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Adlestrop Railway Station, GloucestershireThe railway station at Adlestrop, Gloucestershire. Station staff stand on the platform while the Paddington-Worcester Express steams towards the station
On the rails at Goodwood by Howard K ElcockAn illustration showing how the Goodwood meeting at the end of the Season was as much a picnic party as a race meeting
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USAGeneral view of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA, with railway tracks and a train serving New York, New Haven and Hartford. circa 1910
Cwmpennar Colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesView of Cwmpennar Colliery (also known as the Powell Duffryn Colliery), Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, South Wales
Railway station at Malvern, Worcestershire (on the Worcester and Hereford Railway route). Now known as Great Malvern railway station, it opened in 1860. Date: circa 1860s
Goodwick Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA long line of passengers and staff waiting on the platform at Goodwick Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. They are all looking across at the camera
Bestwood Colliery, near Bestwood Village, NottinghamshireView of Bestwood Colliery, near Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire
A biplane and a steam trainSpeed on the rails and in the air. A biplane flying over a steam train - the London Express - about to disappear into a tunnel. Date: 1928
Halesowen railway station, Dudley, West Midlands. Date: circa 1910
Welsh miner in coal mine pushing truckA Welsh miner, stripped to the waist, pushing a truck in a coal mine
Draycott, Cotswold village, Blockley Station, on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, viewed from the south-east. Date: circa 1917
El Navajo Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico, USAEl Navajo, the new Santa Fe hotel and station at Gallup, New Mexico, USA. Date: 1910s
Castle Pill railway, near Milford Haven, South WalesView of the Great Western Railway at Castle Pill (pill is a local name for a tidal inlet), near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Haverfordwest Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South WalesPassengers waiting for the 1040 to Paddington, on the up platform of Haverfordwest Railway Station in Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The Micheline - a train on pneumatic tyresThe 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
Saxon Ladies / StruttAnglo-Saxons of 9th & 10th centuries: tunics (kirtles)- one with an embroidered hem, super-tunic (roc), mantles, veils or head-rails which completely cover the hair
Newcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing - Castle - Tyne BridgeNewcastle 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
Main Street, Natchez, Mississippi, USAView of a busy Main Street in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. Date: circa 1904
Broadway, Pittsburgh, Kansas, USABroadway, looking south, Pittsburgh, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1904
High Street, Springfield, Ohio, USAView of the High Street, Springfield, Ohio, USA, with pedestrians and traffic. Date: circa 1910
The French Resistance - WWII (1 / 3)Thanks to the parachute drop of plastic explosive, the French resitance were able to blow up the track
GWR construction work at Pontlliw, South WalesConstruction work taking place on the Great Western Railway near the village of Pontlliw, near Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales
Tunnel construction, Great Western Railway, South WalesTunnel construction taking place on the Great Western Railway, somewhere in South Wales
Railway cutting works, discovery of fossilised treesRailway cutting works on the Manchester to Bolton line, discovery of fossilised trees. Date: 1840s
16th Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USAView of 16th Street, looking south from Douglas, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Date: circa 1908
Horse-Trams Versus BusesOLD STYLE VERSUS NEW Brown: Which would you rather ride by? Jones: Oh! the trams of course, no cruelty to the horses, but I am an opposer
Mania / Hudson Off RailsOFF THE RAIL The speculations of railway financier George King Hudson (1800-1871), start to collapse
Spitfire steam locomotive approaching Paddington Station Date: circa 1960s
Shearing Sheep in Australia - Burrawang, New South Wales. Date: circa 1910s
Spain, Madrid. Carriages model for the new Rippert Omnibus line. Public service inaugurated in the capital on 1st April 1882, on the line from Lista Street to Plaza de Oriente
Stuart Pierson, a student at Kenyon College, Ohio, is tied to the rails in an initiation ceremony arranged without due observance of the timetable... Date: 1905
At Kingsway, London, trams plunge into a tunnel which takes them beneath the Strand to Waterloo Bridge, gateway to the South... Date: circa 1905
W D & H O Wills cigarette factory, Swindon, Wiltshire, showing an engine in a railway siding, and a Kinnear rolling metal shutter at the entrance to the factory
Never-stop railway at British Empire Exhibition 1924Diagram showing step-on, step-off method, where people walked slowly onto the moving carriage that went around the British Empire Exhibition, in Wembley, designed by William Yorath Lewis
Old railway track at Winsford, CheshireBullhead rail on stone sleepers at Over & Wharton (Winsford, Cheshire) on the LNWR. Possibly a re-use of redundant tramway blocks? Date: 1905
Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714Royal Air Force - Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714. Seen fitted with chin-mounted ASV Mk
The Old Wicker Railway Station, Sheffield, South YorkshireThe Old Wicker Railway Station building in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, which opened in 1838. In 1870 it was closed to passengers, being used for freight and renamed Wicker Goods. Date: circa 1840s
Police removing suffragettes chained to railings 1908Police officers removing Edith New and Olivia Smith from the railings of 10. Downing Street
Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada - Railway Station of the GTR (The Grand Trunk Railway). Date: circa 1910s
Express train at full speed on Pennsylvania Railroad, USANew York to Chicago express train at full speed on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Date: circa 1910
The Furness Line railway near Grange over Sands, CumbriaThe Furness Line railway near Grange over Sands, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England Date: 2012
Illustration of early railway / tramway / wagonway rails Date: 19th century
Workington Steel Works Rail Shop early 1900s
Workington Steel Works Rail MIll early 1900s
Aldford House, Park Lane, Staircase SkylightA photograph which shows the top of the staircase and skylight of Aldford House, a grand mansion in Park Lane, built between 1894-1897 for diamond magnate Alfred Beit
Modernist House In Church Street, Chelsea, BalconyAn artistic architectural photograph showing a view looking up to the curved hand rails and balconies of a modernist house situated in Church Street, Chelsea, designed in 1936
No. 1 Engine on original rails, Stockton & Darlington RailwaNo. 1 Engine on the original rails, Stockton & Darlington Railway
The Channel CrossingA tempera painting of some figures tightly fixing themselves to seats and rails of a boat, travelling across the Channel Crossing, on a somewhat turbulent sea. Date: circa 1920
Beira, Mozambique - Private tram-car systemBeira, Mozambique - The private tram-car system - undoubtedly one of the most unusual forms of conveyance in the world
British graveyard on Western Front, WW1A British graveyard on the Western Front in France during World War One. A smashed railway track can be seen, as well as German ammunition left after a retreat
Funicular steam train, on a railway with tunnel, FranceVintage 19th century photograph: funicular steam train, engine, on a railway with tunnel, France, image c.1890 s
Waterfront in Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey, c. 1890Waterfront in Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey, c.1890
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, KentFather shows his daughter the workings of a steam locomotive on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, Kent. Date: circa 1950
A street market in Londons East EndSecond-hand clothes stalls in an East End street market in London. Date: circa 1950s
Train on the Rigi funicular railway, Lake Lucerne, SwitzerlaVintage 19th century photograph: Train on the Rigi funicular railway, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
A very great crowd gathered at Cardiff Arms Park for the international rubgy match between England and Wales
Farmers of the town of Salzburg, Austria, 18th century. Contadini del Salisburgh
Model of John Blenkinsops rack-rail engine. Being a steam locomotive propelled by a toothed wheel engaging in a rack on one of the rails
Model of Matthew Murrays steam locomotive propelled by a toothed wheel engaging in a rack on one of the rails, used 1812-1835. Date: circa 1900
Mr and Mrs Charles J Glidden in 24hp Napier which they toured in from 1901, pictured 8 years later having toured most countries in the World and covered over 46000 miles
Train with pneumatic wheels demonstrated at BletchleyA rail road car, a train with pneumatic wheels which runs on rails was demonstrated at Bletchley this morning in a trail run to Oxford
Manufacturing hard steel rails for the railway. Date: 1880
Gower Street Station, Metropolitan underground, LondonPlatform scene at Gower Street Station, one of the first stations on the Metropolitan underground, London. It was later renamed Euston Square Station. Date: circa 1860s
Double tunnel near Farringdon Street Station, LondonDouble tunnel near Farringdon Street Station, Metropolitan underground railway, London. Date: 1860s
Railway cutting works in progress in the early days of rail expansion. Date: 1840s
Railway cutting works at Wormwood Scrubs, West London. Date: circa 1840s
Sutton-in-Ashfield Town railway station, NottinghamshirePlatform 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
Underground railway, Waterloo and City Line opening LondonUnderground 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, Aldgate Station interior, London. Date: 1876
Railway construction, delivery of monster bar, Port TalbotRailway construction, delivery of a monster bar, 62 feet 5 inches long, at Port Talbot, Glamorganshire, with a large crowd of celebrating spectators. Date: 1851
Railway construction, Baker Street, London 1868Railway construction at Baker Street, London, at the junction of the St Johns Wood and Metropolitan railways. Date: 1868
Construction, Rose Hill cutting, Brighton & Lewes RailwayConstruction work taking place on the Rose Hill cutting, Brighton & Lewes Railway. Date: 1846
Wendon (Audley End) railway station, Wendon, EssexWendon railway station, Wendon (Wenden, or Wendens Ambo), Essex. It was opened in 1845 and three years later was renamed Audley End. Date: 1845
Swindon railway station, Swindon, Wiltshire, on the Great Western Railway. It opened in 1842 as Swindon Junction. Date: 1845
Thetford railway station, Thetford, Norfolk, seen here in the year it opened. Date: 1845
Railway station at Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Date: 1886
Overhead Electric Railway Station, Liverpool Docks 1893A station (probably Canada Dock) 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
Experiment - first railway passenger coach. 1825
Santa Fe Station and Hotel, Winslow, Arizona, USASanta Fe Station and Hotel, Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona, USA. Date: circa 1908
View of railway tracks at Ansonia, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1900s
Railroad Station and Tybee Hotel, Georgia, USARailroad Station and Tybee Hotel, Tybee Beach, Tybee Island, near Savannah, Georgia, USA. Date: circa 1910
Railway Station at Bay City, Michigan, USARailway Station (Union Depot) at Bay City, Michigan, USA. Date: 1910
Crewe Junction, looking north, Cheshire. circa 1904
Railway Depot, Spring Valley, Minnesota, USARailway Depot (Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul), Spring Valley, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Date: circa 1910s