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Rail Collection (page 4)

Background imageRail Collection: Locomotive no 538 0-6-0 tank engine

Locomotive no 538 0-6-0 tank engine

Background imageRail Collection: Locomotive no 1007 4-2-2

Locomotive no 1007 4-2-2 eight foot single express engine

Background imageRail Collection: Jenny Lind and John Grays engine

Jenny Lind and John Grays engine
Jenny Lind and John Grays London and Brighton engine, plans Date: 1846

Background imageRail Collection: London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage, Woking

London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage, Woking
General view of the main building of the London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage at Woking, Surrey. The orphanage was founded in 1885 in Clapham, south west London

Background imageRail Collection: General view of Exeter Prison, Devon

General view of Exeter Prison, Devon
A general view of Exeter Prison in Devon. Railway lines in the foreground carry a variety of rolling stock including both goods wagons and passenger carriages

Background imageRail Collection: Maintenance worker greasing pivots and slides

Maintenance worker greasing pivots and slides
A Railway engineer, wearing no discernible protective clothing, greasing the pivots and slides with a grease gun. Photograph by Heinz Zinram. 1950s

Background imageRail Collection: Shaping metal with a steam hammer

Shaping metal with a steam hammer
Two metalworkers use a clamp and chain to hold a large piece of metal in place while it is shaped by a pneumatic steam hammer

Background imageRail Collection: Vina del Mar, Chile - Panorama of Miramar

Vina del Mar, Chile - Panorama of Miramar
Panoramic view of the Miramar beach area of Via del Mar (Spanish for Vineyard of the Sea ), also known locally as La Ciudad Jardin (Spanish for The Garden City)

Background imageRail Collection: Poster for the London to Paris railway

Poster for the London to Paris railway, with six regular departures every day and night between Victoria, Newhaven, Southampton, Le Havre, Dieppe, and the Gare St Lazare, Paris

Background imageRail Collection: The Victoria Terminus, Bombay

The Victoria Terminus, Bombay, opened in 1929 by the Governor of Bombay, Sire Frederich Sykes. The train station served the main lines of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway

Background imageRail Collection: PWLLHELI - 1893

PWLLHELI - 1893
Pwllheli, Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd

Background imageRail Collection: Newquay Harbour - 1921

Newquay Harbour - 1921
Newquay Harbour Cornwall

Background imageRail Collection: Victoria / Louisp / Gosport

Victoria / Louisp / Gosport
Queen Victoria entertains Louis Philippe at Osborne: scene at Gosport station

Background imageRail Collection: Waterloo Station, Night

Waterloo Station, Night
An engine drivers view of the station as he approaches it at night - a picture which catches some of the excitement of rail travel in the golden age of steam !

Background imageRail Collection: Lms down Special

Lms down Special
The London Midland and Scottish Railways Down Special mail train heads north with the Scottish Mail

Background imageRail Collection: Central / Union Pacific

Central / Union Pacific
Joining of the Central and Union Pacific; the formal ceremony of driving the last spike at Promontory Point, Utah

Background imageRail Collection: The Cromer Express

The Cromer Express of the Great Eastern Railway carries its passengers into East Anglia

Background imageRail Collection: Lms Coronation Loco

Lms Coronation Loco
The London Midland and Scottish Railways Coronation class loco no 5256

Background imageRail Collection: Caledonian Locomotive

Caledonian Locomotive
Locomotive 769 of the Caledonian Railway

Background imageRail Collection: GUARD (1930S)

GUARD (1930S)
A guard of the North Eastern Railway waves his green flag and blows his whistle to tell the driver that the train may leave

Background imageRail Collection: Edward Pease Loco 1856

Edward Pease Loco 1856
The Edward Pease long boiler locomotive, built by Robert Stephenson for the Stockton and Darlington Railway : it draws passenger trains between Darlington and Saltburn

Background imageRail Collection: Continental Boat Express

Continental Boat Express
The (rear of) the double-headed Continental Boat Express train at Folkestone, Kent, England, the Southern terminal for the short sea route to Boulogne and Calais, France

Background imageRail Collection: Trevithick / Tramroad Loco

Trevithick / Tramroad Loco
Tramroad locomotive, South Wales

Background imageRail Collection: George Stephensons locomotive, the Rocket

George Stephensons locomotive, the Rocket, which won a prize given by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company

Background imageRail Collection: Locomotive no 148 Cawdor Castle

Locomotive no 148 Cawdor Castle

Background imageRail Collection: ST AUSTELL - 1912

ST AUSTELL - 1912
St Austell Station, Cornwall

Background imageRail Collection: Dymchurch Light Railway

Dymchurch Light Railway
A locomotive on the The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway (a miniature railway), Kent, England, pulling out of a station

Background imageRail Collection: Rail Operations Centre

Rail Operations Centre
A British Rail operations and track maintenance centre

Background imageRail Collection: Underground Straphangers

Underground Straphangers
STRAP-HANGERS : So popular is Londons underground that often there are not enough seats : for the convenience of those standing, straps are thoughtfully provided

Background imageRail Collection: Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

Background imageRail Collection: Curving Railway Tracks

Curving Railway Tracks
A dramatic curve in the railway lines near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: 1960s

Background imageRail Collection: Locomotive no 902 Highland Chief

Locomotive no 902 Highland Chief

Background imageRail Collection: French travel poster

French travel poster
French railway poster advertising the resort of Evian-les-Bains on Lac Leman in the Haute-Savoie region of France and depicting a view of the town

Background imageRail Collection: A New Electric Railway over the Alps

A New Electric Railway over the Alps
The new electric railway to Chamonix which opened in July 1901. The photographs show the beautiful scenery through which the line passes

Background imageRail Collection: Freight poster

Freight poster
Poster advertising a French freight company for the transportation of containers by rail. A vast railway network ensures swift delivery

Background imageRail Collection: Poster advertising the British Empire Exhibition

Poster advertising the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, running from April to October 1924. Travel routes are shown, together with a plan of the exhibition space itself

Background imageRail Collection: French travel poster

French travel poster
Poster advertising the resorts of Ault-Onival and Bois de Cise in the Somme and Picardy region of France three hours from France via the French National Railway

Background imageRail Collection: The Railway Junction

The Railway Junction. A signal changing from stop to go. This is a classic British semaphore stop signal (lower quadrant type)

Background imageRail Collection: Kentucky Railroad Shares

Kentucky Railroad Shares
Kentucky and Great Eastern Railway Company - thousand collar share certificate

Background imageRail Collection: Liverpool St Interior

Liverpool St Interior
Interior view of the terminus of the Great Eastern Railway, with two trains and a locomotive

Background imageRail Collection: Stephensons Rocket

Stephensons Rocket
George Stephensons locomotive The Rocket

Background imageRail Collection: The Flying Scotchman

The Flying Scotchman (sic) of the Great Northern Railway carries passengers between London and Edinburgh by the picturesque east coast route

Background imageRail Collection: Futuristic transport -- the torpedo car

Futuristic transport -- the torpedo car
This is how Mr Fletcher Felts suggests we tackle the inner- city traffic problem - monorails whizzing over the jammed cars, whirring smoothly past our windows

Background imageRail Collection: Midland Sleeping Coach

Midland Sleeping Coach
Caledonian Railway corridor carriage

Background imageRail Collection: West Country Express

West Country Express
Southern Railways West Country express drawn by the locomotive Exeter

Background imageRail Collection: Locomotive Maintenance

Locomotive Maintenance
A maintenance man checking over The White Knight steam locomotive at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Background imageRail Collection: German Mountain Railway

German Mountain Railway
This steam train carries tourists up the Brocken, in the Harz mountains, once the haunt of witches (but they had to rely on their broomsticks to take them to the summit)

Background imageRail Collection: TREVITHICKs LOCO 1808

TREVITHICKs LOCO 1808
Trevithicks latest engine, known as the " catch-me-who- can" is the centre-piece at the steam circus on the New Road, Euston Square, London



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