passengers and train at High Street Kensington. Date: 1894

Railway cutting works at Wormwood Scrubs, West London. Date: circa 1840s

London Underground railway, platform scene. Date: 1888

Sutton-in-Ashfield Town railway station, Nottinghamshire
Platform scene with passengers and footbridge at Sutton-in-Ashfield Town railway station, on the Leen Valley Extension Railway (GNR), Nottinghamshire, in the year that it opened. Date: 1898

Platforms at York railway station, Yorkshire, England
Platforms 5 and 6 at York railway station, Yorkshire, England 1888

Underground station, Stockwell, South London, showing the street view, the lift, and the platform and carriages, with passengers. 1892

Pier Head Station, Overhead Electric Railway, Liverpool
Scene outside Pier Head Station on the Overhead Electric Railway Line running through Liverpool Docks, in the year of the services opening. The line was seven miles long. Date: 1893

Underground railway, scenes from three stations, London -- Mansion House (District Line), Sloane Square (District Line), and the ticket office at Shepherds Bush (Central Line). Date: 1903

Underground railway, Bank Station, London 1903
Underground railway, Bank Station, London, showing passengers waiting for the lifts. Date: 1903

Extension of London Underground railway, 1906
Extension of the London Underground railway in 1906, showing the Booking Office at Piccadilly Station, the line running from Hammersmith in the west to Finsbury Park in the north

London Underground, double tunnel at Clerkenwell 1884
London Underground, double tunnel at Clerkenwell, with two steam trains passing through, one above the other. Date: 1884

Map of London Underground railway, 1906
Map of the London Underground railway in 1906, showing its expansion in all directions. Date: 1906

Underground railway electrification, London 1904
Underground railway electrification, Metropolitan Line, London -- showing the driver at his post, and passengers seated in a carriage. Date: 1904

Underground railway construction, London 1861
Underground railway construction in progress for the Metropolitan line, London, at Thames Embankment. 1861

Underground railway construction, Euston Road, London
Underground railway construction, earth-hoisting machine, drawn by horses, operating in Euston Road, London. 1861

Underground railway construction, Kings Cross, London
Underground railway construction for the Metropolitan line, Kings Cross, London. Date: 1860

Underground railway, Waterloo and City Line opening London
Underground railway, Waterloo and City Line opening, London. Starting from Waterloo, a driver working the motor, the entrance to one of the iron tunnels. Date: 1898

Underground railway construction, Lord Mayor of London 1881
Underground railway construction, the Lord Mayor of London commencing works for the extension of the Inner Circle railway. Date: 1881

Underground railway, Aldgate Station interior, London. Date: 1876

Railway passengers taking refreshments at York Station 1872
Railway passengers taking refreshments at York Station, with ten minutes to spare between trains. Date: 1872

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