Rail Collection (page 22)

Train of the Canadian Railways

Battlefields Pilgrims, arrival at St Omer, northern France
Battlefields Pilgrims, Percy Barton, Chairman of the South Western Area (extreme left) with members of West Country Party (Party D) arriving at St Omer, northern France

Battlefields Pilgrims at Victoria and Arras, northern France
Battlefields Pilgrims, The Metropolitan Company of Party A at Victoria Station, London (top), arrival of pilgrims at Arras, northern France, with roll call (centre) and outside the station at Arras

Battlefields Pilgrims, departure of ex-service women at Victoria Station, London, on 5 August. The pilgrimage of 11, 000 people to France and Flanders was organised by the British Legion

Loaded freight train in the Illinois tunnel system, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 1907

Opening of first railway in China - departing Shanghai
Opening of the first railway in China: The first train starting from Shanghai. 1876

Hotels on wheels by the Midland Railway, 1893
Hotels on wheels, by the Midland Railway. Interior of a first class dining carriage, showing portion of saloon with smoking room; and third class interior. Page 1 of 2. Date: 1893

By electric train to Brighton, 1932
By electric to Brighton, 1932. Feature on travelling by electric train. Date: 1932

Scotland nearer yet by rail, 1937
Page from The Sketch, 7th July 1937, featuring adverts for Scotland Nearer Yet by L.N.E.R. and L.M.S. " Its quicker by rail" ; and Aertex underwear. Date: 1937

Cheap summer tickets to Scotland, 1933
Page from The Sketch, 5th July 1933, featuring adverts for Cheap Summer Tickets to Scotland from L.N.E.R. and L.M.S. (London and North Eastern Railway and London Midland and Scottish Railway)

The Workmans Train. Interior of a third class carriage running workers from the suburbs of London into the city centre. The illustration related to a feature in the same issue of The Illustrated

Bystander page, travel East Coast Route, 1914
Page from the Bystander featuring adverts for Lightening, the new smokeless powder, Triumph, and travel to Scotland by the East Coast Route, 1914 Date: 1914

Adverts including for holiday excursions, 1912
Page from The Bystander with adverts for South Eastern and Chatham Railway August bank holiday rail travel; August Holiday Excursions with L.S.W.R.; the seaside resorts of East Anglia served by

British enterprise in railway travelling: the salon de luxe, 1904 Date: 1904

Luxurious Hotels on Wheels, G. N. R. ad, 1907
Page of The Tatler with advert for the G.N.R. Luxurious Hotels on Wheels, 1907 Date: 1907

Travel by train to the Edinburgh International Festival
Page of adverts in the Illustrated London News, 1949, including for British Rail - travel by train to the Edinburgh International Festival - for Rolls-Royce and Prices Energol

Holiday reflections and advert for Midland Railway
Holiday reflections with a smart tweed shooting costume, and an advert for Midland Railway to Scotland, 1906 1906

Entrance to Pullman Works, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Entrance to the Pullman Works, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the Pullman railway carriages were manufactured. The building is now the Pullman National Monument Visitor Centre

Old train, Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Old pioneer train, Western Village, Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, gateway to Boulder Dam. 1940

Railway station, Estoril, Cascais, Portugal
Aerial view of the railway station, Estoril, Cascais, Portugal, with the beach on the right. Date: circa 1930

Central Station, Lisbon, Portugal. Date: circa 1908

The Severn Tunnel works, 1880
The Severn Tunnel works - building the railway tunnel linking South Gloucestershire to Monmouthshire under the estuary of the River Severn. It was built between 1873 and 1886. 1

Railway station, Las Planas, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Railway station at Las Planas (Les Planes d Hostoles), a village in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. A train has just arrived, and the platform is full of passengers. circa 1908

Aerial view of railway station, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Aerial view of the railway station, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. circa 1908

West Calder Railway Station, West Lothian, Scotland, with people on the platform as a steam train approaches. circa 1910s

Cromer Express railway train wreck, Witham, Essex, 1 September 1905. Date: 1905

Halesowen railway station, Dudley, West Midlands. Date: circa 1910

General view inside Marylebone Station, London
General view inside Marylebone Station, Great Central Railway, London, with the Booking Office on the left and kiosks on the right. Date: circa 1910s

Taliesin locomotive, Festiniog Railway, North Wales
Taliesin locomotive, Festiniog (Ffestiniog) Railway, North Wales. 1887

Railway workers, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
Railway workers setting out on three handcars, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Date: 1936

Lake Louise railroad depot, Alberta, Canada
Lake Louise railroad depot on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, Alberta, Canada. circa 1920s

St Thomas, Ontario, Canada -- Michigan Central Railroad at Kettle Creek, with railway bridge, looking east. Date: early 1910s

MCRR Yards, St Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Michigan Central Rail Road Yards, St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Date: 1910s

CPR engine 1074, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
CPR engine 1074, Ten Wheeler Class, Windsor (Street) Station, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Date: circa 1915

Connaught Tunnel, Canadian Rockies, Canada
Connaught Tunnel through Mount MacDonald, Canadian Rockies, Canada. Date: 1917

Bears at Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, with a Canadian National Railway Train on the Mount Tekarra branch line, and a black bear and four cubs walking across the tracks. Date: circa 1940

Steam train in British Columbia, Canada, entering Lower Spiral and Mount Stephen Field. Date: 1930s

Illinois Central Railroad Depot, Chicago, Illinois, USA, one of the busiest stations in the city. 1914

Entrance to Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, USA
Entrance to Clear Creek Canyon, Golden, Colorado, USA, from Castle Rock Mountain scenic incline railway. Date: circa 1920

Aerial view of Willow Creek Canyon, Colorado, USA
Aerial view of Willow Creek Canyon, between Upper Creede and Creede, Colorado, USA. Date: 1910s

Railroad depot, Yosemite Valley, California, USA
Railroad depot, El Portal, Yosemite Valley, California, USA -- log cabin waiting room. Date: circa 1910

Cajon Pass on Coast Range with train, California, USA
Cajon Pass on Coast Range with a passing train, gateway to Southern California, USA. Date: circa 1930

Postcard booklet, Pecos River High Bridge, Texas, USA, carrying the Union Pacific Railroad across the river gorge. Date: 1942

Holidaymakers on cog train, Wengen, Bern, Switzerland
Holidaymakers with their sleds and skis, travelling up the slopes on a cog train, Wengen alpine village, Bern, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910

Share Certificate - United New Jersey Rail Road Company
Stock Share Certificate - The United New Jersey Rail Road and Canal Company, 25 shares. 1974

Stock Share Certificate - Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 100 shares. 1966

Share Certificate - New York, New Haven and Hartford
Stock Share Certificate - New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, 1000 shares. 1973

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