Railway Collection (page 93)

Switzerland - Lake of Lucerne, View from the Rigi
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Lake of Lucerne from Mount Rigi, Queen of the Mountains. In the foreground appears to be a train track, that of the Rigi-Bahnen

London - Victoria Railway Station
Lantern slide of Victoria Railway Station.. Part of Box 157 Japan, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s

China - Hong Kong shweing peak and peak railway
Lantern slide of Hong Kong shweing peak and peak railway. In 1881 Alexander Findlay Smith first put the project of a Peak Railway into shape

Switzerland - The Rhine Bridge at Constance
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Old Rhine Bridge in Konstanz, Germany. The modern day bridge is a combined road and railway bridge and was built in 1938

Caspian sea shore - railway to Krasnovodsk town - sunset. Turkmenistan. April

Railway Ashgabad - Krasnovodsk - in desert landscape along the Kopet-Dag mountains. a major transport artery in Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Sydney, Australia - Zigzag
Slide showing a photograph of a zigzag railway tracks up the side of a mountain. Probably the Great or Lithgow Zig Zag which operated between 1869 and 1910 in New South Wales.. Boswell Collection

Victoria Railway Station (interior)
Coloured lantern slide capturing image of the interior of Victoria Railway Station with a steam engine, waiting cars and people

Ashgabad - Krasnovodsk railway - goes across the Karakum desert. along Kopetdag mountains (on the right) - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April - a cloudy day

Travel to Scotland by West Coast route
Travel to Scotland by the West Coast route. Euston to the boarders in six hours, luxurious luncheon dining and sleeping cars. Date: 1909

British soldiers looking at German timetable in Mons station
Two British soldiers stand looking at the railway timetable -written in German - at Mons station at the end of the First World War

Serbian Outpost guards
At a Serbian outpost on a single track railway bridge on the Nish-Salonika Railway, guards stand to arms in the early hours of the morning having heard suspicious sounds

Japanese scouts arriving in Copenhagen, Denmark
Japanese scouts arriving at Central Station, Copenhagen, Denmark. They were welcomed by Christian Holm, President of the Danish Scouts. Also present are Rear Admiral Count Sano and Viscount Mishima

South of England excursion flyer and timetable
Flyer and timetable advertising a cheap 8 or 15 days excursion to the South of England on Friday 24th May travelling by Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Northern Railways

Erie Railroad Portage Viaduct. The trestle wooden structure built in1852; destroyed by fire in 1875. Designed by Silas Seymour 276m long

Railway Bridge Crossing Canal
Railway crossing a canal, the essential methods of transport in the Industrial Revolution

Christmas Leave by A. C. Michael, WW1
Scene on the platform of a British railway station as a troop train arrives bringing with it officers and men back from the Front for a period of leave over Christmas. Date: 1916

Christmas leave 1916, scene at Victoria station by Matania
Soldiers exiting Victoria train station, arriving in London on leave for Christmas during the First World War. The central figure

Arrival of Christmas leave trains at Victoria, WW1
A crowded scene at Victoria train station, London, showing the arrival of numerous servicemen home on leave for Christmas during the First World War

Italian soldiers depart for front
The scene at an Italian railway station as soldiers board a train to leave for the front. The troops bid an emotional farewell to their families and loved ones, and one to his pet dog

Sir R Bulkeley, Vanity Fair, Spy
Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy (1853 1923), American-born Canadian railway administrator who rose from modest beginnings as a clerk and bookkeeper for the Milwaukee and St

Frank Ree
Sir Frank Ree (? - 1914), British railway manager, General Manager of the London and North Western Railway and the North London Railway from 1909. He was made a knight bachelor in 1913

Railway station building, Lucerne, Switzerland. Date: circa 1900

Hotel International and Terminus, Geneva, Switzerland

Jungfrau with train, Switzerland
Jungfrau with train (Jungfraubahn), Switzerland. Date: circa 1920

Rigi-Bahn at Schnurtobelbrucke, Switzerland
View of the Rigi-Bahn alpine railway with passengers at Schnurtobelbrucke, Switzerland. Date: 1910s

Greetings card from Walzenhausen, Switzerland
Greetings card from Walzenhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, with various views. Date: late 19th century

Amsteg and St Gotthard Railway, Switzerland

Railway station, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Street scene with railway station, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland. Date: circa 1920

Hotel Rothhorn-Kulm and Alps, Brienz, Switzerland
Hotel Rothhorn-Kulm, a panorama of the Bernese Alps and the Muhlebach Viaduct at Brienz, Switzerland. Date: late 19th century

Founders Week Parade, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Founders Week Parade, 9 October 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The float shown represents the Old Ironsides (railway engines) of 1832. Date: 1908

Wabash Railway Station, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Date: circa 1905

Central Station and River Tunnel, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Michigan Central Station and entrance to Detroit River Tunnel, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Date: 1913

Central Station, Brussels, Belgium

Railway bridge blown up, Carpathian Mountains, WW1
Railway bridge blown up at the Uzsoker Pass in the Carpathian Mountains, West Galicia, during the First World War. Date: 1914

French scouts boarding a train, Paris, France
French scouts with their backpacks, boarding a train at the Gare St Lazare, Paris, France. Date: 1947

Arrival of the Theatre Train at Victoria Station, 1914
Theatre-goers from the suburbs exit Victoria Station amid office workers and commuters ready to take a taxi in search of dinner before going to see a play or musical in Londons West End in 1914

Jungfrau with Eigergletscher station, Switzerland
Jungfrau with Eigergletscher (Eiger Glacier) station, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910

Street view in Brigue (Brig), Switzerland
Bahnhofstrasse, street view near the railway station in Brigue (Brig), Switzerland, with the Hotel Victoria on the right

Woman Ticket Collector WW1. Young lady inspecting railway tickets at the train station with queue of admiring men, one in uniform. Captioned, Held up for Inspection. Date: circa 1916

Railway station, Brno, Czech Republic
Railway station, Brno, now in the Czech Republic

LNER 123 railway engine, Marylebone Station, London
LNER 123 railway engine leaving Marylebone Station, London

Taw Valley railway engine, Charing Cross Station, London. It was built in 1946 and rebuilt in 1957. Date: 1957

Earl Haig railway engine, Marylebone Station, London. early 20th century

Beaconsfield railway engine 1122, Baker Street, London

Woman Railway Porter WW1. Stranded old lady passenger is offered a bed with the lady porter! (Both are respectable married women) Date: circa 1917

Train derailment, Borough Market, London SE1
Train derailment at Borough Market, near London Bridge, SE1, on 12 August 1958, showing the three sections of the train taken from the London Bridge end of the track. Date: 1958

Woman railway officials on the Underground, WW1
Two women in uniform working on the London Underground during the First World War in jobs which were previously carried out by men. Date: 1914-1918

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