Rails Collection (page 6)

Railway staff laying track in South Africa, WW1
South African railway staff laying track across scrub land to join up with the Windhoek line (now in Namibia, but then in German South West Africa) to Kaalfontein and Upington (South Africa)

Station on Susa North Railway, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
View of a station on the Susa North Railway, German Cameroon, west central Africa, around the time of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Ahmed Jemal Pasha inspecting troops, WW1
Ahmed Jemal (Djemal, Cemal) Pasha (1872-1922), Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Ottoman Army, seen here inspecting troops during the First World War. circa 1915

Three soldiers using lamp for signalling, France, WW1
Three soldiers of a Pioneer Battalion using a daylight lamp for signalling at the side of a railway track near Feuchy, Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: May 1917

The French Resistance - WWII (2 / 3)
The German occupants of each train carriage are captured by the French resistance at Romaneche, France. The resistance soldiers, set plastic explosive on the tracks in order to capture the trains

LIFE-BOAT
The Inshore Lifeboat (ILB) Station, Eastbourne, which was built in 1903, seen here with the Royal Navy Lifeboat (RNLB) Beryl Tollemache, which was launched in 1949. Date: 1960s

Cardonnel Junction, near Neath, South Wales
View of the track at Cardonnel Junction, near Neath, on the Great Western Railway, South Wales

GWR line at Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of the Great Western Railway line at the Treffgarne cutting, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The navvy hut can be seen on the left

Near Skewen Railway Station, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of the track, with a road bridge in the middle distance, near Skewen Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Glamorgan, South Wales

New tunnel, Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales
Completion of the new bore (left) of the Newport tunnel, on the Great Western Railway near the city of Newport, Monmouthshire, Gwent, South Wales

Swansea main railway sidings, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of Swanseas main railway sidings on the Great Western Railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, with a large number of trucks loaded with coal

GWR cutting at Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
General view of the Great Western Railway cutting at Treffgarne, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, with a wooden bridge on the left

GWR navvies at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
A group of Great Western Railway navvies straightening the track at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales

GWR locomotive, Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Four railway workers with a Great Western Railway locomotive, Amesbury, at Treffgarne, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

City of Paris ship at Milford Haven Docks, South Wales
View of the City of Paris ship in for repair at Milford Haven Docks, South Wales, with a railway track in the foreground

Workman with slate quarry tram, North Wales
A workman with a slate quarry tram, somewhere in North Wales. This small tram can carry half a ton of raw slate, and one man can operate it

Lowering a tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
Lowering a tram full of slate onto the rails at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. From here the slate will be transported to the dressing sheds

Workman pushing slate quarry tram, North Wales
A workman pushing a slate quarry tram with a large block of slate resting on top of it, somewhere in North Wales. These small trams can carry up to half a ton of raw slate

Tramway, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of part of the tramway at the top of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales, with rope haulage and brake equipment

Slate tram, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of a slate tram and part of the main buildings at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales

Main haulage track, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
A miner stands alongside the main haulage track or road at Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales

Glyn Pits, Pontypool, South Wales
External view of the Glyn Pits in Pontypool, South Wales

Railway Sidings
A moody photograph of a set of very dark railway sidings, with a sole sentinel signal box and a couple of small shunting steam engines, just beginning their days work

Laying railway track
Gangs of railway labourers work on the laying of a new section of track running beneath a bridge. The lamps held by the navvies cast spectral traces of light across the gloomy atmospheric scene

Track laying - using a bulldozer
A Caterpillar bulldozer being operated during track laying by the Wimpey construction company. Nightime engineering works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Tempering a long metal bar in an industrial furnace. The bar was heated prior to hammering and shaping to make railway rails. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Butt Welding railway rails
A fantastic colour photograph showing the sparks flying up during the butt welding of railway rails. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Railway Line Construction - laying ballast
Ballast is fed down a long conveyor belt into the laying machine, which moves slowly along the railway line under construction under the watchful eye of an engineer. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Shock absorbers in action
An artistic photograph of a train suspension system in action, absorbing the shock of the wheel on a rail when in motion. A photograph used in an advertisement for Rocksil rock wool - used

A Driver Climbs in to his Cab
A train driver climbs into the cabin of his diesel locomotive. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Steam train leaving Euston Station
A train leaves Euston Station for the north, filling the atmosphere with a large plume of white steam

Orchard Convalescent Hospital, Dartford, Kent
The Orchard Convalescent Hospital at Long Reach, near Dartford, Kent, during its First World War deployment as a military hospital for overseas troops, mainly Australians

Train Storage Yard
A good example of perspective in a large train storage yard. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Undercarriage of a train
The bootm of a train carriage viewed from the bottom of a pit in a railway shed, cut out of the floor to allow engineers to access the undercarriage for repairs and adjustments

Rack and Pinion Railway
A Blenkinsop rack rail and spur. Rack and pinion is a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. The circular pinion engages teeth on a flat bar - the rack

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - View of the Quay
Quayside view - Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. Belle-Vue and the Kordon in the Pasaport -Punta direction. Shows the newly-constructed harbour wall

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Quay & Port
A section of the Quayside and the entrance to the port at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Making a jeep railroad - Burma
Making a jeep railroad. A supply line constructed by Indian engineers to run to Mandalay in readiness for expansion further south into Burma

Banff Springs - Canada. The Dominion Express Company was acquired by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company itself was incorporated in 1881

Izmir, Turkey - Bayrakli
Bayrakl, a country suburb of Karsiyaka (Cordelio), itself a suburb of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Mexico - Transport of Yucatecan sisal pads
A farmer carrying Yucatecan sisal pads on two small platforms that move on a rail pulled by two mules toward the scraper machine

The Express Train passing a signal-box at high speed

Porphyry Mine in Lessines, Belgium
Mine / Quarry for Porphyry at Lessines, Belgium. Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz

Loading a Steamship, Woolwich, 1884
Engraving showing the loading of rails and other materials for the Souakim Railway onto a steamship, at Woolwich, 1884. Stevedores and dockworkers are visible

The Leap Frog Railway
An amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long

Cheltenham Spa Express
The Cheltenham Spa Express train, being pulled by the Gloucester Regiment locomotive steam engine

Summer & Travel Dress
Anglo-Saxon Summer dress of super-tunic or roc & draped mantle & a travelling habit of super-tunic with extra long sleeves with an ornate border. Both wear head-rails or veils

Mixing Concrete
Workmen mixing concrete in a cement mixer. The cement and sand are put into a hod, which the travels up rails and is tipped into the revolving mixer

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