Rail Collection (page 5)

The DRG Class SVT 877 Hamburg Flyer sometimes also Flying Hamburger or in German Fliegender Hamburger was Germanys first fast diesel train

Poster, Cote d Azur, France
Poster, Cote d Azur, South of France, by overnight train. Date: circa 1930s

TEIGN VALLEY STEAM TRAIN
One of the last trains to run on the Teign Valley Line, from Chepstow to Exeter, Devon, England. The line was closed completely in June 1958. Here a train goes over Ide bridge. Date: 1958

Zagazig - Egypt - Railway Station Interior Date: circa 1906

Hush Hush Railway Engine crossing the Forth Rail Bridge
Hush Hush Railway Engine (designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley CBE) crossing the Forth Rail Bridge. The LNER W1 No. 10000 (known as the Hush-Hush due to its secrecy)

Zeppelin Train 1930S
The Rail Zeppelin, an experimental vehicle developed and tested by Franz Kruckenberg in 1930 - 1931. It was capable of speeds of well over 200 kilometers per hour. Date: 1930s

Welsh miner in coal mine pushing truck
A Welsh miner, stripped to the waist, pushing a truck in a coal mine

Cover design, Progress, April 1927 - Lever Brothers magazine, mythological figure in Liverpool Date: 1927

Poster, CGT cruises, Paris, Le Havre, New York, Chemins de Fer de L'Etat Date: 1930

Map of London Underground railway, Hampstead Tube
Map of London Underground railway extension, highlighting the recently opened Hampstead Tube (Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway), branching out to Golders Green and Highgate. Date: 1907

Cocktail bar on the Flying Scotsman
The cocktail bar for third class passengers on the Flying Scotsman. Date: 1933

Map, route of Santa Fe Railroad, USA
Map showing the route of the Santa Fe Railroad, USA, from the Great Lakes in the east, to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, and the Pacific coast in the west

A London Underground platform at Bank station
An empty London Underground platform at Bank station, on the Northern Line. early 1930s

All-Red Route at the Festival of Empire, 1911
A diagram of the All-Red Route at the Festival of Empire, opened on 12th May 1911 by King George V and Queen Mary. The route was essentially an electric railway line laid down at a cost of 90

French Railway Poster - Paris to London
French Railway poster, advertising the route by rail from Pari to London via Rouen, Dieppe and Newhaven, departing from the Gare St. Lazare

Penny Post Jubilee card - Sir Rowland Hill - 1890
A Penny Post Jubilee card, issued in 1890 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee (50 years, 1840 - 1890) of the Penny Post. The card features a postman from 1840 and one from 1890

Daniel Goochs North Star locomotive for the GWR

Locomotive no 14-? 4-4-0

Hook Colliery Railway, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A view of the Hook Colliery Railway, a spur of the Great Western Railway which connected with Johnston Station, four miles away, in Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Railway Sleeper - Crewe Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing railway porter at Crewe Station. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Poster design, Train in Art Deco style, advertising DPM White and Tinted Manifolds. 1936

Ad for the Flying Scotsman
Advertisment for the Flying Scotsman, express train running between Kings Cross, London, to Edinburgh, Scotland. 1931

Rhayader Railway Station, Powys, Wales - Mid Wales Railway Date: circa 1908

Lobby, Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Lobby of the Union Terminal railway station, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Depot, Nevada, USA
The Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Depot, Nevada, USA, on 7 December 1907, with a steam train, crowds of people on the platform and cars and horses waiting alongside

WW1 - Recruitment Poster - York Railway Station
WW1 - A series of Recruitment posters calling on Men of the North to join the Armed forces - York Railway Station, 1914. A large noticeboard with a message urging me to join up

Helsinki, Finland - Central Railway Station
Helsinki Central railway station (Helsingin paarautatieasema), Finland. Designed in fine Art Deco style by Eliel Saarinen. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron
WW1 - Camo de mailly - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron. The outbreak of the First World War caught the French with a shortage of heavy field artillery

Arrival of troop train by Fortunino Matania
Back for Christmas holidays: arrival of a troop train in London by Fortunino Matania. Scene in Victoria train station a few minutes after the arrival of a troop train bringing back British soldiers

Streamlined Rock Island Rocket - American train
Streamlined Rock Island Rocket of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad - Innovative (and futuristic) American diesel-electric passenger locomotive design built by the Budd Company

New Street Station, Birmingham Date: 1906

Haverfordwest Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Passengers waiting for the 1040 to Paddington, on the up platform of Haverfordwest Railway Station in Pembrokeshire, South Wales

The Micheline - a train on pneumatic tyres
The Micheline - the first train on pneumatic tyres. In commercial use since 1931 - the birth of the Michelin Tyre. This example was run on the L.M.S. Line (Bletchley to Oxford) in 1932

Queen Victoria Goes by Train
Queen Victoria travelling by train in its early days, along the Royal route to Scotland on the Great Northern Railway. The Queens progress on these journeys was slow for she so disliked fast

The Great Western Railway terminus at Paddington Station
A view of the newly developed Paddington Station in London. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the London terminus for the Great Western Railway

Ipswich Shunting Yard
Steam goods trains at the busy shunting yard of Ipswich railway station, Suffolk, England

Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway at the Great Asulkan Glacier in the Canadian Rockies. The Glacier Hotel is beside the railway

Platform at Rugby railway station, Warwickshire, England
Down platform at Rugby railway station, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1894

Waterloo Railway Station, London 1912
The scene from the Waterloo Railway Station platform, London. Date: 1912

Wood engraving of Roelandt Saverys painting of the dodo
Painting of the dodo and other ducks, macaws and rail drawn from life by Dutch artist Roelandt Savery. Presented to the British Museum by George Edwards, 1759

The Hejaz Railway at Zabadani, Damascus, Syria. circa 1910s

Islington and Highbury Station 1873
Exterior of Islington and Highbury Station, North London Railway. Date: 1873

Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway - Finsbury Park
Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway (London Underground) - Finsbury Park - Platform Number 1. This line opened on 14th February 1904

The Landing Jetty - Port Elizabeth, South Africa Date: circa 1905

Railway Station at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Intercolonial Railway of Canada (ICR) Station at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: circa 1910s

The Fast Mail by Lincoln J. Carter. First produced in England at Rochdale on 26th December 1891 and at the Grand Theatre, Islington, London on 27th June 1892

Newcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing - Castle - Tyne Bridge
Newcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing (then the largest crossing of its type in the world) Newcastle Castle and distant misty view of the Tyne Bridge (which opened in 1928). Date: circa 1930

The Empire Builder, the majestic streamlined Diesel-Electric makes its way through Glacier National Park in the Rockies from Seattle to Chicago USA, Date: late 1930s

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