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Background imageRails Collection: Making a jeep railroad - Burma

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

Background imageRails Collection: Banff Springs - Canada

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

Background imageRails Collection: Izmir, Turkey - Bayrakli

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

Background imageRails Collection: Mexico - Transport of Yucatecan sisal pads

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

Background imageRails Collection: The Express Train passing a signal-box

The Express Train passing a signal-box at high speed

Background imageRails Collection: Porphyry Mine in Lessines, Belgium

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

Background imageRails Collection: Loading a Steamship, Woolwich, 1884

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

Background imageRails Collection: The Leap Frog Railway

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

Background imageRails Collection: Cheltenham Spa Express

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

Background imageRails Collection: Summer & Travel Dress

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

Background imageRails Collection: Mixing Concrete

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

Background imageRails Collection: Racine / Thebaide

Racine / Thebaide
LA THEBAIDE or Les Freres ennemis (Racines first play) Jocasta rails against the gods

Background imageRails Collection: An Unexpected Client

An Unexpected Client
AN UNEXPECTED CLIENT ! a local train leaves the rails as it passes through a village, lands up in a cafe

Background imageRails Collection: PROSSERs PROJECT 1844

PROSSERs PROJECT 1844
Prossers idea was to run the trains on wooden rails with slanting guide-wheels

Background imageRails Collection: Making Railway Track

Making Railway Track
Making railway rails

Background imageRails Collection: Dancing on Rails

Dancing on Rails
No more gazing dolefully at the passing scenery - enjoy the Samba Special, the Dancing Car provided by Austria Travel Agency, with bar and buffet to add to your enjoyment !

Background imageRails Collection: Rail, Horse-Drawn Coal

Rail, Horse-Drawn Coal
RAIL:PRE-STEAM Horse-drawn coal wagon on rails

Background imageRails Collection: Watch boy standing at the entrance to a mine

Watch boy standing at the entrance to a mine
A watch boy standing at the entrance to a mine, keeping a lookout to avoid any accidents on converging tracks



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